welcome to author
Loren D. Estleman's
official website

updated 26 apr 09

 



"Estleman's prose
snaps like fresh linen Treasury bills."
KIRKUS REVIEWS (starred review)

 "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 2009 events:

May 28
7:00 PM
Interviewing Elmore Leonard
and Peter Leonard
at Ann Arbor, MI Library
in conjunction with
Aunt Agatha's Mystery Bookstore

June 16-20
Western Writers of America Convention
Oklahoma City, OK

October 15-18
Bouchercon World Mystery Con
Indianapolis, IN


Who is Estleman?

Interested in more about the
man behind the words?
CLICK

 

 

[ latest news ]

Estleman crossed again
Chicago Tribune
Saturday, December 27, 2008
11 Down: Crime novelist Loren D. __

Estleman on YouTube
check out these videos from
the Kerrytown Bookfest, Ann Arbor, MI
HERE and HERE

[also, a new trivia note, below]

[ awards ]

Estleman receives
Elmer Kelton Award
In appreciation for
significant contribution to western literature
presented by the
German Association
for the Study of the Western

AMERICAN DETECTIVE
was one of only seven mystery novels
to make Publisher's Weekly's
top 150 novels of 2007


[ reviews ]


THE BRANCH AND THE SCAFFOLD
A NOVEL OF JUDGE ISAAC PARKER
[Coming from Forge Books April 2009*]
[*Note the new publication date]

"...a vivid, fast-paced western
adventure brilliantly presented by
a masterful storyteller."
--Publisher's Weekly
read the full review HERE

Entertainment Weekly
gives GAS CITY
an "A"

"He's been called an heir to Chandler — and it's easy to see why."
read the full review HERE

New York Times
Book Review
Leads with Gas City
Review by Marilyn Stasio
Shades of the Muckrakers

The shades of Frank Norris and Upton Sinclair must have been looking over Loren D. Estleman’s shoulder when he wrote GAS CITY...
read the full review HERE

GAS CITY
received
starred reviews
from

Booklist
Kirkus
Publishers Weekly
click to read them

[ hollywood ]

Movie interest
in

the VALENTINO series
[ Hollywood's right up
Valentino's alley! ]

GAS CITY

If anything pans out,
we'll post details here.

[ trivia ]

Estleman's friend,
Phil Rosette--an author and
a dealer in collectible books--
recently acquired Estleman's
THE GLASS HIGHWAY from
the private library of
noted mystery author, the late
Dorothy B. Hughes. Ms. Hughes' "book belongs to" signature has been verified.

Amos Walker's been crossed!
in
USA Today
crossword puzzle

Estleman covered the filming of
Lonesome Dove
for TV Guide

In the
Oxford English Dictionary:
Amos Walker PI novel,
SUGARTOWN, cited for
the use of the word "goombah"

 

 

[ latest books ]

April 2009:

The Branch and the Scaffold
A novel of Judge Isaac Parker

"...a vivid, fast-paced western
adventure brilliantly presented by
a masterful storyteller."
--Publisher's Weekly
read the full review HERE

April 2008:

FRAMES


THE FILM BUSINESS IS TOUGH.
FOR VALENTINO, IT'S MURDER.
First in a new novel series featuring
L.A. film archivist Valentino!

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

Read the reviews HERE

 January 2008
[ From Forge Books ]

GAS CITY

Raking in the starred reviews!
click to read them

Estleman visits the real Gas City!
click for story and photos

 

[ From Wayne State University Press ]



AMOS WALKER'S DETROIT
Autumn 2007

Text by Loren Estleman
Photos by Monte Nagler

This coffee table book features photos of
Detroit-area locations with descriptions from throughout the Amos Walker series



[ AND, WORKS FORTHCOMING... ]

[ December 2009, Forge Books ]
ALONE
2nd in the Valentino novel series
[ This one's about Greta Garbo ]

[ forthcoming in 2010, Forge Books ]
THE LEFT-HANDED DOLLAR
20th in the
Amos Walker detective series

[ forthcoming, Forge Books ]
THE BOOK OF MURDOCK
8th in the Page Murdock Series

[ From Crippen & Landru ]
dates to be announced
ATTITUDE AND OTHER
STORIES OF SUSPENSE
and
VALENTINO: FILM DETECTIVE
[a collection of short stories]

 What else 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

LINKS
COMING SOON

 

 

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

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