Earl Emerson Bibliography

Earl Emerson

(1948 - )

About the Author: Earl W. Emerson, July 8, 1948 - Earl W. Emerson was born July 8, 1948 in Tacoma, Washington. He is the author of the very popular Mac Fontana series as well as the Thomas Black detective series. He won the Shamus Award in 1985 for Poverty Bay, his second novel in the Thomas Black series. He was again nominated for a Shamus for his novel The Vanishing Smile in 1996 (another in the Thomas Black series). Emerson's writing is described as vivid with witty dialog and complex but impeccably credible plots. Emerson remains a lieutenant with the Seattle Fire Department (his Mac Fontana character is a small town fire chief) and lives in North Bend, Washington.

Awards: Shamus Awards Best Novel nominee (1996) : The Vanishing Smile
Anthony Awards Best Novel nominee (1998) : Deception Pass
Shamus Awards Best Novel nominee (1998) : Deception Pass

Series

Novels and More

Thomas Black
1. The Rainy City (1984)
2. Poverty Bay (1985)
3. Nervous Laughter (1985)
4. Fat Tuesday (1987)
5. Deviant Behavior (1988)
6. Yellow Dog Party (1991)
7. The Portland Laugher (1994)
8. The Vanishing Smile (1995)
9. The Million-Dollar Tattoo (1996)
10. Deception Pass (1997)
11. Catfish Cafe (1998)
12. Cape Disappointment (2009)

Mac Fontana
1. Black Hearts and Slow Dancing (1988)
2. Help Wanted: Orphans Preferred (1990)
3. Morons and Madmen (1993)
4. Going Crazy in Public (1996)
5. The Dead Horse Paint Company (1997)

Novels
Fill the World with Phantoms (1979)
Vertical Burn (2002)
Into the Inferno (2003)
Pyro (2004)
The Smoke Room (2005)
Firetrap (2006)
Primal Threat (2008)