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Ace Atkins (born June 28, 1970) is an American journalist and author. He became a full-time novelist at the age of 30. Biography Born in 1970, Atkins is the son of NFL player Billy Atkins.Atkins lettered for the Auburn University football team in 1992 and 1993.Atkins was featured on the Sports Illustrated cover commemorating the Tigers' perfect 11-0 season of 1993. The cover shows Atkins celebrating after sacking future Heisman Trophy winner Danny Wuerffel of the Florida Gators. Atkins wore number 99 for the Tigers.Atkins graduated from Auburn University in 1994.Atkins worked as a crime reporter in the newsroom of The Tampa Tribune before he published his first novel, Crossroad Blues (1998). While at the Tribune, Atkins earned a Pulitzer Prize nomination for a feature series based on his investigation into a forgotten murder of the 1950s. The story became the core of his critically acclaimed novel, White Shadow, which was commented on positively by noted authors and critics. In his next novels, Wicked City and Devil's Garden, Atkins continued this kind of story-telling, a style that was compared to that of Dennis Lehane and George Pelecanos.White Shadow (2006), Wicked City (2008), and Devil's Garden (2009) are personal books for Atkins, all set in his former homes: San Francisco, where he lived as a child; Alabama, his family's home and where he was born and went to college; and Tampa, where he embarked on his career as a writer. Each novel contains bits of himself – friends and colleagues he once knew, people he respected or admired, family members, and personal heroes. In Devil's Garden, Atkins explores the early life of one of those heroes: Dashiell Hammett, the originator of the hard-boiled crime novel. As a Pinkerton Agency detective, Hammett investigated the rape and manslaughter case against early Hollywood star Roscoe Arbuckle, one of the most sensational trials of the 20th Century. Atkins' novel Infamous (2010) is based on the 1933 Charles Urschel kidnapping and subsequent misadventures of the gangster couple George "Machine Gun" and Kathryn Kelly.In 2011, Atkins was selected by the estate of Robert B. Parker to take over writing the Spenser series of novels. The Boston Globe wrote that while some people might have "viewed the move as unseemly, those people didn't know Robert B. Parker, a man who, when asked how his books would be viewed in 50 years, replied: 'Don't know, don't care.' He was proud of his work, but he mainly saw writing as a means of providing a comfortable life for his family." Personal life In a 2023 interview for CrimeReads, Atkins said he’s been living for the past twenty years on a historic farm outside Oxford, Mississippi with his family. Novels Nick Travers Crossroad Blues (1998) Leavin' Trunk Blues (2000) Dark End of the Street (2002) Dirty South (2004)Quinn Colson The Ranger (2011) The Lost Ones (2012) The Broken Places (2013) The Forsaken (2014) The Redeemers (2015) The Innocents (2016) The Fallen (2017) The Sinners (2018) The Shameless (2019) The Revelators (2020) The Heathens (2021)Robert B. Parker's Spenser Robert B. Parker's Lullaby (2012) Robert B. Parker's Wonderland (2013) Robert B. Parker's Cheap Shot (2014) Robert B. Parker's Kickback (2015) Robert B. Parker's Slow Burn (2016) Robert B. Parker's Little White Lies (2017) Robert B. Parker's Old Black Magic (2018) Robert B. Parker's Angel Eyes (2019) Robert B. Parker’s Someone To Watch Over Me (2020) Robert B. Parker's Bye Bye Baby (2022)Stand Alone Novels White Shadow (2006) 400 pages ISBN 0-425-23054-6 Wicked City (2008) 368 pages ISBN 0-425-22707-3 Devil's Garden (2009) 368 pages ISBN 0-399-15536-8 Infamous (2010) 416 pages ISBN 0-399-15630-5See also List of Auburn University peopleReferences External links Official website Author page, UK publisher (No Exit Press). Discover the Ace Atkins popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Ace Atkins books.
Best Seller Ace Atkins Books of 2024
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Lucky Supreme
Jeff JohnsonBest Crime Novel of the YearJoy Ride through the Tattoo Underworld of Portland's Old Town.The night world of Old Town, Portland, Oregon, has gone mad in the grip of gentrification,...
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White Shadow
Ace Atkins“This book succeeds both as a firstrate historical novel and as a superb crime story. It packs the emotional wallop of Dennis Lehane’s Mystic River. It is as gritty as James E...
