Robert Dingwall Zimmerman (born 8 August 1952) is an American author of mysteries, psychological thrillers, and children's books. He has won several literary awards.

Early life

He was raised in the Chicago

Chicago

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 area, and currently resides in Minneapolis, MN.

Todd Mills series

• Closet (Oct 1995)
• Tribe (Aug 1996)
• Hostage (Oct 1997)
• Outburst (Oct 1998)
• Innuendo (Nov 1999)

Alex & Maddy Phillips series

• Death Trance (Oct 1992)
• Blood Trance (Jun 1993)
• Red Trance (Jul 1994)

Tsarist Russian series

(written under the pen name Robert Alexander)

• The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar
• Rasputin's Daughter

Other books

• The Cross and the Sickle (Jan 1984)
• The Red Encounter (Sep 1986)
• Murder Most Artful (Mar 1987)
• Blood Russian (Oct 1987)
• Mindscream (Jul 1989)
• Deadfall in Berlin (Sep 1990)

Awards

Two Edgar

Edgar Award

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 nominations, two Lambda Literary Award

Lambda Literary Award

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s, and an Anthony

Anthony Award

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nomination.

• Deadfall in Berlin was a 1991 finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Mystery.
• Closet won the 1995 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery.
• Closet was a 1996 finalist for the Anthony Award for Best Paperback.
• Tribe was a 1997 finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Paperback.
• Outburst won the 1998 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery.

External links

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Rd-Zimmerman/520299657?_fb_noscript=1 his Facebook page
• http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=34126 Publishers website