welcome to author
Loren D. Estleman's
official website

updated 20 apr 12

 

 

"Frames is gripping entertainment..."
Lawrence Kasdan,
Academy Award-nominated Director and Screenwriter

 "Loren Estleman is the Stravinsky of hard-boiled prose--he never hits a wrong note."
John Lescroart, author of The First Law: A Novel

 

"Loren Estleman is my hero."
Harlan Coben, author of the
instant #1 New York Times bestseller
Hold Tight

 "...a true professional, a writer of a sort increasingly rare...so given to his work as to spontaneously combust to genius."
THE BOSTON GLOBE

Where is Estleman, anyway?

Typically, he's at his
1950 manual typewriter
working on the next novel.
Otherwise, look for him at these events:

[2012]

April 14
A Rally of Writers
Annual Convention
Lansing, MI
Estleman is Keynote Speaker

May 31
7:00 PM
Caroline Kennedy Library
Dearborn Heights, MI
Estleman is speaking & signing

June 5
7:00 PM
Aunt Agatha's Mystery Bookshop
Ann Arbor, MI

June 12-16
Western Writers of America
Convention
Albuquerque, NM
Estleman will receive the
Owen Wister Award for
Lifetime Achievement

September 9
Kerrytown BookFest
Ann Arbor, MI
Panel: "Mentoring & Loren D. Estleman" 2:00 PM, Main Tent
(Signing after)

October 4-7
Bouchercon World Mystery
Convention
Cleveland, OH


Who is Estleman?

Interested in more about the
man behind the words?
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What does
Estleman write?

MYSTERIES
AMOS WALKER SERIES
VALENTINO SERIES
PETER MACKLIN SERIES
DETROIT CRIME SERIES
OTHER CRIME FICTION

WESTERNS
PAGE MURDOCK SERIES
STAND-ALONE HISTORICAL
WESTERNS

OTHER WORKS
NONFICTION

What else can be found on this site?

AWARDS
LIST OF WHAT WON WHICH

BOOKS
COMPREHENSIVE LIST

SPATTERS
BITS & PIECES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ news ]

Estleman will receive the Western Writers of America
Owen Wister Award for lifetime achievement
during the WWA convention's Awards Banquet
in Albuquerque, NM, on June 16, 2012

Estleman was presented with the Barry Award for
Best Mystery Short Story 2010 for "The List."
The short story was published in
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, May 2010.
The awards were presented at Bouchercon 2011, St. Louis.


[ new books ]

Forthcoming: June 2012

BURNING MIDNIGHT

The 22nd Amos Walker detective novel

Hardcover . ISBN 978-0765331205


The 21st Amos Walker detective novel



July 2011

Hardcover . ISBN 978-0765319555
Kindle . ASIN B004OA62Y0


[ From Crippen & Landru ]

VALENTINO: FILM DETECTIVE
[a collection of short stories]

Paperback ISBN 978-1932009965


2010 marked the 30th anniversary of the Amos Walker Private Eye Series!

The 20th novel in the series

[ December 2010, Forge Books ]
THE LEFT-HANDED DOLLAR

Hardcover
. ISBN 978-0765319548
Kindle . ASIN B003P8QDBE


The Walker short story collection was 2nd on the Mysterious Bookshop 2010 Best List,
which appeared in Entertainment Weekly.


[ September 2010 ]

AMOS WALKER: THE COMPLETE STORY COLLECTION
Tyrus Books (Consortium, dist.), $32.95 (600p) ISBN 978-1-935562-24-5

In honor of Amos Walker's 30th anniversary (1980-2010), the author has compiled a mammoth 600-plus-page collection of all 31 Walker stories, with an introduction by Estleman and the new, never-before-published story, "Sometimes a Hyena."

From the Publishers Weekly Starred Review:
All the elements that have made Estleman one of the best hard-boiled writers of all time--just a notch below Chandler and Hammett--are present in these 32 short stories.
To read the full review, click here

From the Library Journal Starred Review:
Detroit's most famous gumshoe, Amos Walker, is back in this mammoth collection of short stories. The omnibus contains 32 tales, including the previously unpublished "Sometimes a Hyena," and flawlessly showcases Estleman's distinct and penetrating style.
To read the full review, click here

From the Bookgasm review:
AMOS WALKER: THE COMPLETE STORY COLLECTION is reason enough to not only celebrate, but finally acknowledge Estleman as one of the essential and influential authors of modern crime fiction, right up there with the likes of Ross Macdonald, Robert B. Parker and all the rest. It is essential reading.
To read the full review, click here

From the Booklist review:
Walker has a built-in audience of devoted fans; new readers who check out this sampler will be pleased to know they have 30 years of fine novels waiting for them.
To read the full review, click here




[ August 3, 2010, Forge Books ]

ROY & LILLIE
A Love Story

Hardcover . ISBN 0765322285
Kindle . ASIN B003P2WJ0O

The perfect romance between a reprobate Old West judge and
a celebrated British beauty; perfect because they never met.



[ Now Available From Forge Books ]
THE BOOK OF MURDOCK
8th in the Page Murdock Series

Hardcover . ISBN 978-0-7653-1600-4
Kindle . ASIN B003H4I43Q

 From the Publishers Weekly Review:
...an exciting western loaded with intrigue, suspense, and clever plot twists. Deputy U.S. Marshal Page Murdock is sent to Texas in 1884 to capture a gang of armed robbers. The wrinkle is that Murdock must go disguised as a traveling preacher, toting a Bible in one hand and a pistol in the other.... This is one of Estleman's best, a smart, tightly wrapped story about an honest lawman who drinks Old Forester and knows the difference between a Presbyterian and a Unitarian.
To read the full review, click here

 

[ collection forthcoming... ]

[ From Crippen & Landru ]

ATTITUDE AND OTHER
STORIES OF SUSPENSE


 

 To contact Estleman, please write him via his publisher:
Tor/Forge
175 5th Ave
New York, NY 10010
 
 

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