Chris Culver is an American author of crime fiction. Set in and around the Midwestern United States, his novels include the nine-book Joe Court series and the seven-novel Ash Rashid series, the first volume of which remained on The New York Times bestseller list for 16 weeks. He has since written several standalone novels in the crime and thriller genre.
Chris Culver | |
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| Born | Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Hardboiled crime fiction, thriller |
| Website | |
| www | |
Biography
editCulver was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in September 1981. His family moved to Chickasha, Oklahoma shortly thereafter, later relocating to Newburgh, Indiana in 1988. An avid reader in elementary school, he developed an interest in crime fiction writing after acquiring a copy of Mickey Spillane's I, the Jury in a library book sale.[1]
Culver enrolled at Hanover College in 2000,[2] graduating from there with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 2004. After marrying a fellow Hanover College graduate, he enrolled in law school. He subsequently enrolled in a philosophy doctoral program at Purdue University,[3] where he also taught undergraduate students as a graduate assistant.[4]
Novels
edit| Title | Original publication date | Series |
|---|---|---|
| The Abbey | 2011, March | Ash Rashid, Book 1 |
| Just Run | 2011, September | — |
| The Outsider | 2013, April | Ash Rashid, Book 2 |
| By Any Means | 2014, May | Ash Rashid, Book 3 |
| Nine Years Gone | 2014, June | — |
| Measureless Night | 2015, May | Ash Rashid, Book 4 |
| Pocketful of God | 2016, January | Ash Rashid, Book 5 |
| No Room for Good Men | 2017, January | Ash Rashid, Book 6 |
| Counting Room | 2017, September | Gabe Ward, Book 1 |
| Sleeper Cell | 2018, March | Ash Rashid, Book 7 |
| The Girl in the Motel | 2018, December | Joe Court, Book 1 |
| The Girl in the Woods | 2019, February | Joe Court, Book 2 |
| The Boys in the Church | 2019, April | Joe Court, Book 3 |
| The Man in the Meth Lab | 2019, July | Joe Court, Book 4 |
| The Woman Who Wore Roses | 2019, September | Joe Court, Book 5 |
| The Man in the Park | 2019, December | Joe Court, Book 6 |
| The Girl Who Told Stories | 2020, March | Joe Court, Book 7 |
| The Men on the Farm | 2020, June | Joe Court, Book 8 |
| The Man in the River | 2020, September | Joe Court, Book 9 |
| Night Work | 2021, August | Hannah Blackwood, Book 1 |
| The Lost Ones | 2021, November | Hannah Blackwood, Book 2 |
| Throwaways | 2022, February | Hannah Blackwood, Book 3 |
| Those Who Remain | 2022, June | Homer Watson, Book 1 |
| Where I Die | 2022, November | Homer Watson, Book 2 |
| The Man by the Creek | 2023, July | Joe Court, Book 10 |
References
edit- ^ Culver, Chris. "About Chris Culver". Archived from the original on December 24, 2023.
- ^ "Notable Alumni". Hanover College. Archived from the original on November 30, 2022.
- ^ "Ash Rashid". www.detecs.org. Archived from the original on January 18, 2022.
- ^ Haupt, Debbie (July 31, 2014). "Interview with author Chris Culver - Nine Years Gone". thereadingfrenzy.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on November 23, 2023.
- ^ "Website of New York Times' bestselling author Chris Culver". indiecrime.com. Archived from the original on December 24, 2023.
- ^ "Chris Culver's Hana Blackwood books in order". www.fantasticfiction.com. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022.