Loren D. Estleman

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Loren D. Estleman
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Loren D. Estleman
Born (1952-09-15) September 15, 1952 (age 71)
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
OccupationNovelist
Education Eastern Michigan University (BA)
Spouse
Deborah Morgan
(m. 1993)

Loren D. Estleman (born September 15, 1952, in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American writer of detective and Western fiction. He is known for a series of crime novels featuring the investigator Amos Walker. [1]

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Life and work

Estleman graduated from Eastern Michigan University in 1974 with a BA in English and journalism. In 2002, Eastern Michigan University presented him with an honorary doctorate in humane letters. He married the mystery writer Deborah Morgan in 1993. He writes with a manual typewriter. [2]

Estleman published his first novel, The Oklahoma Punk, in 1976, [1] and published the first of his P.I. Amos Walker series, for which he is best known, in 1980. [1] Other series center on Old West marshal Page Murdock and hitman Peter Macklin. He has also written a series of novels about the history of crime in Detroit (also the setting of his Walker books), and a more recent series about Valentino, who tracks down lost films, and crimes related to them. His non-series works include Bloody Season, a fictional recreation of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and several novels and stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, as well as contributions to several books on how to write and sell stories and novels. Estleman's literary works have been recognized and highlighted by Michigan State University in their Michigan Writers Series. [3]

Estleman's Amos Walker stories occasionally acknowledge fellow Detroit P.I. Ben Perkins, created by Rob Kantner, and Kantner has done the same.

Bibliography

Amos Walker novels

  1. Motor City Blue (1980) ISBN 9780449211335
  2. Angel Eyes (1981) ISBN 978-0-395-31558-3
  3. The Midnight Man (1982) ISBN 978-0-395-32204-8
  4. The Glass Highway (1983) ISBN 9780395346365
  5. Sugartown (1985) ISBN 978-0-395-36449-9
  6. Every Brilliant Eye (1986) ISBN 978-0-395-39428-1
  7. Lady Yesterday (1987) ISBN 9780395410721
  8. Downriver (1988) ISBN 9780395410738
  9. Silent Thunder (1989) ISBN 978-0-395-41075-2
  10. Sweet Women Lie (1990) ISBN 9780395537671
  11. Never Street (1997) ISBN 9780892966332
  12. The Witchfinder (1998) ISBN 9780892966639
  13. The Hours of the Virgin (1999) ISBN 9780892966837
  14. A Smile on the Face of the Tiger (2000) ISBN 9780892967063
  15. Sinister Heights (2002) ISBN 978-0-89296-738-4
  16. Poison Blonde (2003) ISBN 9780765304476
  17. Retro (2004) ISBN 9780765304483
  18. Nicotine Kiss (2006) ISBN 9780765312235
  19. American Detective (2007) ISBN 9780765312242
  20. The Left-handed Dollar (2010) ISBN 9780765319548
  21. Infernal Angels (2011) ISBN 9780765319555
  22. Burning Midnight (2012) ISBN 9780765331205
  23. Don't Look for Me (2014) ISBN 9780765331212
  24. You Know Who Killed Me (2014) ISBN 9780765337351
  25. The Sundown Speech (2015) ISBN 9780765337368
  26. The Lioness Is the Hunter (2017) ISBN 9780765388452
  27. Black and White Ball (2018) ISBN 9780765388476
  28. When Old Midnight Comes Along (2019) ISBN 9781250197177
  29. Cutthroat Dogs (2021) ISBN 9781250258656
  30. Monkey in the Middle (2022) ISBN 9781250827173
  31. City Walls (2023) ISBN 9781250827333 [4]

Amos Walker short-story collections

Other books

Western novels

see also under Contributions to collections, below

Page Murdock

Sherlock Holmes

see also under Contributions to collections, below

Peter Macklin

The Detroit novels

The Detroit series sets out "to tell the story of America in the twentieth century through the microcosm of Detroit, the one city whose history mirrors precisely the history of the United States of America". [5]

Given its historical fiction nature, the series is often given "in order of chronology rather than date of publication: Thunder City (1900–1910); Whiskey River (1928–1939); Jitterbug (1943); Edsel (1951–1959); Motown (1966); Stress (1973); and King of the Corner (1990)". [5]

Valentino, film detective

Other

Story collections

Contributions to collections

Estleman's short stories have been collected in a variety of anthologies, including both western and crime collections:

Non-fiction

Awards

Estleman has won many awards for his writing including American Mystery Awards, [1] Golden Spurs, [1] and three Western Heritage Awards. [1] He has been honored by the Michigan Foundation of the Arts and the Michigan Library Association. [1]

Wins

Nominations

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