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Curtis Ippolito

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Curtis Ippolito is an Anthony Award-winning, and Macavity and Derringer award finalist. He is the author of the crime novel Burying the Newspaper Man. Additionally, his short stories have appeared in numerous prominent publications, including Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Tough, Dark Yonder, Vautrin, Mystery Tribune, and Shotgun Honey, as well as being included in several anthologies including Rock and Hard Place's The One Percent: Tales of the Super Wealthy and Depraved; the Anthony Award-nominated Trouble No More; and Shotgun Honey Presents: Thicker Than Water.

Curtis lives in San Diego, California, with his wife. He is a member of Sisters in Crime Mystery Writers of America, and is the vice-president of Partners in Crime, the San Diego c ...more

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Average rating: 4.17 · 252 ratings · 92 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	Burying the Newspaper Man 4.07 avg rating — 141 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trouble No More: Crime Fiction Inspired by Southern Rock and the Blues by Mark Westmoreland (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Bill Baber (Contributor), C.W. Blackwell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.90 avg rating — 31 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stealing Paradise (A Grifter's Song Book 34) 4.43 avg rating — 21 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	TAINTED HEARTS & DIRTY HELLHOUNDS: Bristol Noir Anthology 1 (Bristol Noir: Anthologies) by John Bowie (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alpheus Williams, Andrew Davie (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Fire and Under Water: A Climate Change Crime Fiction Anthology by Curtis Ippolito (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Roger Nokes (Editor), C.W. Blackwell (Goodreads Author) 4.83 avg rating — 12 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shotgun Honey Presents: Thicker Than Water by Holly West (Goodreads Author), James D.F. Hannah, Karen Harrington (Goodreads Author) 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September/October 2023 by Janet Hutchings (Editor), Joyce Carol Oates (Contributor), Curtis Ippolito (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vautrin Magazine (Volume 4, Issue 1) by Todd Robins, C. R. Resetarits, Eli Cranor (Goodreads Author) 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost and Loaded: a Gun's Tale (the 509 Crime Anthologies) by Colin Conway (Goodreads Author), Bobby Mathews (Goodreads Author), Claire Booth (Goodreads Author) 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Burying the Newspaper Man: A gritty tale of fear and redemption 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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