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Craig McDonald


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Craig McDonald is an award-winning journalist, editor and fiction writer. His short fiction has appeared in literary magazines, anthologies and several online crime fiction sites.

His debut novel, Head Games, was published by Bleak House Books in September 2007. Head Games was selected as a 2008 Edgar nominee for Best First Novel by an American Author. Head Games was also a finalist for the Anthony, Gumshoe and Crimespree Magazine awards for best first novel.His nonfiction books include Art in the Blood, a collection of interviews with 20 major crime authors which appeared in 2006, and Rogue Males: Conversations and Confrontations About the Writing Life, a second collection of interviews published by Bleak House Books in 2009.McDonald was also a contributor to the NYT's nonfiction bestseller, Secrets of the Code. He recently won national awards for his profiles of crime novelists James Crumley, Daniel Woodrell, James Sallis and Elmore Leonard.He is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, the International Association of Crime Writers, Sisters in Crime and a contributing columnist to Crimespree Magazine.
 

Genres: Mystery
 
Series
Hector Lassiter
   1. One True Sentence (2011)
   2. Forever's Just Pretend (2014)
   3. Toros & Torsos (2008)
   4. The Great Pretender (2014)
   5. Roll the Credits (2014)
   6. The Running Kind (2014)
   7. Head Games (2007)
   8. Print the Legend (2010)
   9. Death in the Face (2015)
   10. Three Chords & The Truth (2016)
   11. Write from Wrong (2021)
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Novels
   El Gavilan (2011)
   Once a World (2019)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Wolf (2008)
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Anthologies edited
   Borderland Noir (2015)
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Graphic Novels show
 
Non fiction show
 
Craig McDonald recommends
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The Bloody Black Flag (2017)
(Spider John Mystery, book 1)
Steve Goble
"Pirate noir? Captain Kidd meets Sam Spade? With The Bloody Black Flag, debut novelist Steve Goble boldly launches a seafaring sleuth subgenre sure to enthrall historical mystery lovers. The first Spider John Rush mystery is a strikingly original blend of pulp magazine-style nautical adventure tale and the traditional whodunit, rich in period atmosphere and dense with white-knuckle tension."
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Dead Wood (2014)
(John Rockne, book 1)
Dan Ames
"This is the first new private eye novel in a long time that just swept me along for the ride. Amore is definitely one to watch."

Anthologies containing stories by Craig McDonald
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Columbus Noir (2020)
(Akashic Noir)
edited by
Andrew Welsh-Huggins
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The Deadly Bride (2006)
And 19 of the Year's Finest Crime And Mystery Stories
(Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories, book 2)
edited by
Ed Gorman and Martin H Greenberg
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Dublin Noir (2006)
The Celtic Tiger vs. The Ugly American
(Akashic Noir)
edited by
Ken Bruen

Awards
Anthony Awards Best First Novel nominee (2008) : Head Games
Edgar Awards Best First Novel nominee (2008) : Head Games


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