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David Dean

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Born

in columbus, georgia, The United States

August 21

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Horror, Fiction, Crime

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David Dean’s short stories have appeared regularly in ELLERY QUEEN MYSTERY MAGAZINE, as well as a number of anthologies, including BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES, since 1990. His stories have been nominated for the Shamus, Barry, and Derringer Awards, and “Ibrahim’s Eyes” won the EQMM Readers Award for 2007, as did “The Duelist” for 2019. His story, “Tomorrow’s Dead”, was a finalist for the Edgar for best short story of 2011. He is a retired Chief of Police in New Jersey and once served as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division. His novels, “The Thirteenth Child”, “Starvation Cay”, and “The Purple Robe” are all available through Amazon, as are his short story collections, "Tomorrow's Dead and Other Stories of Crime and Suspense" and " ...more

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	The Best American Mystery Stories 2020 by C.J. Box, Otto Penzler (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David Dean (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.92 avg rating — 989 ratings — published 2020 — 7 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
	The Thirteenth Child 3.95 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 2012 — 4 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
	Crime Travel by Barb Goffman (Editor & Author), Art Taylor (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Michael Bracken (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.20 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2019 — 3 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
	The Purple Robe 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014 — 7 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
	Starvation Cay 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2015 — 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
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Her Terrible Beauty and Other Tales of Terror and the Supernatural

My third, and latest, collection of stories has been released by Genius Book Publishing!

“With HER TERRIBLE BEAUTY, David Dean deals out a dead man’s hand of creepy, powerful, disturbing short stories. Unusual and fascinating!” -Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of Patient Zero and Kagen the Damned

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Saki: The Complete Novels and Stories [145 novels and short stories] (The Greatest Writers of All Time)

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