Birth Year (-Died Year)
1953
Birth City
McPherson
Birth State
KS
Current Location
Colorado Springs, CO
Email (Public)
Author's Website
Occupation(s)
Writer
Biography
Steven LeRoy Nelson is an award-winning humorist whose short fiction has appeared in Alfred Hitchcock and Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, The Leviathan, Fire And Ice, and other publications. He has published six novels in the Axel Hatchett series set in the Colorado Springs area.
Awards/Honors
Colorado College Award in Literature
Adelaide Bender Raville Fiction Award, Department of First Stories in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
Education/Training
Bachelor of Arts degree, Colorado College, Colorado Springs
Local Authors Genres
Published Works
Dead Man Limping: An Axel Hatchett Mystery (#1)(Blood and Thunder Press, 2014)
Glimmer in a Glass Eye: An Axel Hatchett Mystery (#2)(Blood and Thunder Press, …
Slayer with a Grey Toupee: An Axel Hatchett Mystery (#3)(Blood and Thunder Pres…
Three Cursing Birds: An Axel Hatchett Mystery (#4)(Blood and Thunder Press, 201…
Killer Bear For Hire: An Axel Hatchett Mystery (#5)(Blood and Thunder Press, 20…
Jack the Roper: An Axel Hatchett Mystery (#6)(Blood and Thunder Press, 2015)
Organizations
Mystery Writers of America
Speaker Availability
Yes
Speaker Topics
Mystery writing - The Old West - Weaponry of the Old West