Christopher Valen

Profile Information:

Hometown:

St. Paul, MN

About Me:

My debut police procedural, White Tombs, featuring Homicide Detective John Santana, was released in March 2008. White Tombs won the Reader Views Choice Award for Best Mystery and the Garcia Award for Best Fiction. The second book in the police procedural series entitled "The Black Minute" was released in September 2009. It also won the Reader Views Best Mystery of the Year and the Linda Goldman Award for Best Novel. The third novel in the series, "Bad Weeds Never Die," was released on September 1, 2011. It was chosen as 2011 Best Mystery/Thriller by both Reader Views and Rebecca's Reads. The fourth book in the John Santana series, Bone Shadows, will be released on October 1, 2012. For more information go to www.christophervalen.com. Also, visit his blog, Probable Cause, at http:/christophervalen.com/blog.

I Am A:

Writer

Website:

http://www.christophervalen.com

Books And Authors I Like:

Anything by James Lee Burke, Michael Connelly, Lee Child and John Connolly

Movies And TV Shows I Like:

I don't watch much TV, but I do enjoy watching Dexter on the Showtime network, Bill Maher on HBO and John Stewart and Steven Colbert on Comedy Central.

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  Cathryn Grant

  Nice to meet you. I haven't seen the latest Dexter season, I wait for Netflix and gorge on it over the course of 3 weeks.

  Nov 29, 2010

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  J. F. Juzwik

  Thanks so much for the ad, Christopher.  Joyce

  Jun 10, 2011

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  Beth Groundwater

  Hi Christopher,

  Thanks for befriending this fellow crime fiction author here on Crimespace!

  Jan 4, 2012