Background
Brendan DuBois was born on September 19, 1959, in Dover, New Hampshire, United States. He grew up in a house where reading was treasured and encouraged by his parents and where going to the library was a regular thing to do.
105 Main St, Durham, NH 03824, United States
Brendan graduated from the University of New Hampshire.
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105 Main St, Durham, NH 03824, United States
Brendan graduated from the University of New Hampshire.
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(Introducing his famed series character, Lewis Cole, Dead ...)
Introducing his famed series character, Lewis Cole, Dead Sand" tells the tale of the mysterious murder of a teenage waitress at a beach resort in New Hampshire. Lewis Cole, a retired research analyst from the Department of Defense and a magazine columnist, travels down some mean streets indeed as he puzzles out not only the teenage girl's murder but his own place in life after nearly being killed while working for the DoD.
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1994
(Investigating a suspicious oil spill by his seacoast home...)
Investigating a suspicious oil spill by his seacoast home, Lewis Cole stumbles upon the corpse of a murder victim and teams up with mob rep Felix Tinios in order to uncover the truth, a search that brings him up against the local underworld.
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1995
(In the aftermath of the Cuban missile crisis, the United ...)
In the aftermath of the Cuban missile crisis, the United States has been crippled into a second-rate power dependent upon European allies for survival. In the shadow of this devastating chaos, a reporter stumbles across a man with secrets of the great war's origins - and lies about Kennedy's death.
https://www.amazon.com/Resurrection-Day-Brendan-DuBois-ebook/dp/B00702ZBNC/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Resurrection+Day&qid=1594989454&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
1998
(Ex-Department of Defense research analyst Lewis Cole is a...)
Ex-Department of Defense research analyst Lewis Cole is a man with a dangerous past. But in the small New England town of Tyler Beach, New Hampshire, he lives a quiet, unassuming life as a columnist for a Boston-based newspaper. In his third adventure, what promises to be another beautiful and peaceful New England winter for Lewis quickly turns into a nightmare from which he cannot escape. An arsonist is at work in the resort town, methodically burning down its unoccupied hotels and motels--and the police are baffled. Ex-Department of Defense research analyst Lewis Cole is a man with a dangerous past. But in the small New England town of Tyler Beach, New Hampshire, he lives a quiet, unassuming life as a columnist for a Boston-based newspaper. In his third adventure, what promises to be another beautiful and peaceful New England winter for Lewis quickly turns into a nightmare from which he cannot escape. An arsonist is at work in the resort town, methodically burning down its unoccupied hotels and motels - and the police are baffled.
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1999
(Late one April evening, retired Department of Defense res...)
Late one April evening, retired Department of Defense research analyst Lewis Cole notices a disturbance in the state park across an inlet from his beachfront home in Tyler Beach, New Hampshire. Curious, Cole walks over and finds a solitary man who has been shot to death in the empty wildlife preserve's parking lot. Having a dead body turn up nearly on his doorstep doesn't happen every night, but since Cole writes magazine articles, not newspaper stories, he decides to let the matter drop. Other people have other ideas. A day after the man's death, Cole is visited by a team of Federal Agents, claiming to be from the Drug Enforcement Agency. They tell him that the murdered man was a drug courier sent to meet someone from Cole's neighborhood and the Feds want his help. Cole, who has bitter memories of dealing with the government, initially refuses but is forced to comply when they take away his job, his savings, and even his home. He quickly learns, however, that the agents have another agenda, one that doesn't involve drug dealers at all.
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2001
(What if the American economy collapsed, global warming ru...)
What if the American economy collapsed, global warming ruined the agriculture industry, and a group of patriots determined that the only way back to greatness was to stage a military coup? Ex-Special Forces operative Drew is amidst the chaos.
https://www.amazon.com/Six-Days-Brendan-DuBois-ebook/dp/B0050O7WSY/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Six+Days+brendan&qid=1594989516&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
2001
(Jason Harper was twelve when his brother was reported mis...)
