Chris Culver

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Chris Culver
Born Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Occupation Novelist
Nationality American
Genre Hardboiled crime fiction, thriller
Website
www.indiecrime.com

Chris Culver is an American author of crime fiction. Set in and around the Midwestern United States, his novels include the twelve-book Joe Court series and the seven-novel Ash Rashid series, the first volume of which remained on The New York Times bestseller list for 16 weeks. He has since written several standalone novels in the crime and thriller genre.

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Biography

Culver was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in September 1981. His family moved to Chickasha, Oklahoma shortly thereafter, later relocating to Newburgh, Indiana in 1988. An avid reader in elementary school, he developed an interest in crime fiction writing after acquiring a copy of Mickey Spillane's I, the Jury in a library book sale. [1]

Culver enrolled at Hanover College in 2000, [2] graduating from there with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 2004. After marrying a fellow Hanover College graduate, he enrolled in law school. He subsequently enrolled in a philosophy doctoral program at Purdue University, [3] where he also taught undergraduate students as a graduate assistant. [4]

Novels

TitleOriginal publication dateSeries
The Abbey2011, MarchAsh Rashid, Book 1
Just Run2011, September
The Outsider2013, AprilAsh Rashid, Book 2
By Any Means2014, MayAsh Rashid, Book 3
Nine Years Gone2014, June
Measureless Night2015, MayAsh Rashid, Book 4
Pocketful of God2016, JanuaryAsh Rashid, Book 5
No Room for Good Men2017, JanuaryAsh Rashid, Book 6
Counting Room2017, SeptemberGabe Ward, Book 1
Sleeper Cell2018, MarchAsh Rashid, Book 7
The Girl in the Motel2018, DecemberJoe Court, Book 1
The Girl in the Woods2019, FebruaryJoe Court, Book 2
The Boys in the Church2019, AprilJoe Court, Book 3
The Man in the Meth Lab2019, JulyJoe Court, Book 4
The Woman Who Wore Roses2019, SeptemberJoe Court, Book 5
The Man in the Park2019, DecemberJoe Court, Book 6
The Girl Who Told Stories2020, MarchJoe Court, Book 7
The Men on the Farm2020, JuneJoe Court, Book 8
The Man in the River2020, SeptemberJoe Court, Book 9
Night Work2021, AugustHannah Blackwood, Book 1
The Lost Ones2021, NovemberHannah Blackwood, Book 2
Throwaways2022, FebruaryHannah Blackwood, Book 3
Those Who Remain2022, JuneHomer Watson, Book 1
Where I Die2022, NovemberHomer Watson, Book 2
The Man by the Creek2023, JulyJoe Court, Book 10
The Girl in the Tent2024, AprilJoe Court, Book 11
The Man in the Fire2025, SeptemberJoe Court, Book 12

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References

  1. Culver, Chris. "About Chris Culver". Archived from the original on December 24, 2023.
  2. "Notable Alumni". Hanover College. Archived from the original on November 30, 2022.
  3. "Ash Rashid". www.detecs.org. Archived from the original on January 18, 2022.
  4. Haupt, Debbie (July 31, 2014). "Interview with author Chris Culver - Nine Years Gone". thereadingfrenzy.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on November 23, 2023.
  5. "Website of New York Times' bestselling author Chris Culver". indiecrime.com. Archived from the original on December 24, 2023.
  6. "Chris Culver's Hana Blackwood books in order". www.fantasticfiction.com. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022.