Steven Torres

United States

Profile Information:

Hometown:
Da Bronx
About Me:
I write mysteries. The Precinct Puerto Rico series (hardboiled cozies) and The Concrete Maze (hardboiled noir). Just won a Derringer Award for a short story I've posted on my blog here called "Elena Speaks of the City, Under Siege." I run a blog: The Crime Time Cafe
I Am A:
Writer
Website:
http://www.steventorres.com
Books And Authors I Like:
Dope by Sara Gran
The Song is You by Megan Abbott
The Guards by Ken Bruen
Drive by Jim Sallis
Bloodknot by John Galligan

and

Short Stories By...
IJ Parker
Martin Limon
Russel McLean
Steve Hockensmith
Movies And TV Shows I Like:
The Amazing Race
American Idol
just got into the whole "wait for the DVD" thing

Comment Wall:

  • Daniel Hatadi

    Cool, you made it here. It wouldn't be right without you, Steven. Hope you have some fun, and there's plenty of fun to be had it seems. :)

    Mar 13, 2007

  • Steven Torres

    Daniel - I look forward to fun, but...

    Bryon - You're here?

    Mar 15, 2007

  • Daniel Hatadi

    Ever tried those fun size Mars Bars? They're fun. I never knew that fun would be so small, though.

    And Bryon? Oh man, I thought I set this thing up to keep people like him...

    Mar 15, 2007

  • Rob Siders

    Thanks for accepting my invite... I've got DEATH AT PRECINCT PUERTO RICO sitting here on my desk waiting for me to dig in.

    Mar 24, 2007

  • Jennifer Jordan

    I think Mr. Torres should ignore Crimespace and getting busy writing more books for me to read.

    And those fun size really are fun! In a, "I wonder if I can eat the whole bag in one sitting," kinda way.

    Mar 27, 2007

  • Steven Torres

    I am writing more books - two of them. For the next few weeks I'll be working on THE CONCRETE HEART. A follow-up (technically a prequal) to THE CONCRETE MAZE.

    Can't ignore CRIMESPACE, though. I'm ignoring my own blog for the moment. That got tiring.

    Mar 27, 2007

  • I. J. Parker

    Oh, this is nice. Friends. Not sure I like my image much. Hmm. Must do something about it. Now, Bryon's choice is interesting. I happen to know Bryon.

    Apr 8, 2007

  • Deborah Pesa

    Thank you for the friendly invite, Steven. Shout out from the boro of Queens!

    Apr 8, 2007

  • I. J. Parker

    Hi, Steven. Have you switched to a new series? Wonderful!

    Apr 11, 2007

  • Steven Torres

    Ingrid,
    New series to go with the old one. Also trying to right a thriller. We'll see how that goes.
    Deborah,
    I'm guessing you're looking forward to QUEENS NOIR. Should be a good one.

    Apr 11, 2007

  • Laura Benedict

    Thanks for being my friend, Steven!

    Apr 16, 2007

  • Malgorzata Janerka

    Hi Steven, thanks for the welcome! Travelling is easy now :-). Good luck with your work.

    May 9, 2007

  • Amanda Stevens

    Thanks so much for the welcome, Steven. This seems like a great place to hang out.

    May 9, 2007

  • Simon Wood

    Steven,

    Yep, I'm asking my non-American friends about American history for help. :-)

    Simon

    May 23, 2007

  • Nichole R. Bennett

    Thanks for the welcome, Steven!

    May 29, 2007

  • Simon Wood

    Thanks. It was touch and go on the review. It should have been published a month ago, but she really pulled one out for me.

    May 29, 2007

  • Steven Torres

    Em,
    I guess I lied when I said there were no giggles in my latest books. Now that I look at it, I can see where it might be all smiles all the time for some readers...Just wait....

    May 30, 2007

  • Dave Zeltserman

    Hey Steve, thanks for the invite.--Dave

    Jun 11, 2007

  • Robin Caroll

    I wait for the DVD a lot, too. We joined Netflix a few years back and I'm an addict!

    Jun 14, 2007

  • Dennis Webster

    It's great to be here, Steven. This is a really awesome gathering of writers. I hope you've been well. Please let me know when The Concrete Maze comes out so I can be first in line to pick it up.

    Jul 8, 2007

  • carole gill

    thanks, Steve. I'm sure I'll love it.

    Jul 13, 2007

  • carole gill

    Just looked over your thingy here.
    I feel encouraged about getting published--never really tried. I feel positive--hope it rubs off.
    all the best.

    Jul 13, 2007

  • colin cotterill

    hello steven, thanks for the welcome. it was quick. i've only just signed up. are you lurking there in cyberspace waiting to pounce on new members? have i been webstalked? congratulations on making it into the shallow side of a million on amazon. i feel sorry for the little old amazon accounting lady who has to count the books every half hour.

