welcome to author
Loren D. Estleman's
official website

updated 30 apr 08

 



"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 No Second Chance

 "...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 2008 events:

January 8
6:00 pm
Speaking and signing
AMOS WALKER'S DETROIT
Detroit Historical Society
Louise C. Booth Auditorium
5401 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI

January 10
7:00 pm
Speaking and signing GAS CITY
Ann Arbor, MI Library
in conjunction with
Aunt Agatha's Mystery Bookstore

February 9
12:00-2:00 pm
Speaking and signing GAS CITY
in Gas City, IN
by invitation of the mayor

May 14
11:00 am-2:00 pm
Signing AMOS WALKER'S DETROIT (w/Monte Nagler)
and FRAMES
Canton, MI Library

June 9
7:00 pm
Signing at The Poisoned Pen
Scottsdale, AZ

June 10-14
Western Writers of America
Convention
Scottsdale, AZ

September 7
Bookfest
Ann Arbor, MI
(details to come)


Who is Estleman?

Interested in more about the
man behind the words?
CLICK

 

 

[ latest news ]

FRAMES
TRIVIA CONTEST

Thanks to all who participated!
click HERE for results

 

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

Movie interest
in
GAS CITY
from several Hollywood studios.
If anything pans out,
we'll post details here.

GAS CITY
received
starred reviews
from

Booklist
Kirkus
Publishers Weekly

click
to read them

 

[ trivia ]

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 29 release:

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

 

 

[ 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


[ Also From Forge Books ]


April 2007
AMERICAN DETECTIVE
19th in the Amos Walker detective series
excerpt CLICK




[ AND, WORKS FORTHCOMING... ]

[ From Forge Books ]
date to be announced
THE BRANCH AND THE SCAFFOLD:
A NOVEL OF JUDGE ISAAC PARKER

[ 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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