Loren D. Estleman is an American writer of detective

Detective fiction

Detective fiction is a sub-genre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator , either professional or amateur, investigates a crime, often murder.-In ancient literature:...

 and Western fiction

Western fiction

Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West frontier and typically set from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century. Well-known writers of Western fiction include Zane Grey from the early 1900s and Louis L'Amour from the mid 20th century...

. He writes with a manual typewriter.

Estleman graduated from Eastern Michigan University

Eastern Michigan University

Eastern Michigan University is a comprehensive, co-educational public university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Ypsilanti is west of Detroit and eight miles east of Ann Arbor. The university was founded in 1849 as Michigan State Normal School...

 in 1974 with a BA degree in English and Journalism. In 2002, Eastern Michigan University presented him with an honorary doctorate in humane letters. He married the mystery writer Deborah Morgan in 1993.

He is most famous for his novels about P.I. Amos Walker

Amos Walker

Amos Walker is a fictional character in a series of books by sometime western author Loren D. Estleman. He is a private detective who lives in Hamtramck and works in Detroit, Michigan. Amos is a traditionalist when it comes to film and music. Claiming to "dress like the late show," he is definitely...

. Other series characters include Old West marshal Page Murdock and hitman Peter Macklin. He has also written a series of novels about the history of crime in Detroit (also the setting of his Walker books), and a more recent series about Valentino who tracks down lost films, and crimes related to them. His non-series works include Bloody Season, a fictional recreation of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral was a roughly 30-second gunfight that took place at about 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26, 1881, in Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona Territory, of the United States. Outlaw Cowboys Ike Clanton and Billy Claiborne ran from the fight, unharmed, but Ike's brother...

, and several novels and stories featuring Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve...

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Amos Walker Books

• Motor City Blue (1980)
• Angel Eyes (1981)
• The Midnight Man (1982)
• The Glass Highway (1983)
• Sugartown (1985)
• Every Brilliant Eye (1986)
• Lady Yesterday (1987)
• Downriver (1988)
• General Murders (1988) 10 Amos Walker short stories
• Silent Thunder (1989)
• Sweet Women Lie
  Sweet Women Lie
  Sweet Women Lie is a crime novel by Loren D. Estleman. The book is set in Detroit, Michigan, and was first published in 1990. The book is the eleventh of a series in which the main character is Amos Walker, a private detective...
  
   (1990)
• Never Street (1997)
• The Witch Finder (1998)
• The Hours of the Virgin (1999)
• A Smile on the Face of the Tiger (2000)
• Sinister Heights (2002)
• Poison Blonde (2003)
• Retro (2004)
• Nicotine Kiss (2006)
• American Detective (2007)
• The Left-handed Dollar (2010)
• Infernal Angels (2011)

Other Books

• The Oklahoma Punk (1976; AKA Red Highway)
• Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula; or, The Adventures of the Sanguinary Count (1978)
• The Hider (1978; western)
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes (1979)
• The High Rocks (1979; Page Murdock)
• Stamping Ground (1980; Page Murdock)
• Aces and Eights (1981; western)
• The Wolfer (1981; western)
• Murdock's Law (1982; Page Murdock)
• Mister St. John (1983; western)
• The Stranglers (1984; Page Murdock)
• Kill Zone (1984; Peter Macklin)
• This Old Bill (1984; western)
• Roses Are Dead (1985; Peter Macklin)
• Gun Man (1985; western)
• Any Man's Death (1986; Peter Macklin)
• Bloody Season (1987; western)
• Peeper (1989; Ralph Poteet)
• The Best Western Stories of Loren D. Estleman (1989; selected by Bill Pronzini and Martin H. Greenberg)
• Whiskey River (1990; Detroit series)
• Motown (1991; Detroit series)
• Sudden Country (1991; western)
• King of the Corner (1992; Detroit series)
• People Who Kill (1993) short stories
• Edsel (1995; Detroit series)
• City of Widows (1995; Page Murdock)
• Stress (1996; Detroit series)
• Billy Gashade: An American Epic (1997; historical)
• Jitterbug (1998; Detroit series)
• Journey of the Dead (1998; western)
• The Rocky Mountain Moving Picture Association (1999; historical)
• Thunder City (1999; Detroit series)
• White Desert (2000; Page Murdock)
• The Master Executioner (2001)
• Something Borrowed, Something Black (2002; Peter Macklin)
• Little Black Dress (2005; Peter Macklin)
• Gas City (2008)
• Frames (2008)
• Alone (2009)
• The Branch and the Scaffold (2009)
• Valentino: Film Detective (2011; short stories)

External links

• Official web site
• Loren D. Estleman's page at Macmillan.com
• Biography at Thrilling Detective web site

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