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

Alex Vix, known by the pen name Chris Culver, [1] is an American author of crime fiction and thriller. Set in and around the Midwestern United States, his novels include the nine-book Joe Court series and the seven-novel Ash Rashid series, with the debut novel of the latter having been on the The New York Times bestseller list for 16 weeks. He has since gone on to write several standalone books and is currently working on a new series set in St. Louis.[ citation needed ]

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Biography

Early life and education

Culver was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in September 1981. [2] 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. [3]

Culver enrolled at Hanover College in 2000, [4] graduating from there with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 2004. After marrying a fellow Hanover College graduate, he enrolled in law school, however dropped out soon after. [3] He subsequently enrolled in a philosophy doctoral program at Purdue University, [5] where he also taught undergraduate students as a graduate assistant. [6] In 2008, he left before completing his doctorate when his wife was offered a faculty position at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. [3] [6] [5]

Career

Culver became a part-time professor at Henderson, teaching classes in philosophy, religion, and ethics. [3] [6] While there he wrote his first novel, The Abbey, a crime fiction novel that started his Ash Rashid series. He set its story around an investigation by a Muslim detective of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, defining the character's religion both as a means of character development and with the interest of giving readers a positively portrayed Muslim character, [7] stating that he was "tired of reading books and seeing movies that portray all Muslims as terrorists or zealots." [8]

Unable to find a publisher for the book, [6] he hired editors and self-published it via Kindle Direct Publishing in February 2011. It was a commercial success, appearing on the The New York Times bestseller list for 16 weeks and selling over 750,000 copies by early 2013. [8] [9] The success of the The Abbey allowed Culver to begin writing full-time and secured him a publishing deal with Hachette Book Group, [6] with whom he released three sequels — the second to fourth books in the Ash Rashid series.

In December 2014, Culver announced that he had ended his publishing agreement with Hachette, self-publishing subsequent books in the Ash Rashid series. [10]

Personal life

Culver lives near St. Louis, Missouri with his wife and son. [11] [6]

Novels

TitleOriginal Publication DateFeaturingSeries/Number
The Abbey2011, MarchAsh RashidAsh Rashid, Book 1
Just Run2011, SeptemberTrent Schaefer, Renee Cartern/a
The Outsider2013, AprilAsh RashidAsh Rashid, Book 2
By Any Means2014, MayAsh RashidAsh Rashid, Book 3
Nine Years Gone2014, JuneSteve Hale, Tess Girardn/a
Measureless Night2015, MayAsh RashidAsh Rashid, Book 4
Pocketful of God2016, JanuaryAsh RashidAsh Rashid, Book 5
No Room for Good Men2017, JanuaryAsh RashidAsh Rashid, Book 6
Counting Room2017, SeptemberGabe WardGabe Ward, Book 1
Sleeper Cell2018, MarchAsh RashidAsh Rashid, Book 7
The Girl in the Motel2018, DecemberJoe CourtJoe Court, Book 1
The Girl in the Woods2019, FebruaryJoe CourtJoe Court, Book 2
The Boys in the Church2019, AprilJoe CourtJoe Court, Book 3
The Man in the Meth Lab2019, JulyJoe CourtJoe Court, Book 4
The Woman Who Wore Roses2019, SeptemberJoe CourtJoe Court, Book 5
The Man in the Park2019, DecemberJoe CourtJoe Court, Book 6
The Girl Who Told Stories2020, MarchJoe CourtJoe Court, Book 7
The Men on the Farm2020, JuneJoe CourtJoe Court, Book 8
The Man in the River2020, SeptemberJoe CourtJoe Court, Book 9
Night Work2021, AugustHannah BlackwoodHannah Blackwood, Book 1
The Lost Ones2021, NovemberHannah BlackwoodHannah Blackwood, Book 2
Throwaways2022, FebruaryHannah BlackwoodHannah Blackwood, Book 3
Those Who Remain2022, JuneHomer WatsonHomer Watson, Book 1
Where I Die2022, NovemberHomer WatsonHomer Watson, Book 2
The Man by the Creek2023, JulyJoe CourtJoe Court, Book 10

[10] [12] [13] [14]

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