Mark Stevens is the author of The Flynn Martin Thriller series including No Lie Lasts Forever (June 2025) and Two Truths and A Lie (April 2026), both from Thomas & Mercer; The Fireballer (Lake Union, 2023), and 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 published short stories in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Mystery Tribune, and  Denver Noir (Akashic Books, 2022).  Denver Noir went on to win the Colorado Book Award for Best Anthology in 2023.

Stevens was one of three co-editors for Four Corners Voices, an anthology of fiction, essays, and poetry that won the Colorado Book Award for Best Anthology in 2025.

In 2016 and again in 2023, Stevens was named Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers’ Writer of the Year.

For ten years, Stevens hosted 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 also regularly publishes reviews on his review website.) 
 
Today, Stevens lives in Mancos, Colorado.
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