    Jul 17, 2007

  • colin cotterill

    it doesn't work like that. whe you actually have a book you slide in the other direction. make a printout now while you can still fit all those digits on the page.

    Jul 17, 2007

  • Naomi Hirahara

    Will you be out in L.A. in August? Let me know--maybe we can get together for coffee.

    Jul 21, 2007

  • Bernd Kochanowski

    BTW: You did a fine interview with Laura Lippman. Interesting, with insight and new informations.

    Jul 25, 2007

  • Carla Harker

    Thanks for the compliment on my blog. And thanks for the invite.

    Jul 27, 2007

  • Pamela Samuels-Young

    Thanks for the invite. Sounds like you're a busy guy. Your blog is quite entertaining. I've experienced that big Amazon jump too. My book landed in the Top 100 on the African-American interest best-sellers' list (No. 92). By the time I emailed a friend to check it out, it was gone. Oh well!

    Jul 29, 2007

  • Bernd Kochanowski

    Helle Steven,

    thanks for your invite. And yes, "krimileser" means reader of crime literatur. I just mentioned that I respect your attitude, that you spoke to 15 people (or so) and sold 7 books and were happy.

    bernd

    Jul 30, 2007

  • Erica ODonnell

    Thank you so much for the welcome. I just started reading Chris Mooney's "The Missing" and just finished Janet Evanovich's "Lean Mean Thirteen". Have a great day.

    Aug 3, 2007

  • Cormac Brown

    Hola,

    Thank you Steven, for being the first person to welcome me to Crime Space and thank you for accepting the invite. I appreciate it.

    Aug 3, 2007

  • Karen J. Laubenstein

    Hi Steven, sounds like an exciting life you've lead. Nice writing.

    Aug 7, 2007

  • R. Barri Flowers

    Hey, Steven. Another Dorchester thriller writer, aye? Great.

    Aug 8, 2007

  • JackBludis

    Hold on there, young man: "Hardboiled Cozies?" Isn't that a oxymoron?

    Aug 12, 2007

  • JackBludis

    OK, "Hardboiled Cozy," Cabot Cove but the people leave uglier corpses? I was relating "Hardboiled Cozy" to the Bronx. Kind of nice murders at the candy store. But your way works too.

    Aug 12, 2007

  • gracebrophy

    Thanks for the invitation to be your friend. Good luck with your novel.

    Aug 13, 2007

  • Sandra Balzo

    Hey, Steven, great to see your smiling face again, if only via the web!

    Aug 16, 2007

  • Donna Moore

    You're more than welcome - I absolutely loved it and it will definitely be on my list of top reads of 2007. See you in Alaska.

    Aug 16, 2007

  • Sam Reaves

    Looking forward to our panel. I'll have to do a little thinking to make sure I can define "hard boiled". See you in Anchorage.

    Aug 20, 2007

  • Kevin Helmold

    Hi Steven,
    I'm glad you picked up a copy of my book. I'd like to meet you and all the other crimespace authors. I'll be at the LIM conference next Feb. in Chicago. Are you or any of your writing friends planning on making it to that conference?

    Aug 29, 2007

  • HappyRuby

    Just finished The Concrete Maze yesterday. I intend to get a review posted and then send it on to my daughter in W. Virginia. I'm sure she will really enjoy the book. I did but it made me sad.

    Nov 6, 2007

  • Bruce Findleton

    Just got my copy of The Concrete Maze. Most grateful. Thanks.

    Nov 12, 2007

  • Bernd Kochanowski

    Hello Steven,

    in case you care. Just posted my review of "the concrete maze". The link ist here http://krimileser.wordpress.com/2007/11/15/kurzrezension-steven-torres-concrete-maze/

    i Liked it, quite a amazing ride.

    Nov 15, 2007

  • Bernd Kochanowski

    It's a Pity, that I cannot leave a commentary on your blog (I blog with Wordpress and have no Blogger-account).

    But: Winspear did not receive an Edgar. She was as often as Bruen nominated for it.

    Dec 21, 2007

  • Bernd Kochanowski

    Hi,

    I read your blog regularly, so I realized that you wrote about my post. Sorry that my English is not good enough, otherwise I would write sometimes posts on crimespace.

    Indeed, I never read IJ Parker, but I realized that she is active on crimespace and often comments on "contemporary nomad".

    Concerning Winspear: If I understand you correctly Maisie Dobbs wasn't your cup of tea (She won the Agatha). I agree, but I was really impressed with her description of (and attitude to) the "great war" and due to her I bought me a book with verses from Wilfred Owen - fine stuff.

    Dec 21, 2007

  • JackBludis

    Did you start your Jan 3rd project yet?

    Feb 22, 2008