Jason Harper was twelve when his brother was reported missing in action in Vietnam. He considered his brother dead, but thirty years later a knock on the door heralded the arrival of his long-lost brother and the beginning of a terrifying journey of revenge.
https://www.amazon.com/Betrayed-Brendan-DuBois-ebook/dp/B007XLERXA/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Betrayed+brendan&qid=1594989569&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
2003
(Retired Department of Defense research analyst Lewis Cole...)
Retired Department of Defense research analyst Lewis Cole loves his small New Hampshire town of Tyler Beach, and he shares this affection with his friend Jon Ericson, an eccentric retiree who’s convinced Vikings had once lived in their town, more than a thousand years ago. For years Ericson has searched for artifacts to prove Vikings had a settlement on the New Hampshire coastline, and when Lewis gets a phone message from Ericson that he’s finally found this evidence, Lewis races over to congratulate him. But when he reaches Ericson’s house, however, there is no celebration: there is only a crime scene. In the minutes after the excited phone call, someone has brutally murdered Lewis’ friend and stolen the artifacts.
https://www.amazon.com/Buried-Dreams-Special-Lewis-Mystery-ebook/dp/B00KEW5GXK/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Buried+Dreams&qid=1594988971&s=digital-text&sr=1-2
2004
(Every four years, the spotlight of the world turns to the...)
Every four years, the spotlight of the world turns to the tiny state of New Hampshire, as the voters in its primary help choose the next president of the United States. Usually, Lewis Cole, a magazine columnist, and ex-Department of Defense research analyst try to stay out of the spotlight. However, when he attends a political rally for the front-running senator, gunfire breaks out, and Lewis becomes the initial suspect in the attempted assassination.
https://www.amazon.com/Primary-Storm-Special-Lewis-Mystery-ebook/dp/B00KMFBYQC/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Primary+Storm&qid=1594989046&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
2006
(Deep inside Homeland Security, a group of elite officers ...)
Deep inside Homeland Security, a group of elite officers is operating in deep cover. One is Brian Doyle, an NYPD detective, chosen for his determination as much as his deductive prowess. Another is ruthlessly using the carefully gathered intelligence to unleash a biological attack across America.
https://www.amazon.com/Final-Winter-Brendan-DuBois-ebook/dp/B006GHHIBA/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Final+Winter+brendan&qid=1594989623&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
2006
(Samuel Simpson is a young, idealistic journalist from Can...)
Samuel Simpson is a young, idealistic journalist from Canada. Seeking adventure, he volunteers to become a records keeper for a UN war-crimes investigation team at work in upper New York State. Months earlier, a crippling terrorist attack against the United States resulted in its cities being emptied, its countryside set afire, and its government shaken to its knees. In the aftermath of this attack, a virtual civil war broke out, until UN peacekeepers arrived to establish an uneasy peace. While Samuel and his team travel through the New York countryside, searching for evidence of an atrocious war crime, he promptly realizes that death is quick to strike from any farmhouse, road corner, or rest area. Even more chillingly, he begins to suspect that there is a traitor in his team, trying not only to conceal important evidence but working to betray and kill them all, including the woman he loves.
https://www.amazon.com/Twilight-Novel-Brendan-DuBois-ebook/dp/B0077CTKVO/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Twilight+brendan&qid=1594989677&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
2007
(In "Deadly Cove," the seventh novel in the Lewis Cole mys...)
In "Deadly Cove," the seventh novel in the Lewis Cole mystery series, magazine columnist and former Department of Defense research analyst Lewis Cole is covering an anti-nuclear protest when gunfire breaks out, injuring his journalist friend and killing a charismatic activist. Not content to let the professionals investigate this shooting, Cole begins to dig into the background of the murdered activist, as well as the anti-nuclear protesters who are gathering by the thousands on the New Hampshire seacoast, promising violent action in order to take over a nuclear power plant and halt its power production. But someone is also gunning after Cole, obstructing his investigation and making attempts on his life, as his inquiries bring him to question construction union members who favor nuclear power and the protesters who oppose it. In a time of economic uncertainty, when Cole's own future is threatened, he presses ahead to solve this murder while also trying to protect the women who are closest to him.
https://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Cove-Lewis-Cole-Mystery-ebook/dp/B004ULOINU/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Deadly+Cove&qid=1594989169&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
2011
(In 1943, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Sam Miller is a co...)
