Roger Margason


Franklyn Roger Margason who used the pseudonym of Dorien Grey, was an openly gay American author,. Margason served in the U.S. Navy and graduated from Northern Illinois University with a BA in English.
Margason was the author of the fourteen-book Dick Hardesty mystery series, which received a WordWeaving Series of Excellence award, and four of which have been finalists for the Lambda Literary Award. He was also the author of the four-book Elliott Smith Paranormal Mystery series. In addition to his two series, he had a stand-alone gay western/romance/adventure novel, Calico, aimed at young adults and traditional western buffs; Short Circuits: A Life in Blogs; Dreams of a Calico Mouse, a book of poetry; and A World Ago: a Navy Man's Letters Home, 1954-1956.
All his books are in the process of becoming audiobooks.

Works

; The Dick Hardesty Mystery Series
  1. The Butcher's Son†
  2. The Ninth Man
  3. The Bar Watcher
  4. The Hired Man†
  5. The Good Cop
  6. The Bottle Ghosts
  7. The Dirt Peddler
  8. The Role Players†
  9. The Popsicle Tree
  10. The Paper Mirror†
  11. The Dream Ender
  12. The Angel Singers
  13. The Secret Keeper
  14. The Peripheral Son
  15. The Serpent's Tongue
; The Elliott Smith Mysteries SeriesHis Name Is John Aaron's Wait Caesar's Fall Dante's Circle
; Other worksCalico Short Circuits: A Life in Blogs ASIN: B00584R12SA World Ago: a Navy Man's Letters Home, 1954-1956
† Denotes Lambda Literary Award finalists