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Steve Hockensmith | |
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| Born | August 17, 1968 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Children | 2 |
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Steve Hockensmith (born August 17, 1968) is an American author. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He currently lives in California's bay area with his wife, two children, and pet dog. [1]
Hockensmith attended Bridgeport High School and Indiana University Bloomington.
Hockensmith is the author of the Holmes on the Range mystery series. The first book in the series, Holmes on the Range (published in 2006), was a finalist for the Edgar, Shamus [2] and Anthony Awards for Best First Novel.
Several of Hockensmith's short stories have been nominated for awards in the mystery field. He won the Short Mystery Fiction Society's Derringer Award for "Erie's Last Day," published in the May 2000 issue of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (AHMM). Two subsequent Larry Erie stories, "Tricks" (AHMM, August 2004) and "The Big Road" (AHMM, May 2005), were finalists for the Shamus Award for Best Short Story from the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA). "The Big Road" was also nominated for the Anthony and Barry Awards. [3] More recently, a Big Red/Old Red story, "Dear Dr. Watson" (published in the February 2007 EQMM), was a finalist for the Anthony Award.
Hockensmith authored the third book in the Quirk Classics series, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls , in 2010, as well as its sequel, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After in 2011 [4]
| Title | Pub. date | Notes |
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| Holmes on the Range | 2006 | first in the series, featuring Big Red & Old Red |
| On the Wrong Track | 2007 | part of the Holmes on the Range series |
| The Black Dove | 2008 | part of the Holmes on the Range series |
| The Crack in the Lens | 2009 | part of the Holmes on the Range series |
| Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls | 2010 | prequel to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies |
| Naughty: Nine Tales of Christmas Crime | 2010 | ebook |
| World's Greatest Sleuth! | 2011 | part of the Holmes on the Range series |
| Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After | 2011 | sequel to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies |
| The White Magic Five and Dime: A Tarot Mystery | 2014 | first in the series |
| Fool Me Once: A Tarot Mystery | 2015 | sequel to The White Magic Five and Dime |
| Give the Devil His Due: A Tarot Mystery | 2017 | third in the series |
| The Double-A Western Detective Agency | 2018 | part of the Holmes on the Range series |
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| Title | Publication or Anthology | Pub. date | Notes |
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| Erie's Last Day | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | 2000 | featuring Larry Erie |
| Special Delivery | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Jan 2002 | |
| Dear Mr. Holmes | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Feb 2003 | debut of Big Red & Old Red |
| Secret Santa | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Jan 2004 | |
| Tricks | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | 2004 | featuring Larry Erie |
| Fred Menace, Commie for Hire | Show Business Is Murder | 2004 | featuring Fred Menace |
| Naughty | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Jan 2005 | |
| Gustav Amlingmeyer, Holmes of the Range | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Feb 2005 | featuring Big Red & Old Red |
| The Big Road | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | 2005 | featuring Larry Erie |
| Naiveté | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Jan 2006 | |
| Wolves in Winter | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Feb 2006 | featuring Big Red & Old Red |
| Dear Dr. Watson | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Feb 2007 | featuring Big Red & Old Red |
| Hidden Gifts | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Jan 2008 | |
| The Devil's Acre | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Feb 2008 | featuring Big Red & Old Red |
| Greetings from Purgatory! | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Feb 2009 | featuring Big Red & Old Red |
| The old Senator | Sherlock Holmes: The American Years | Feb 2010 | featuring Sherlock Holmes |
| An Introduction to Jewish Myth and Mysticism | An Apple for a Creature [5] | Aug 2012 | |
| The Herd | Lightspeed Magazine | Oct 2014 | |
| Do Not Disturb | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Jun 2019 | |
| The Death and Carnage Boy | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Jul 2020 | |
| Curious Incidents | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Dec 2020 |
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