In 1943, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Sam Miller is a cop supporting a family and trying to stay on the right side of his boss, the law, and his conscience. Then a body is found by the railroad tracks, a number tattooed on the victim’s wrist. It is a case Sam could walk away from. It is a case he will be ordered to drop. And it is a case that leads him into a lethal vortex of politics, espionage, rebellion, and international intrigue. As war rages in Europe, a new power rises in America. And the people Sam thinks he knows best - his wife, his brother, his colleagues - reveal new identities. In a formerly close-knit city by the sea, where no one is above suspicion and no one is safe, a global summit is about to take place. On that day, history will be changed. And millions of people will live or die, all because Sam Miller has been a very good cop-faced with a very bad choice.
https://www.amazon.com/Amerikan-Eagle-Special-Brendan-DuBois-ebook/dp/B0106TO7H6/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Amerikan+Eagle+brendan&qid=1594989745&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
2011
(In this moving short story by award-winning author Brenda...)
In this moving short story by award-winning author Brendan DuBois, the first astronauts on Mars - Navy Captain Susan Bryce and Air Force Colonel David Bronson - are stranded when their landing module's return capsule fails to launch. Millions of miles away from home, with no chance of rescue or repair, the first two humans on Mars face their limited choices and mortality with grace, humor, and affection, as billions of people on Earth follow their last movements...
https://www.amazon.com/Plains-Deception-Brendan-DuBois-ebook/dp/B004ZF8H5Q/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=On+the+Plains+of+Deception&qid=1594990681&sr=8-1
2011
(In the first book of this series, “The Noble Warrior,” yo...)
In the first book of this series, “The Noble Warrior,” young Sire Armand de la Couture traveled south with his father by airship on a trading mission to a city-state called Potomac, which was once the capital of the world's greatest empire, known as Amerika. There, among the ruins of buildings and museums, he came upon a sacred site, a temple of a bearded, brooding man, sitting on a throne, looking out upon a rectangular pond. The man is known as Father Abram, and centuries ago, the stories say, he once freed the slaves. He is now worshipped and offerings are left at his feet, for the oppressed people of Potomick pray that a new Father Abram will arise and free the slaves once again. Armand soon returned to the safety and comfort of his Empire, but he then took a critical look at his Empire's society, where indentured servants work for families to work off debts decades old, and Armand began to ask questions, questions that forced him into prison.
https://www.amazon.com/Noble-Warrior-Empire-North-Book/dp/149219526X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1594990020&sr=8-1
2012
(In the sequel, The Noble Prisoner," Armand has caught the...)
In the sequel, The Noble Prisoner," Armand has caught the attention of his Empire's security forces. Beaten, interrogated and tortured - and also abandoned by his family - he is deported west to the Imperial Oil Sands Authority, where condemned prisoners work as slaves to extract needed oil from the ground for the benefit of the Empire. There, as a pampered prince who has never known cold, hunger, and fear, Armand is forced to survive both the elements and assassins.
https://www.amazon.com/Noble-Prisoner-Empire-North-Book-ebook/dp/B008ZRD3JU/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=The+Noble+Warrior+brendan&qid=1594990020&s=audible&sr=8-2
2012
(In the third book, "The Noble Prince," Armand has escaped...)
In the third book, "The Noble Prince," Armand has escaped from the Oil Sands Authority and has made his way south, to the Forbidden Lands. Captured by barbarians in a place once called Idaho, he meets up with a fellow captive from his home empire, named Melinda. In a daring escape, he breaks free from the barbarians with Melinda, and traveling south, they meet up with something fantastic: an ancient military base, staffed by soldiers with old weapons, who pledge loyalty to a forgotten empire called the United States...
https://www.amazon.com/Noble-Prince-Empire-North-Book-ebook/dp/B00ALIHMK2/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Noble+Prince+brendan&qid=1594990191&sr=8-1
2012
(In this spooky tale for Halloween, this short story - by ...)
