Steve Hockensmith


Steve Hockensmith is an American author. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He currently lives in California's bay area with his wife, two children, and pet dog.

Biography

Hockensmith is the author of the Holmes on the Range mystery series. The first book in the series, Holmes on the Range, was a finalist for the Edgar, Shamus and Anthony Awards for Best First Novel.
Several of Hockensmith's short stories have been nominated for awards in the mystery field. He won the Short Mystery Fiction Society's Derringer Award for "Erie's Last Day," published in the May 2000 issue of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. Two subsequent Larry Erie stories, "Tricks" and "The Big Road", were finalists for the Shamus Award for Best Short Story from the Private Eye Writers of America. "The Big Road" was also nominated for the Anthony and Barry Awards. More recently, a Big Red/Old Red story, "Dear Dr. Watson", was a finalist for the Anthony Award.
Hockensmith authored the third book in the Quirk Classics series, , in 2010, as well as its sequel, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After in 2011

Novels

Short stories

TitlePublication or AnthologyPub. dateNotes
Erie's Last DayAlfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine2000featuring Larry Erie
Special DeliveryEllery Queen's Mystery MagazineJan 2002-
Dear Mr. HolmesEllery Queen's Mystery MagazineFeb 2003debut of Big Red & Old Red
Secret SantaEllery Queen's Mystery MagazineJan 2004
TricksAlfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine2004featuring Larry Erie
Fred Menace, Commie for HireShow Business Is Murder2004featuring Fred Menace
NaughtyEllery Queen's Mystery MagazineJan 2005
Gustav Amlingmeyer, Holmes of the RangeEllery Queen's Mystery MagazineFeb 2005featuring Big Red & Old Red
The Big RoadAlfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine2005featuring Larry Erie
NaivetéEllery Queen's Mystery MagazineJan 2006
Wolves in WinterEllery Queen's Mystery MagazineFeb 2006featuring Big Red & Old Red
Dear Dr. WatsonEllery Queen's Mystery MagazineFeb 2007featuring Big Red & Old Red
Hidden GiftsEllery Queen's Mystery MagazineJan 2008
The Devil's AcreEllery Queen's Mystery MagazineFeb 2008featuring Big Red & Old Red
Greetings from Purgatory!Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineFeb 2009featuring Big Red & Old Red
The old SenatorSherlock Holmes: The American YearsFeb 2010featuring Sherlock Holmes
An Introduction to Jewish Myth and MysticismAn Apple for a CreatureAug 2012
The HerdLightspeed MagazineOct 2014