Stephen Liskow
Newington
CT United StatesContact: steveliskow@gmail.com
CT United StatesContact: steveliskow@gmail.com
Who Wrote the Book of Death?, The Whammer Jammers, Cherry Bomb, Run Straight Down, The Night Has 1000 Eyes, Blood on the Tracks, Postcards of the Hanging, The Kids Are All Right, Oh Lord, Won't You Steal Me a Mercedes Benz, The Nowhere Man, Dark Gonna Catch Me Here, Hit Somebody, Before You Accuse Me, Back Door Man, Words of Love
Zach Barnes, "Woody" Guthrie
Amateur Sleuth, Caper, Detective, Historical, Noir, Police Procedural, Private Investigator, Short Fiction
MWA Presents Vengeance, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Mickey Finn 3: 21st-Century Noir, MWA Presents Crime Hits Home, Prohibition Peepers
Over 50 stories in various magazines and the anthologies listed above
Craft
A former high school and college instructor, as well as a theatrical actor, Steve offers workshops on writing fiction. Topics include plot, character, point of view, dialogue, and preparing for NaNo.
A former English teacher, theatrical actor/director/designer, and musician, Steve has won the Black Orchid Novella Award twice and Honorable Mention for the Al Blanchard Story Award four times. He has been a finalist for both the Edgar and the Shamus Awards, and his short stories appear in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Tough, Black Cat Mystery Magazine, Switchblade, Mystery Magazine, and several anthologies. Prior to the Covid pandemic, he conducted fiction writing workshops throughout central Connecticut.