Dave Zeltserman


Dave Zeltserman is an American novelist, born in Boston, Massachusetts on 23 May 1959. He has published noir, mystery, thriller, and horror novels, including Small Crimes and Pariah ''. He won both the Shamus and Derringer awards for his novelette Julius Katz in 2010. He also writes Morris Brick serial killer thrillers under the pseudonym Jacob Stone. His novel Small Crimes'' was made into a Netflix Original film of the same title starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.

Novels

Fast Lane Bad Thoughts Small Crimes, selected by NPR as one of the 5 best crime and mystery novels of 2008 and The Washington Post as one of the best books of the year.Bad Karma Pariah, selected by The Washington Post as one of the best books of 2009.Killer The Caretaker of Lorne Field, shortlisted by ALA for best horror novel of 2010 and Black Quill Nominee for Best Dark Genre novel of 2010.Outsourced Blood Crimes Dying Memories Julius Katz and Archie A Killer's Essence Monster: A novel of Frankenstein, selected by Booklist for their 2013 list of top 10 horror novels and WBUR for their favorite novels of 2012The Boy Who Killed Demons
  • The Interloper Deranged Crazed Malicious Husk
  • Cruel
  • Unleashed
  • The Tenth Wish
  • ''Everybody Lies in Hell ''

Awards

Pariah 2009 New England Book Festival AwardJulius Katz 2010 Shamus AwardJulius Katz 2010 Derringer AwardArchie's Been Framed 2010 EQMM Readers Choice AwardArchie Solves the Case 2013 EQMM Readers Choice AwardCramer in Trouble 2017 3rd place EQMM Readers Choice Award