In this spooky tale for Halloween, this short story - by award-winning author Brendan DuBois - tells the tale of two women, separated by more than a hundred years, who enter a dark valley in the White Mountains on Halloween evening and see something unsettling, something unexplained, something that will haunt them for the rest of their lives.
https://www.amazon.com/Spirits-Crawford-Notch-Brendan-DuBois-ebook/dp/B009JXJSM0/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Spirits+of+Crawford+Notch&qid=1594990722&sr=8-1
2012
(As a lifelong reader, fan of trivia and watcher of "Jeopa...)
As a lifelong reader, fan of trivia and watcher of "Jeopardy!", DuBois tried twice to become a contestant on this Emmy-award winning show. But the third time proved to be a charm as he successfully auditioned for the program, and flew from his rural New Hampshire home to Los Angeles to tape his appearance and go head-to-head among some of the smartest people in America.
https://www.amazon.com/My-Short-Happy-Life-Jeopardy-ebook/dp/B00CCGJ19Q/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=My+Short%2C+Happy+Life+In+Jeopardy&qid=1594990568&sr=8-1
2013
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2013
(In the eighth novel of the acclaimed Lewis Cole series, a...)
In the eighth novel of the acclaimed Lewis Cole series, award-winning author Brendan DuBois returns once again to one of the most appealing heroes in mystery fiction. Former Department of Defense analyst Lewis Cole has traveled some dark roads before in his quest for justice. Days after a violent anti-nuclear demonstration puts his best friend, police detective Diane Woods, in a near-fatal coma, Cole abandons his job and his home to find the man who nearly killed his friend. From the rural towns of New Hampshire to the offices of power and influence in Washington, D.C., Cole follows his gut and the flimsiest of clues to track down the cold-blooded attacker who won’t hesitate to kill to keep his identity and background secret. Aided by Felix Tinios, a security consultant from Boston’s North End, Cole is shadowed by armed and dark men with their own agenda to stop him from learning the truth about what really happened the day his friend was attacked on the grounds of a controversial nuclear power plant. Suffering loss, heartache, and betrayal along the way, Cole is soon standing alone, facing his own ultimate test in how far he will go to avenge a friend. In the eighth novel of the acclaimed Lewis Cole series, award-winning author Brendan DuBois returns once again to one of the most appealing heroes in mystery fiction.
https://www.amazon.com/Fatal-Harbor-Lewis-Cole-Mystery-ebook/dp/B00IDEQM66/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Fatal+Harbor&qid=1594989219&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
2014
(In the new novel in the acclaimed Lewis Cole mystery seri...)
In the new novel in the acclaimed Lewis Cole mystery series, award-winning author Brendan DuBois launches Lewis Cole on a quest to track down the fiancé of a close friend. A wounded and healing Lewis Cole - retired Department of Defense analyst and magazine columnist - returns to his fire-damaged home on Tyler Beach with two things on his mind: to recover from a bullet wound and to repair his nearly two-hundred-year-old home before a hurricane scours his house into the unforgiving ocean. But just when his work has begun, a former lover and journalist Paula Quinn come to him with an urgent request. Her fiancé, attorney Mark Spencer, has gone missing. Phone calls, e-mails, and text messages have gone unanswered. His car is gone, and his home is empty. Lewis is Paula’s last hope to find her missing fiancé, and despite his fear of what might happen to his home, Lewis agrees to search for the missing attorney. But one puzzling aspect of Mark’s life leads to Lewis asking more questions... until gunfire suddenly erupts in placid downtown Tyler. And Lewis and Paula find themselves on the run from a deadly gang, who are also searching for Mark Spence - to find him and kill him for a past betrayal. So Lewis begins a difficult quest while his own world is threatened by ruthless men and gathering storm clouds.
https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Foam-Lewis-Cole-Mystery-ebook/dp/B00QO4CWKW/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Blood+Foam&qid=1594989262&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
2015
https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Victory-Book-ebook/dp/B0191YHH06/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Dark+Victory+Brendan+DuBois&qid=1594990266&sr=8-2
2015
(In Brendan DuBois' new mystery novel, defense analyst Lew...)
