Doug Levin

Thanks for stopping by. I have figured as a small-timer among crime-writing giants. A story of mine, "Wilson's Man," ran in the January 2008 Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (I was edged out of top billing by Dashiell Hammett). Another story of mine, "Fire Lines," appeared in the 2002 Anthony-winning (best cover!) anthology, Measures of Poison (Dennis McMillan Publications). The story nestles precariously alongside works by James Crumley, George P. Pelecanos, Michael Connelly, Howard Browne, Charles Willeford, Jon A. Jackson, James Sallis (the short story version of "Drive," now a major motion picture, as they say), and several others.
 
I have another story, "The Docile Shark," in the December 2010 EQMM. My debut story for Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, "Sheltered Assets," appears in the March 2012 issue. I also represent Portland, Oregon, with the story "Bridget's Conception" in West Coast Crime Wave. My agent is shopping my first novel, Jailhouse Pale, and I am working on a second novel. Both are heists.

I am a professional writer living in Portland, Oregon. I earn my keep writing a wide range of corporate materials. I am also interested in film and fiction, primarily crime fiction. My occasional book reviews appear in the Oregonian, and I am a member of the National Book Critics Circle. I am a lapsed academic, once drove a Nobel Prize-winning author in my car, and hold the Ph.D. in English from Yale University.
 
You can read my first author interview at this link.