Ed Lynskey

Ed Lynskey is an American poet, critic, and novelist, mostly of crime fiction. He was born in Washington, D.C. where he still lives and works. His first four books are mysteries featuring his Private Investigator Frank Johnson: The Dirt-Brown Derby (2006), The Blue Cheer (2007), Pelham Fell Here (2008), Troglodytes (2010), The Zinc Zoo (2011), and After the Big Noise (2014). A P.I. Frank Johnson short collection is Out of Town a Few Days (2004).

A P.I. Sharon Knowles short story collection is A Clear Path to Cross (2008).

His creative work has been reviewed in Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, San Diego Union-Tribune, London Free Press, Halifax Chronicle-Herald, Lansing State Journal, The Virginian-Pilot, Tucson Citizen, and Nashville City Paper. Lynskey's work has been compared with that of Loren D. Estleman, James Lee Burke, Daniel Woodrell, Bill Pronzini, and Robert Crais.

His essays have been reprinted by Gale Research and Gryphon Books. He has written reviews for New York Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Sun-Times, Kansas City Star, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Ronoake Times, Des Moines Register, The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio), and Columbus Dispatch. His speculative literature has appeared in Strange Horizons, Chizine, and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine.

His numerous poems have appeared in such venues as The Atlantic Monthly, American Poetry Review, and Chicago Review. He won the 1993 Denny C. Plattner Appalachian Heritage Award in Poetry from Berea College, Kentucky. His work has been anthologized by St. Martin’s Press, University of Virginia Press, and Storyline Press.

His poem was cited in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2007: 20th Annual Collection, Ellen Datlow, editor. His stories were cited in Hardcore Hardboiled, Todd Robinson, Otto Penzler, editors, Kensington Publishing Group, 2008 and Sex, Thugs, Rock & Roll, Todd Robinson, editor, Kensington Publishing Group, 2009.

Bibliography

Novels

Private Investigator Frank Johnson Mystery series

• The Dirt-Brown Derby (2006)
• The Blue Cheer (2007)
• Pelham Fell Here (2008) - (actually first novel in series published out of sequence)
• Troglodytes (2010)
• The Zinc Zoo (2011)
• After the Big Noise (2014)

Isabel and Alma Trumbo Cozy Mystery Series

• Quiet Anchorage (2011)
• The Cashmere Shroud (2013)
• The Ladybug Song (2014)
• The Amber Top Hat (2015)
• Sweet Betsy (2015)
• Murder in a One-Hearse Town (2016)

Robin and Bill Piper Cozy Mystery Series

• The Corpse Wore Gingham (2015)
• Fur the Win (2016)

Hope Jones Cozy Mystery Series (written under the pseudonym Lyn Key)

• Nozy Cat 1 (2016)

Stand Alone Novels

• Wrong Orbits (2015) - suburban noir title
• Topaz Moon (2014) - suburban noir title
• Blood Diamonds (2012) - diamond heist title
• The Quetzal Motel (2012) - science fiction title
• Lake Charles (2011) - Appalachian noir title
• Ask the Dice (2011) - hit man noir title

Short Story Collections

• Out of Town a Few Days (2004)
• A Clear Path to Cross (2008)
• Smoking on Mount Rushmore (2013)

Continuing Characters

• Frank Johnson - A private detective from Pelham, Virginia.
• Isabel & Alma Trumbo - Sister sleuths from Quiet Anchorage, Virginia.
• Piper & Bill Robins - Married couple sleuths from Beverly Park, Virginia.
• Hope Jones—Single mother and sleuth living with daughter Stacey in Sweet Springs, Virginia.

External links

• The Blue Cheer
• William G. Contento's "The FictionMags Index's" List of short stories and articles by Ed Lynskey
• Announcement for 1993 Denny C. Plattner Appalachian Heritage Awards, First Place, Poetry, Ed Lynskey
• Ed Lynskey at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Sex, Thugs, and Rock & Roll story citation.