In Brendan DuBois' new mystery novel, defense analyst Lewis Cole must try to save a close friend from a death row murder conviction. In his tenth outing, retired intelligence analyst Lewis Cole faces his most daunting challenge yet: Trying to save his friend Felix Tinios from being sent to death row after a conviction on first-degree murder - but Felix refuses to accept Lewis’ assistance. Felix is being charged for the brutal murder of a local businessman - witnesses place him at the location; the recovered murder weapon belonged to Felix; and his fingerprints are all over the crime scene. It seems to be the proverbial open-and-shut case, but Lewis refuses to believe his friend - even though Felix is a former enforcer for the Boston mob - was responsible. As he engages in his one-man attempt to free his friend, two FBI agents come to him with disturbing news: they have word that unless Felix is freed from prison in just three days, he will be murdered while in custody. With time running out, the FBI nipping at his heels, and with Felix’s own lawyer refusing to help, Lewis is on his own as he desperately tries to clear his friend’s name before Felix departs prison... as a dead man.
https://www.amazon.com/Storm-Cell-Lewis-Mystery-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B01E9EHUXC/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Storm+Cell&qid=1594989320&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
2016
(After a dishonorable discharge from a top-notch covert Co...)
After a dishonorable discharge from a top-notch covert Coast Guard position, Zach Morrow is left with almost nothing. When a Homeland Security agent asks him for his help in return for an honorable discharge and his full pension, Zach agrees. All he has to do is go back to his hometown and get information on an old classmate. That old classmate is now a highly successful smuggler of booze, cigarettes, and pot who's branching out for a bigger score - a shipping container that Homeland Security thinks is a weapon of mass destruction. An action-packed novel of lies, secrets, and double-crosses, Night Road will have you racing to the end to find out where allegiances really fall.
https://www.amazon.com/Night-Road-Special-Brendan-DuBois-ebook/dp/B088G2NH1X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Night+Road+brendan&qid=1594989838&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
2016
https://www.amazon.com/Red-Vengeance-Dark-Victory-Book-ebook/dp/B072BVYTW4/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Dark+Victory+Brendan+DuBois&qid=1594990266&sr=8-3
2017
(With echoes of Rear Window, award-winning Brendan DuBois’...)
With echoes of Rear Window, award-winning Brendan DuBois’ new thriller finds defense analyst Lewis Cole trapped and under siege in his beachfront home. In his eleventh outing, Lewis Cole - former Department of Defense research analyst - is “hard aground” at his beachfront home, recovering from major surgery. Alone at night, he’s convinced he’s hearing someone breaking into his home, and during the day, he’s harassed by genealogy researchers. Then a local gang involved in the highly lucrative and dangerous heroin business brutally make their appearance known. The unexplained murder of a local antiques dealer and historian then kicks off a long, bloody trail of old history and feuds, bringing Lewis and his historical home right into the center of the violent opioid epidemic, where no one is safe - and no one will be spared.
https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Aground-Lewis-Mystery-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B074D4RTWW/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Hard+Aground&qid=1594989396&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
2018
(One secret could bring down the government when the Presi...)
One secret could bring down the government when the President's memorable affair becomes a nightmare he longs to forget in this page-turner from James Patterson that will keep you up reading all night long. Sally Grissom is a top Secret Service agent in charge of the Presidential Protection team. She knows that something is amiss when she's summoned to a private meeting with the President and his Chief of Staff without any witnesses. But she couldn't have predicted that she'd be forced to take on an investigation surrounding the mysterious disappearance of the First Lady - with strict orders to keep it a secret. The First Lady's absence comes in the wake of the scandalous, public revelation of the president's affair, so at first, it seems as though she is simply cutting off all contact as she recuperates at a horse farm in Virginia. What begins as an innocent respite quickly turns into a twisted case when the White House receives a ransom note along with the First Lady's finger.
https://www.amazon.com/First-Lady-James-Patterson-ebook/dp/B07G75GNB3/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+First+Lady+brendan&qid=1594989933&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
2018
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Triumph-Dark-Victory-Book-ebook/dp/B07GPS5JT5/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Dark+Victory+Brendan+DuBois&qid=1594990266&sr=8-1
2018
(Captain Amy Cornwall has 48 hours to commit an unspeakabl...)
