J.L. Abramo & Brooklyn Justice J. L. Abramo was born in the seaside paradise of Brooklyn, New York on Raymond Chandler’s fifty-ninth birthday. His seventh novel was just published and it’s set in the town where he was born. Brooklyn Justice is a series of interconnected stories featuring private eye Nick Ventura. Abramo is…
Author: Mark Stevens
Mark Stevens is the author of the The Fireballer (Lake Union, 2023) and The Allison Coil Mystery Series including Antler Dust, Buried by the Roan, Trapline, Lake of Fire, and The Melancholy Howl. Trapline won The Colorado Book Award for Best Mystery. Stevens has also published short stories in Denver Noir (Akashic Books, 2022), Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and Mystery Tribune, among others. Stevens is longtime member of Mystery Writers of America. In 2023, Stevens was named Writer of the Year by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers for the second time. He lives in southwest Colorado.
Rocky Mountain Writer #36
Colorado Gold Contest Prep This episode is a live recording from workshop held Saturday, March 12 in Denver at the Ross Cherry Creek Branch Library. The workshop was designed as a primer for the annual Colorado Gold Contest, which opens April 1. The workshop was hosted by contest co-chair Pam Nowak and veteran contest…
Rocky Mountain Writer #35
Marc Graham & Of Ashes and Dust The guest this time is Marc Graham–an actor, singer, bard, engineer, Freemason, and whisky aficionado. And writer. Graham just sold Of Ashes and Dust, his first historical novel, to Five Star. Graham talks about the long journey to publication, his approach to researching historical fiction, his writing…
Rocky Mountain Writer #34
Wendy Terrien & The Rampart Guards Wendy Terrien has been writing stories since she was in grade school. Her debut novel The Rampart Guards, which received a starred review from Kirkus, is the first in her urban fantasy series. Inspired by an episode of the television show “Bones” that suspected a killer to be…