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Brian Thornton is the author of eleven books, including The Book of Bastards: 101 Scoundrels and Scandals from the World of Politics and Power, and Honest Abe: 101 Little-Known Truths About Abraham Lincoln. His short fiction has appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, The Big Click, the Akashic Books anthology Seattle Noir, and the late, lamented BULLET UK. His double-volume anthology of crime fiction inspired by the music of jazz-rock legends Steely Dan was published by Down and Out books in 2019. His latest, a three-novella collection of historical crime fiction entitled Suicide Blonde, is due out in October of 2020. He does all of his own stunts, loves the color blue and singing in the car with his wife and son, and lives in Seattle, where he has served numerous years as President of the Northwest Chapter for the Mystery Writers of America.
