Josh Lanyon
Josh Lanyon is an American writer of LGBT mystery and adventure fiction, usually with a strong romantic subplot.
Over the past decade Lanyon has written numerous novels, novellas and short stories as well as the non-fiction writing guide Man, Oh Man! Writing M/M Fiction for Kinks and Ca$h. He is the author of the Holmes & Moriarity comic mysteries as well as the Adrien English mystery novels, including The Hell You Say, winner of the 2006 USABookNews award for GLBT fiction.
Lanyon has collaborated with several other writers including Laura Baumbach (co-writer of the Eppie Award-winning Mexican Heat), Jordan Castillo Price, and Sarah Black.
In December 2009, Lanyon's first foray into spec fiction was published through Blind Eye Books. Strange Fortune is described as an AU British Raj adventure with romantic and fantasy elements.
Lanyon's first novel, Fatal Shadows, was published in 2000 through the now defunct indie British publisher Gay Men's Press. Since then he has published with a variety of presses, both electronic and print, including Samhain Publishing, Carina Press, Loose Id, Blind Eye Books, JCP Books, Liquid Silver, MLR Press, Aspen Mountain Press, Torquere, etc. Lanyon currently lives in Los Angeles, California.
Bibliography
Series
- Adrien English Mysteries
- Fatal Shadows (2000) - MLR Press, ISBN 978-0-9793110-4-8 (Print) + Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-59632-465-7 (Ebook)
- A Dangerous Thing (2002) - MLR Press, ISBN 978-0979311055 (Print) + Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-59632-465-7 (Ebook)
- The Hell You Say (2006) - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-934531-01-3 (Print) + Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-59632-582-1 (Ebook)
- Death of a Pirate King (2008) - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-934531-31-0 (Print) + Just Joshin', ISBN 978-0-98476-690-1 (Ebook)
- The Dark Tide (2009) - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1608201235 (Print) + Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-60737-490-9 (Ebook)
- Dark Horse
- The Dark Horse (2007) - Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-59632-443-5 (Ebook)
- The White Knight (2009) - Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-59632-908-9 (Ebook)
- Dangerous Ground
- Dangerous Ground (2008) - Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-59632-658-3 (Ebook) + MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-934531-26-6 (Print)
- Old Poison (2009) - Just Joshin', ISBN 978-0-98476-696-3 (Ebook)
- Blood Heat (2010) - Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-60737-869-3 (Ebook)
- Dead Run (2011) - Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-61118-464-8 (Ebook)
- Holmes & Moriarity
- Somebody Killed His Editor (2009) - Samhain Publishing, ISBN 978-1-60504-607-5 (Print) + ISBN 978-1-60504-585-6 (Ebook)
- All She Wrote (2010) - Samhain Publishing, ISBN 978-1-60928-200-4 (Ebook)
- Doyle and Spain
- Snowball in Hell (2007) - Carina Press, ISBN 9781426891397 (Ebook)
- Shadow on the Sun (TBA)
- A Shot in the Dark
- This Rough Magic (2011) - Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-61118-402-0 (Ebook)
- New Moon (TBA)
- The XOXO Files
- Mummy Dearest (2011) - Samhain Publishing, ISBN 978-1-60928-536-4 (Ebook)
Standalone novels
- The Ghost Wore Yellow Socks (2008) - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-934531-14-3 (Print) + Just Joshin', ISBN 978-0-9847669-7-0 (Ebook)
- Mexican Heat (2008) - co-authored with Laura Baumbach - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-934531-05-1 (Print) + Samhain Publishing, ISBN 978-1-60504-380-7 (Ebook)
- Strange Fortune (2009) - Blind Eye Books, ISBN 978-1935560005 (Print) + Samhain Publishing, ISBN 978-1-60928-113-7 (Ebook)
- Fair Game (2010) - Carina Press, ISBN 9781426890451 (Ebook)
- Come Unto These Yellow Sands (2011) - Samhain Publishing, ISBN 978-1-60928-273-8 (Ebook)
Novellas and anthology works
- Partners in Crime
- "Cards on the Table" in Boy Meets Body (2007) - with Sarah Black - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-934531-00-6 (Print) + Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-59632-613-2 (Ebook)
- "Snowball in Hell" in I'll Be Dead for Christmas (2007) - with Sarah Black - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-934531-02-0 (Print) + Carina Press, ISBN 9781426891397 (Ebook)
