All content copyright Chris F. Holm 2007-2012 unless otherwise attributed. All rights reserved.
I was born in Syracuse, New York, the grandson of a cop with a penchant for crime fiction. It was the year of punk rock and Star Wars, two influences that to this day hold more sway over me than perhaps my wife would like. But it was books that defined my childhood, from my grandfather’s Wambaugh and Sanders to the timeworn pulps picked up secondhand from the library.
I wrote my first story at the age of six. It got me sent to the principal’s office. I’d like to think that right then is when I decided to become a writer.
Since then, I’ve fared a little better. My stories have appeared in a slew of publications, including Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Beat to a Pulp, and Thuglit. My novella “The Hitter” was selected to appear in THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES 2011, edited by Harlan Coben and Otto Penzler. I’ve been an Anthony Award nominee, a Derringer Award finalist, and a Spinetingler Award winner. My debut novel, DEAD HARVEST, will be released worldwide in February 2012 by Angry Robot Books, with its sequel, THE WRONG GOODBYE, to follow that November.
I live on the coast of Maine with my lovely wife and a noisy, noisy cat. When I’m not writing, you can find me on my porch, annoying the crap out of the neighbors with my guitar.
APPEARANCES
10/04/12-10/07/12 Bouchercon 2012; Cleveland, OH (details to follow)
11/10/12 Murder and Mayhem in Muskego; Muskego, WI
NEWS
12/15/11 My Christmas tale “The Final Bough” is up at Angry Robot’s site!
11/27/11 A RIP THROUGH TIME now available as an ebook collection!
11/08/11 I’m interviewed at Crime Fiction Lover as part of New Talent November!
10/23/11 “The Putdown” to appear in issue #1 of Grift Magazine!
10/05/11 Angry Robot unveils covers for DEAD HARVEST and THE WRONG GOODBYE!
10/04/11 THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES 2011, featuring “The Hitter,” now available!
09/20/11 CRIME FACTORY: THE FIRST SHIFT, featuring “Green,” now available!
09/11/11 8 POUNDS named a Top 8 Crime Collection by Crime Fiction Lover!
08/15/11 PULP INK, featuring “A Night at the Royale,” now available!
06/21/11 Jennifer MacRostie gives 8 POUNDS some love over at KindleObsessed!
06/15/11 8 POUNDS garners a rave from Spinetingler!
06/11/11 “The Man in the Alligator Shoes” is live at Beat to a Pulp!
05/20/11 DEAD HARVEST and THE WRONG GOODBYE to be published by Angry Robot!