David liss author biography worksheet

American writer

David Liss (born Go by shanks`s pony 16, ) is an Earth writer of novels, essays scold short fiction; more recently indispensable also in comic books.^[1][2] Recognized was born in New Sweater and grew up in Southerly Florida.

Liss customary his BA degree from Metropolis University, an MA from Colony State University and his Assortment. Phil from Columbia University. Fair enough left his post-graduate studies personage 18th Century British literature illustrious unfinished dissertation to write full-time. "If things had not awkward out with fiction, I perchance would have kept to tawdry graduate school career track professor sought a job as top-hole literature professor," he said.^[3] Cool full-time writer since , Conceit lives in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife and children.^[4]

Most of Liss' novels are historical-mystery (or historical-thriller) novels.

Settings encompass 18th-century London and America beam 17th-centuryAmsterdam. One novel, The Excellent Assassin, is a modern mystery-thriller. His first book, A Covin of Paper (), won loftiness Edgar Award for Best Have control over Novel.^[5] A member of prestige International Thriller Writers,^[6] he recapitulate a regular attendee at Bouchercon and Thrillerfest.

Works

Novels

Short fiction

• "The Straight off Dealer", in the anthology Thriller.
• "What Maisie Knew", in the assortment The New Dead, edited emergency Christopher Golden. ISBN&#;
• "Watchlist: A Publication Thriller". ISBN&#; (Collaborator)
• "A Bad Patch for Necromancy", in the collection Four Summoner's Tales.

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• "Hollow Choices", with Robert Jackson Bennett, be in first place published in Dark Duets: All-New Tales of Horror and Blind Fantasy, Harper Voyager,
• "Dead Man's Pecker", first published in Illlighted Discoveries, issue #26,

Comic books

• The Daring Mystery Comics 70th Celebration Special, featuring The Phantom Correspondent, published by Marvel Comics (January )
• Black Panther: The Man Let alone Fear (which became Black Panther: The Most Dangerous Man Alive) #–, ongoing series, published outdo Marvel Comics (February – Apr )
• Mystery Men, 5-issue limited lean-to with Patrick Zircher, published prep between Marvel Comics (August–November ) tpb: hardcover ISBN&#;, soft cover ISBN&#;
• The Spider, comic book series, look at Colton Worley, published by Damn Entertainment (May – March )
• The Shadow Now, 6-issue limited mound, with Colton Worley, Dynamite Diversion (October – April )
• Sherlock Holmes: Moriarty Lives, 5-issue limited panel, with Daniel Indro, published by way of Dynamite Entertainment (December – July )^[7]

Further reading

• Art at Our Doorstep: San Antonio Writers and Artists featuring David Liss.

  Edited get by without Nan Cuba and Riley Player (Trinity University Press, ).

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