Background
Steven Torres was born in 1969 in Bronx, New York, United States and spent part of his childhood in Puerto Rico.
345 Chambers St, New York, NY 10282, United States
As a child, Steven Torres studied at Stuyvesant High School in New York.
1994
695 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065, United States
Steven Torres attended Hunter College, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in English degree with honors in 1994.
2002
205 E 42nd St, New York, NY 10017, United States
Steven Torres studied at the City University of New York, where he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree in English in 2002.
1994
695 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065, United States
Steven Torres attended Hunter College, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in English degree with honors in 1994.
2002
205 E 42nd St, New York, NY 10017, United States
Steven Torres studied at the City University of New York, where he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree in English in 2002.
345 Chambers St, New York, NY 10282, United States
As a child, Steven Torres studied at Stuyvesant High School in New York.
(In his years as sheriff of Angustias, a small town nestle...)
In his years as sheriff of Angustias, a small town nestled in Puerto Rico's mountainous heart, Luis Gonzalo has seen his share of violence. People kill for love and money in Angustias just as they do anywhere else. But it is during a visit to his wife's family in the seaside town of Rincón that Gonzalo encounters his greatest challenge.
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2002
(Luis Gonzalo, sheriff of the small town of Angustias in P...)
Luis Gonzalo, sheriff of the small town of Angustias in Puerto Rico's central mountains, knows all there is to know about the people he has worked to protect for more than two decades. He knows that Elena Maldonado was beaten as a child. He knows that she was beaten as a wife. But when she winds up dead on the same day that she brings her newborn home from the hospital, he doesn't know who has killed her.
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2003
(After having spent most of a Friday night making sure tha...)
After having spent most of a Friday night making sure that the town's teenage revelers got home safely, the sheriff of Angustias, Puerto Rico, Luis Gonzalo climbs wearily into bed. Moments later he is jolted awake by a woman's piercing scream. He finds 16-year-old Luisa Ferre: barely conscious, naked and beaten.
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2004
(In the early morning hours, a neighbor named Tomas Villar...)
In the early morning hours, a neighbor named Tomas Villareal knocks on the door of the home of Luis Gonzalo, the sheriff of Angustias, a small town in the mountains of Puerto Rico. Tomas reports that his son is missing, and the sheriff agrees to help search for the boy. Gonzalo is certain there is a simple explanation--that the child has just wandered off to visit a friend or fallen asleep in a field.
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2006
(When 13-year-old Jasmine Ramos goes missing, one man, her...)
When 13-year-old Jasmine Ramos goes missing, one man, her father, races desperately to save her from the horrors of life and death on the streets of New York City. Can he rescue his daughter from the pitiless concrete maze, or will he be swallowed whole?
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2007
(Hard luck, hard knock, hot and cold-blooded killers, crim...)
Hard luck, hard knock, hot and cold-blooded killers, criminals, and the people they collide with.
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2011
(Ten tales featuring heroes from the Precinct Puerto Rico ...)
Ten tales featuring heroes from the Precinct Puerto Rico series of novels.
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2012
Steven Torres was born in 1969 in Bronx, New York, United States and spent part of his childhood in Puerto Rico.
Steven Torres studied at Stuyvesant High School in New York. Soon after that, he attended Hunter College, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in 1994. He also studied at the City University of New York, where he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 2002.
At the beginning of his career, Steven Torres served as a part-time staffer at New York Public Library in New York City. He has taught English at a number of institutions, including Bronx Community College, Yeshiva College, Utica College where he was an assistant professor of English in 2002-04, and Manchester Community College from 2004.
As the author, Steven Torres wrote the Precinct Puerto Rico series that includes the following titles, "Precinct Puerto Rico: Book One" that came out in 2002, "Death in Precinct Puerto Rico: Book Two" in 2003, "Burning Precinct Puerto" in 2004, and "Missing in Precinct Puerto Rico: Book Four" in 2006.
In 2007, Torres departed from the series to turn his attention to New York City as the site of his fiction in The Concrete Maze. Presently, he works and lives in Connecticut.
Steven Torres is particularly known as the author of a successful series of detective novels featuring his small-town sheriff Luis Gonzalo, whose beat is Angustias, Puerto Rico.
Torres's short fiction has appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Crimespree, Demolition, Shred of Evidence, and SHOTS, among other periodicals.
(Luis Gonzalo, sheriff of the small town of Angustias in P...)
2003(In the early morning hours, a neighbor named Tomas Villar...)
2006(After having spent most of a Friday night making sure tha...)
2004(When 13-year-old Jasmine Ramos goes missing, one man, her...)
2007(In his years as sheriff of Angustias, a small town nestle...)
2002(Hard luck, hard knock, hot and cold-blooded killers, crim...)
2011(Ten tales featuring heroes from the Precinct Puerto Rico ...)
2012Steven Torres is married to Damaris Carrero. They have a daughter.
