Mark Stevens

The son of two librarians, Mark Stevens was raised in Lincoln, Massachusetts, and has worked as a reporter, as a national television news producer, and in public relations. The Fireballer (Lake Union, 2023) was named Best Baseball Novel by Twin Bill literary magazine and named a Best Baseball Book of the Year by Spitball Magazine . His novel Antler Dust was a Denver Post bestseller in 2007 and 2009. Buried by the Roan , Trapline , and Lake of Fire were all finalists for the Colorado Book Award...See more

The son of two librarians, Mark Stevens was raised in Lincoln, Massachusetts, and has worked as a reporter, as a national television news producer, and in public relations. The Fireballer (Lake Union, 2023) was named Best Baseball Novel by Twin Bill literary magazine and named a Best Baseball Book of the Year by Spitball Magazine . His novel Antler Dust was a Denver Post bestseller in 2007 and 2009. Buried by the Roan , Trapline , and Lake of Fire were all finalists for the Colorado Book Award (2012, 2015, and 2016, respectively), which Trapline won. Trapline also won the Colorado Authors League Award for Best Genre Fiction. Stevens's short stories have been published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , Mystery Tribune , and Denver Noir (Akashic Books). In both 2016 and 2023, Stevens was named Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers' Writer of the Year. He hosts a regular podcast for Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and has served as president of the Rocky Mountain chapter for Mystery Writers of America. Stevens also writes book reviews, which you can find at https: //markhstevens.wordpress.com. He currently lives in Mancos, Colorado. See less