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The Sinners
Ace AtkinsIn this novel from New York Timesbestselling crime master Ace Atkins, violence comes in many forms...and this time it may be more than Quinn Colson can handle.The Pritchards had ne...
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School Days
Robert B. ParkerA horrifying school shooting draws Boston PI Spenser into a harrowing investigation in this thriller by New York Times bestselling author Robert B. Parker.When a Massachusetts boy ...
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Wicked City
Ace AtkinsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of the Quinn Colson series comes a “noir crime classic”(Mystery Ink) about one of the most notorious towns in American history. Whe...
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The Shameless
Ace AtkinsBuried secrets, dirty lies, and unbridled greed and ambition raise the stakes down South in the lauded crime series from New York Times bestselling author Ace Atkins.Twenty years a...
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The Innocents
Ace AtkinsQuinn Colson returns to Jericho, Mississippi, and gets pulled back into a world of greed and violence in this gritty, darkly comic tale from New York Times bestselling So...
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The Fallen
Ace AtkinsFrom New York Times bestselling author Ace Atkins comes a rollicking crime novel of brazen thieves, good ole boy politicians, truck stop womenand one decent man crazy enough t...
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Wild Side of the River
Michael ZimmerA son sets out to make things right and avenge his father’s death in this dark Western noir.Ethan Wilder has been off in the mountains hunting for the last several months. Upon his...
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The Redeemers
Ace AtkinsIn this “morbidly funny”(The New York Times) thriller in Ace Atkin’s southern crime series, former Mississippi sheriff Quinn Colson might be out of a jobbut that doesn't ...
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The Devil Himself
Peter FarrisFor Fans of Brian Panowich and Ron Rash. Southern Noir at its finest, The Devil Himself, sizzles with pageburning suspense and bewitching characters. Deep in the forest o...
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The Forsaken
Ace AtkinsMississippi sheriff Quinn Colson attempts to root out small town corruption in this gritty crime thriller in Ace Atkins’ acclaimed New York Times bestselling series. Thirtys...
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The Broken Places
Ace AtkinsIn the third gripping crime novel in Ace Atkins’s New York Times bestselling series, small town sheriff Quinn Colson takes on deadly criminals and even deadlier weather... A year a...
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The Animals After Midnight
Jeff Johnson"Elmore Leonard fans should be pleased." Publishers Weekly"Darby Holland is a modern hero in the mod of Sam Spade and Marlow only with more tattoos and in steeltoed boots." A...
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The Revelators
Ace AtkinsIn this gripping new crime novel from the New York Timesbestselling author, Quinn Colson returns to take down a criminal syndicate that has ravaged his community, threatened his fa...
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Dead Big Dawg
Victoria HoustonMurder, She Wrote meets Fargo in the Northwoods of Wisconsin in the nineteenth “gripping, atmospheric, and smart” (T. Jefferson Parker, New York Times bestselling author) installme...
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The Lost Ones
Ace AtkinsFans of Justified and James Lee Burke will love Mississippi lawman Quinn Colson in this Edgar® Award Nominee for Best Novel from the author of The Ranger...When Army Rang...
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Odd Partners
Mystery Writers of America, Anne Perry, Allison Brennan, Jeffery Deaver & William Kent KruegerUnlikely pairs join forces to crack a slew of intriguing cases in an anthology edited by New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry, featuring original stories by Jacqueline Wins...
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The Ranger
Ace AtkinsTHE FIRST NOVEL IN ACE ATKINS’ NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING QUINN COLSON SERIES.“In Quinn Colson, bestselling author Ace Atkins has created an American hero in a time when we ne...
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Meanwhile Street
Miranda GloverIt's early morning and Meanwhile Street thinks it's waking to a regular Wednesday in May. Soon a disconcerting sound alerts Maggie and Gordon that something's not right. Throughout...
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Infamous
Ace AtkinsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of the Quinn Colson series comes a fast, funny, violent noir novel based on the crimes of George “Machine Gun” Kelly. In July 1...
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The Heathens
Ace AtkinsSheriff Quinn Colson and his former deputy Lillie Virgil find themselves on opposite sides of a case for the first time after a woman is found dead and three delinquent teens go on...