Captain Amy Cornwall has 48 hours to commit an unspeakable crime - or lose her family forever. In her career as an Army intelligence officer, Amy Cornwall has seen haunting sights half a world away. None compare to the chilling scene at her Virginia home. It is empty. A phone rings with a terrifying ultimatum: locate and liberate an unnamed captive in 48 hours, or her kidnapped husband and 10-year-old daughter are dead. Now, and in open defiance of Army Command, Amy must employ every lethal tactic she has to save them. To succeed, she must discover not only who dispatched her on this mission, but why. Without her family, she's dead anyway.Â
https://www.amazon.com/The-Cornwalls-Are-Gone-audiobook/dp/B07NQP2YW3/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+cornwalls+are+gone+brendan&qid=1594989975&s=digital-text&sr=1-1-catcorr
2019
(When seven murder victims are found in a small town, the ...)
When seven murder victims are found in a small town, the homicide investigation shakes a small-town sheriff to her core in James Patterson's tense thriller. Once a luxurious Southern getaway on a rustic lake, then reduced to a dilapidated crash pad, the Summer House is now the grisly scene of a nighttime mass murder. Eyewitnesses point to four Army Rangers - known as the Night Ninjas - recently returned from Afghanistan. To ensure that justice is done, the Army sends Major Jeremiah Cook, a veteran and former NYPD cop, to investigate. But the major and his elite team arrive in sweltering Georgia with no idea their grim jobs will be made exponentially more challenging by local law enforcement, who resists the Army's intrusion and stonewall them at every turn. As Cook and his squad struggle to uncover the truth behind the condemning evidence, the pieces just won't fit - and forces are rallying to make certain damning secrets die alongside the victims in the murder house. With his own people in the cross-hairs, Cook takes a desperate gamble to find answers - even if it means returning to a hell of his own worst nightmares....
https://www.amazon.com/The-Summer-House/dp/B0876BRFGX/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Summer+House&qid=1594990812&sr=8-1
2020
Brendan DuBois was born on September 19, 1959, in Dover, New Hampshire, United States. He grew up in a house where reading was treasured and encouraged by his parents and where going to the library was a regular thing to do.
Brendan knew he wanted to become a writer from the age of 12 when he began writing short stories and submitting them to magazines.
He went to St. Thomas Aquinas High School, which is where he got his love for the written word, for grammar, and books, overall. Next, he attended the University of New Hampshire in Durham, where he got a Bachelor of Arts in English. During this time, he worked on the student newspaper. Eventually, he became an editor of that newspaper.
Once Brendan Dubois graduated from the university, he began working for newspapers including Foster's Daily Democrat and the Hampton Union, which is where he remained for three years before he got bored of the job and decided to start writing fiction. He changed jobs and became a technical writer for a local utility, along with also being its corporate communications writer.
In 1986, Brendan DuBois started writing short fiction, and in 1994 his first full-length novel was published. It would become the first in the Lewis Cole series. During this time, he also became an active member of the local Mystery Writers of America chapter.
Initially, he sold the first short stories to Ellery Queen Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine on his own. Later on, he got an agent who would submit the stories for him to these prominent magazines, including Playboy.
Initially, when he started writing short stories, he would write them in the science-fiction genre. He even sent one to various sci-fi magazines, none of which wanted to publish it. As the story had also an element of mystery to it, Brendan sent it to Ellery Queen, the magazine which finally accepted the story. While Brendan was since childhood fond of sci-fi and fantasy stories, this one experience changed the course of his writing career, since his later short stories and novels would most be in the crime, mystery, and thriller genres, with a dash of alternative history.
In an interview, the author mentioned that having "Resurrection Day" out gave him the monetary push to continue writing full-length books as a full-time career.