- "I Spy Something Bloody" in Footsteps in the Dark (2008) - with Sarah Black - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-934531-15-0 (Print) + Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-59632-710-8 (Ebook)
- "I Spy Something Wicked" (2009) - Just Joshin', ISBN 978-0-98476-691-8 (Ebook)
- "Lovers and Other Strangers" in The Art of Dying (2009) - with Jordan Castillo Price - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-934531-25-9 (Print) + Just Joshin', ISBN 978-0-9847669-9-4 (Ebook)
- "Don't Look Back" in Committed to Memory (2009) - with JS Cook - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-60820-114-3 (Print) + Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-59632-972-0 (Ebook)
- Petit Morts (with Jordan Castillo Price, Sean Kennedy and Clare London)
- Slings and Arrows (2010) - JCP Books, ISBN 978-1935540120 (Print) + ISBN 978-1-935540-05-2 (Ebook)
- Other People's Weddings (2010) - JCP Books, ISBN 978-1935540120 (Print) + ISBN 978-1-935540-06-9 (Ebook)
- Critic's Choice (2010) - JCP Books, ISBN 978-1935540236 (print) + ISBN 978-1-935540-18-2 (Ebook)
- Sort of Stranger Than Fiction (2010) - JCP Books, ISBN 978-1935540236 (print) + ISBN 978-1-935540-16-8 (Ebook)
- Just Desserts (2011) - JCP Books, ISBN 978-1-935540-31-1 (Ebook)
- "A Ghost of a Chance" - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-60820-476-2, also in Scared Stiff (2007) - MLR Press, ISBN 978-0-9793110-6-2 (Print + Ebook)
- "In a Dark Wood" (2007) - Just Joshin', ISBN 978-0-98476-692-5 (Ebook)
- "A Limited Engagement" (2008) - Just Joshin', ISBN 978-0-98476-693-2 (Ebook)
- "In Sunshine or In Shadow" (2009) - Just Joshin', ISBN 978-0 98476-694-9 (Ebook)
- "Out Of The Blue", also in Esprit de Corps (2009) - ISBN 978-1-59578-578-7 (Ebook) + MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-934531-03-7 (Print)
- "Until We Meet Once More" - Just Joshin', ISBN 978-0-98476-698-7 (Ebook), also in Because Of The Brave (2009) - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-60820-107-5 (Print)
- "The Dickens with Love" (2009) - Samhain Publishing, ISBN 978-1-60504-837-6 (Ebook), also in To All a (Very Sexy) Good Night, ISBN 978-1-60504-922-9 (Print)
- "The French Have a Word for It" (2009) - Just Joshin', ISBN 978-0-9847669-5-6 (Ebook)
- "The Dark Farewell" (2010), also in The Mysterious (2010) - Samhain Publishing, ISBN 978-1-60504-944-1 (Ebook) + MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-60820-098-6 (Print)
- "The Darkling Thrush" (2010) - Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-60737-563-0 (Ebook)
- "A Vintage Affair" (2010) - Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-60737-807-5 (Ebook)
- "Icecapade" (2010), also in His for the Holidays - Carina Press, ISBN 9781426890925 (Ebook) + Anthology: ISBN 9781426890833 (Ebook)
- "Lone Star" in Men Under The Mistletoe (2011 - unreleased) - Carina Press
- "Green Glass Beads" in Irregulars (2012) - Blind Eye books
Collections
- Josh Lanyon Collected Novellas, Volume 1 - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1608200061 (Print)
- I Spy Something Bloody
- A Limited Engagement
- The Dark Horse
- A Ghost of a Chance
- In a Dark Wood
- Josh Lanyon Collected Novellas, Volume 2 - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1608200528 (Print)
- Cards on the Table
- Dangerous Ground
- In Sunshine or In Shadow
- Snowball in Hell
Non-fiction
- Man, Oh Man! Writing M/M Fiction for Kinks & Ca$h (2008) - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-934531-30-3 (Print + Ebook)
- "The Play of Shadows and Light: Hansen before Dave" in The Golden Age of Gay Fiction (2009) - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-60820-048-1 (Print) + ISBN 978-1-60820-049-8 (Ebook)
Awards
- The Hell You Say is the winner of the 2006 USABookNews Award for Gay/Lesbian Fiction.[1]
- The Hell You Say was a finalist for the 2006 Lambda Literary Awards in the Gay Mystery category.[2]
- Mexican Heat was a finalist for the 2008 Lambda Literary Awards in the Gay Romance category.[3]
- Mexican Heat is the winner of EPIC’s 2010 E-Book Competition in the category Mystery, Suspense, and/or Adventure Erotic Romance.[4]
- The Golden Age of Gay Fiction was a finalist for the 2010 Lambda Literary Awards in the category Non-Fiction.[5]
Interviews
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