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Robert Dugoni


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A writer turned lawyer turned writer.
Robert Dugoni was born in Idaho and raised in Northern California the middle child of a family of ten siblings. Dugoni jokes that he didn't get much of a chance to talk, so he wrote. By the seventh grade he knew he wanted to be a writer.

Dugoni wrote his way to Stanford University, receiving writing awards along the way, and majored in communications/journalism and creative writing while working as a reporter for the Stanford Daily. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and worked briefly as a reporter in the Metro Office and the San Gabriel Valley Office of the Los Angeles Times.
 


Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Literary Fiction, Historical
 
New and upcoming books
January 2025

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Hold Strong
 
May 2025

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A Dead Draw
(Tracy Crosswhite, book 11)
January 2026

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Her Cold Justice
(Keera Duggan, book 3)
Series
David Sloane
   1. The Jury Master (2006)
   2. Wrongful Death (2009)
   3. Bodily Harm (2010)
   4. Murder One (2011)
   5. The Conviction (2012)
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Tracy Crosswhite
   The Academy (2014)
   1. My Sister's Grave (2014)
   Third Watch (2015)
   2. Her Final Breath (2015)
   3. In the Clearing (2016)
   4. The Trapped Girl (2017)
   5. Close to Home (2017)
   6. A Steep Price (2018)
   7. A Cold Trail (2020)
   8. In Her Tracks (2021)
   8.5. The Last Line (2021)
   9. What She Found (2022)
   10. One Last Kill (2023)
   11. A Dead Draw (2025)
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Charles Jenkins
   1. The Eighth Sister (2019)
   2. The Last Agent (2020)
   3. The Silent Sisters (2022)
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Keera Duggan
   1. Her Deadly Game (2023)
   2. Beyond Reasonable Doubt (2024)
   3. Her Cold Justice (2026)
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Novels
   Damage Control (2007)
   Hotel Angeline (2011) (with others)
   The 7th Canon (2016)
   The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell (2018)
   The World Played Chess (2021)
   A Killing on the Hill (2024)
   Hold Strong (2025) (with Chris Crabtree and Jeff Langholz)
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Non fiction show
 
Books containing stories by Robert Dugoni
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Birds of Prey (2022)
The Harlan Coben Challenge
edited by
C J Box and Harlan Coben
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Private Investigations (2020)
Writers on the Secrets, Riddles, and Wonders in Their Lives
edited by
Victoria Zackheim
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Trouble & Strife (2019)
Crime Stories Inspired by Cockney Rhyming Slang
edited by
Simon Wood

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Award nominations
2024 ITW Award for Best Hardcover Novel (nominee) : Her Deadly Game
2017 ITW Award for Best Paperback original (nominee) : In the Clearing
2017 Edgar Award for Best Paperback original (nominee) : The 7th Canon
2015 ITW Award for Best Paperback original (nominee) : My Sister's Grave


Robert Dugoni recommends
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Dead Money (2025)
Jakob Kerr
"Compulsively readable, twisty, and unpredictable . . . The ending made me gasp."
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The Silent Watcher (2024)
(Vegas Shadows, book 1)
Victor Methos
"The Silent Watcher is gritty, authentic, and packs a punch. Victor Methos's own inimitable style is addictive."
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Echoes of Us (2024)
Joy Jordan-Lake
"Exquisitely written with characters who linger long after you close the book. Read Joy Jordan-Lake; you will be enthralled."

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