The son of two librarians, Mark Stevens was raised in Lincoln, Massachusetts, and has worked as a reporter, as a national television news producer and in public relations. 

He's the author of The Fireballer (Lake Union, 2023).
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He is also the author of The Allison Coil Mystery Series including Antler Dust, Buried by the Roan, Trapline, Lake of Fire, and The Melancholy Howl.
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Buried by the Roan, Trapline, and Lake of Fire were all finalists for the Colorado Book Award. Trapline won.

Stevens has had short stories published by Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Mystery Tribune, and in Denver Noir (Akashic Books, 2022).

In September 2016, Stevens was named Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers’ Writer of the Year.

Stevens hosts a regular podcast for Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. (YouTube version here;  online podcast page here or search for Rocky Mountain Writer on your favorite podcast platform).

Stevens has served as president of the Rocky Mountain chapter for Mystery Writers of America. Stevens is also regularly publishes reviews for the New York Journal of Books, Four Corners Free Press, and on his review website.) 
 
Today, Stevens lives in Mancos, Colorado.
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