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Lou Berney


(Louis Berney)

Lou Berney is an accomplished writer, teacher, and liar. He has written feature screenplays and created TV pilots for, among others, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Focus Features, ABC, and Fox. He is the author of THE ROAD TO BOBBY JOE, a collection of stories, and his short fiction has appeared in publications such as The New Yorker, New England Review, Ploughshares, and the Pushcart Prize anthology. He has taught at the University of Oklahoma, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and in the MFA program at Saint Mary's College in California. GUTSHOT STRAIGHT, his first novel, was written during the 2007-2008 film and TV Writers Guild strike.
 

Awards: CWA (2020), Macavity (2019), Barry (2019), Anthony (2019)  see all

Genres: Mystery, Historical Mystery
 
Series
Shake Bouchon
   1. Gutshot Straight (2009)
   2. Whiplash River (2012)
   3. Double Barrel Bluff (2020)
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Novels
   The Long and Faraway Gone (2015)
   November Road (2018)
   Dark Ride (2023)
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Awards
2020 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger : November Road
2019 Macavity Award for Best Novel : November Road
2019 Lefty Award for Best Mystery Novel : November Road
2019 Barry Award for Best Novel : November Road
2019 Anthony Award for Best Novel : November Road
2016 Macavity Award for Best Novel : The Long and Faraway Gone
2016 Edgar Award for Best Paperback original : The Long and Faraway Gone
2016 Barry Award for Best Paperback original : The Long and Faraway Gone
2016 Anthony Award for Best Paperback original : The Long and Faraway Gone

Award nominations
2024 Macavity Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Dark Ride
2024 Barry Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Dark Ride
2023 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller (nominee) : Dark Ride
2020 CWA Gold Dagger (shortlist) : November Road
2020 Barry Award for Best Mystery/Crime Novel of the Decade (nominee) : November Road
2019 ITW Award for Best Hardcover Novel (nominee) : November Road
2018 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller (nominee) : November Road
2016 Lefty Award for Best World Mystery (nominee) : The Long and Faraway Gone
2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller (nominee) : The Long and Faraway Gone
2013 Edgar Award for Best Paperback original (nominee) : Whiplash River
2013 Anthony Award for Best Paperback original (nominee) : Whiplash River
2011 Barry Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Gutshot Straight


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Big Time (2024)
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"Big Time is a wild and wonderful trip, a kaleidoscope of mind-bending science, metaphysics, and good old-fashioned thrills. And most engaging of all are the characters Ben Winters creates: a hugely appealing Everywoman sleuth, a young woman struggling with a harrowing dilemma, and one of the scariest antagonists in recent memory."
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Hurt for Me (2024)
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"Hurt for Me is a sizzling, expertly constructed thriller that doesn't cool down for even a second. Best of all, Levy gives us a main character, Rae, who is wholly original, richly imagined, and hugely appealing."
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Who to Believe (2024)
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"An inventive and fiendishly-layered suspense novel. The characters are compelling, the setting rich, and the tension electric. A first-rate exploration of secrets dark and deep."

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