David Cole

David Cole grew up, waaay up in Northern Michigan. Surrounded by Lake Superior on one side and trees every other which way, he turned to writing short stories during long winters and pesky black fly springtimes. His first story, submitted to Boy’s Life, was rejected with a kind note to keep at it. Forty years later, after a variety of careers – missile test launch planner, computer consultant, high school teacher, an early rock band where he channeled Elvis – Cole’s first book, Butterfly Lost, quickly sold to HarperCollins.

Six more books followed, all set in southern Arizona and featuring Laura Winslow, a half-Hopi, one-time-Ritalin-abuser computer hacker, living on the run while battling the demons behind her own anxiety disorder and finally becoming drug-free, in love, and a licensed Arizona private investigator.

A long-time fan of Ottawa and Toronto, David currently lives in Syracuse, NY, but when writing, he retreats to his casita in Tucson, AZ. He’s currently working on a police procedural, Worship the Gods, featuring a new main character, a detective who’s also a two-tour Iraq war veteran.
 

Selected Bibliography:
The Laura Winslow P.I. series:
Falling Down. New York:HarperCollins/Avon, 2005
Shadow Plan. New York:HarperCollins/Avon, 2004
Dragonfly Bones. New York:HarperCollins/Avon, 2003
Scorpion Rain. New York:HarperCollins/Avon, 2002
Stalking Moon. New York:HarperCollins/Avon, 2002
The Killing Maze. New York:HarperCollins/Avon, 2001
Butterfly Lost. New York:HarperCollins/Avon, 2000

Short story
“JaneJohnDoe.com,” TBP 2009 in Indian Country Noir, Akashic Books
 

Awards:
Nomination, PWA Shamus award, 2006, best PI paperback, Falling Down
Nomination, LCC Calaveras award, best paperback, Shadow Play
Nomination, PWA Shamus award, 2004, best PI paperback, Dragonfly Bones
Nomination, LCC Otter award, best paperback, The Killing Maze
 

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