Dave Zeltserman is an American novelist, born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 23, 1959. He has published noir, mystery, thriller, and horror novels, including Small Crimes (2008) and Pariah (2009). He won both the Shamus and Derringer awards for his novelette Julius Katz in 2010.Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Award, 2010Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Derringer Award, 2009 He also writes Morris Brick serial killer thrillers under the pseudonym Jacob Stone. His novel Small Crimes was made into a 2017 Netflix Original film of the same title starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.
Novels Fast Lane (2004) Bad Thoughts (2007) Small Crimes (2008), selected by NPR as one of the 5 best crime and mystery novels of 2008NPR Books Top Five Crime and Mystery Novels of 2008 and The Washington Post as one of the best books of the year.Washington Post Best Books of 2008 Bad Karma (2009) Pariah (2009), selected by The Washington Post as one of the best books of 2009.Washington Post Best Books of 2009 Killer (2010) The Caretaker of Lorne Field (2010), shortlisted by ALA for best horror novel of 2010 and Black Quill Nominee for Best Dark Genre novel of 2010.Dark Scribe Magazine, Black Quill Awards Nominations for the 4th Annual Black Quill Awards (2010) Outsourced (2011) Blood Crimes (2011) Dying Memories (2011) Julius Katz and Archie (2011) A Killer's Essence (2011) Monster: A novel of Frankenstein (2012), selected by Booklist for their 2013 list of top 10 horror novelsBooklist Magazine 2013 Top 10 Horror Fiction and WBUR for their favorite novels of 2012WBUR Favorite Books of 2012 The Boy Who Killed Demons (2014) The Interloper (2014) Deranged (written as Jacob Stone, 2017) Crazed (written as Jacob Stone, 2017) Malicious (written as Jacob Stone, 2018) Husk (2018) Cruel (written as Jacob Stone, 2018) Unleashed (written as Jacob Stone, 2019) The Tenth Wish (2019) Everybody Lies in Hell (2019) Trust Nothing (2025) Alles Endet Hier (2026)
Awards Pariah 2009 New England Book Festival AwardNew England Book Festival New England Book Festival Winners 2009 Julius Katz 2010 Shamus Award Julius Katz 2010 Derringer Award Archie's Been Framed 2010 EQMM Readers Choice Award Archie Solves the Case 2013 EQMM Readers Choice Award Cramer in Trouble 2017 3rd place EQMM Readers Choice Award "Julius Katz Draws a Straight Flush" 2026 Edgar Award for Best Short Story
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