In 2005, the author Brendan DuBois received the Al Blanchard Crime Fiction Award for Best Short Crime Fiction Story during the mystery convention titled New England Crime Bake, which was organized by Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. It was for the short story "The Road's End." In addition, in 2007, his short story "The Right Call" won the Barry Award, and in 2010 his short story "The High House Writer" earned him a Barry Award for Best Mystery Short Stories of the Year.
Over the years, he also won three Edgar Award nominations, an Anthony Award nomination, and a Shamus Award. So far, Brendan DuBois has written over 100 short stories that got published in various magazines and in anthologies. His short story "The Dark Snow" was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award, and it was also included in the anthology The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century. The short story is part of a series of stories involving retired black-ops expert Owen Taylor.
Under the pen name Alan Glenn, in 2011, Brendan had a book published with the title "Amerikan Eagle," an alternative history standalone novel.
DuBois has published three novels in his science fiction trilogy, "The Empire Of The North: The Noble Warrior," "The Noble Prisoner" and "The Noble Prince." All three were published as e-books in the Kindle platform.
Still, in 2016, the first Brendan DuBois story focused solely on science-fiction was published by Baen Books, the popular sci-fi publisher who is the home of many other authors like David Weber and John Ringo. The story was titled "Dark Victory."
In 2019, he collaborated on two books with James Patterson: "The First Lady" and "The Cornwalls Are Gone." He is currently working with Patterson on another novel, and he is working on a new Lewis Cole mystery novel and a number of short stories.
Brendan DuBois is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-four novels and more than 180 short stories. His full-length novels include the eleven novels in the Lewis Cole series, as well as the Dark Victory science fiction trilogy.
Brendan's short fiction has appeared in Playboy, The Saturday Evening Post, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Analog, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, The Strand Magazine, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and numerous anthologies including "The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century," and the "The Best American Noir of the Century."
Six times his short fiction has been selected for The Best American Mystery Stories anthologies.
His stories have thrice won him the Shamus Award from the Private Eye Writers of America, two Barry Awards, two Derringer Awards, the Ellery Queen Readers Award, and three Edgar Allan Poe Award nominations from the Mystery Writers of America.
(In this spooky tale for Halloween, this short story - by ...)
2012(In "Deadly Cove," the seventh novel in the Lewis Cole mys...)
2011(Retired Department of Defense research analyst Lewis Cole...)
2004(In the first book of this series, “The Noble Warrior,” yo...)
2012(What if the American economy collapsed, global warming ru...)
2001(Investigating a suspicious oil spill by his seacoast home...)
1995(In this moving short story by award-winning author Brenda...)
2011(One secret could bring down the government when the Presi...)
2018(Late one April evening, retired Department of Defense res...)
2001(In the new novel in the acclaimed Lewis Cole mystery seri...)
2015(Every four years, the spotlight of the world turns to the...)
2006(In the eighth novel of the acclaimed Lewis Cole series, a...)
2014(Introducing his famed series character, Lewis Cole, Dead ...)
1994(In 1943, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Sam Miller is a co...)
2011(When seven murder victims are found in a small town, the ...)
2020(With echoes of Rear Window, award-winning Brendan DuBois’...)
2018(In the aftermath of the Cuban missile crisis, the United ...)
1998(In the third book, "The Noble Prince," Armand has escaped...)
2012(As a lifelong reader, fan of trivia and watcher of "Jeopa...)
2013(In Brendan DuBois' new mystery novel, defense analyst Lew...)
2016(After a dishonorable discharge from a top-notch covert Co...)
2016(In the sequel, The Noble Prisoner," Armand has caught the...)
2012(Captain Amy Cornwall has 48 hours to commit an unspeakabl...)
2019(Ex-Department of Defense research analyst Lewis Cole is a...)
1999(Deep inside Homeland Security, a group of elite officers ...)
2006(Jason Harper was twelve when his brother was reported mis...)
2003(Samuel Simpson is a young, idealistic journalist from Can...)
2007Brendan DuBois became a "Jeopardy!" game show champion in 2012, and later won the trivia game show "The Chase." Also, Brendan DuBois is a cancer survivor who got surgery many years ago (late 1970s-early 1980s) for a tumor in his lower back. He also loves astronomy in his spare time.
Brendan is married to Mona.
