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Steve Hockensmith

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in Louisville, KY, The United States

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Mystery & Thrillers, Historical Fiction, Humor

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Steve Hockensmith is the author of the New York Times bestseller Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls and several other novels, including the Edgar Award finalist Holmes on the Range. He lives in Alameda, California.

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Expanded "Holmes on the Range" chronology!

A while back, super-reader and writer Bob Byrne created an exhaustive guide to the “Holmes on the Range” series on the Black Gate website. I guess Bob recovered from his exhaustion, because now he’s updated it with more chronological info for the books and stories as well as entries for the HotR spinoffs Hired Guns and No Hallowed Ground. Check it out!

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	Dawn of the Dreadfuls (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, #0.5) by Steve Hockensmith (Goodreads Author), Patrick Arrasmith (Illustrator) 3.50 avg rating — 22,479 ratings — published 2010 — 24 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
	Dreadfully Ever After (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, #2) 3.75 avg rating — 4,982 ratings — published 2011 — 17 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
	Holmes on the Range (Holmes on the Range, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 2,908 ratings — published 2006 — 30 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 White Magic Five and Dime (Tarot Mystery, #1) by Steve Hockensmith (Goodreads Author), Lisa Falco 3.96 avg rating — 2,047 ratings — published 2014 — 10 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 the Wrong Track (Holmes on the Range, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 1,230 ratings — published 2007 — 27 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 Black Dove (Holmes on the Range, #3) 3.90 avg rating — 1,004 ratings — published 2008 — 23 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
	World's Greatest Sleuth! (Holmes on the Range, #5) 4.02 avg rating — 778 ratings — published 2010 — 21 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
	Fool Me Once (Tarot Mystery, #2) by Steve Hockensmith (Goodreads Author), Lisa Falco 4.04 avg rating — 756 ratings — published 2015 — 9 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 Crack in the Lens (Holmes on the Range, #4) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 762 ratings — published 2009 — 22 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
	Give the Devil His Due (Tarot Mystery, #3) by Steve Hockensmith (Goodreads Author), Lisa Falco 4.01 avg rating — 556 ratings — published 2016 — 6 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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Holmes On the Range (7 books)
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Tarot Mystery (3 books)
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DC Finest: The Hangman Never Loses

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Blood Alone (Billy Boyle World War II, #3)

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“Walking out in the middle of a funeral would be, of course, bad form. So attempting to walk out on one's own was beyond the pale.”
― Steve Hockensmith, Dawn of the Dreadfuls

tags: horror, pride-and-prejudice, zombies

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“Failure is but the longer road to triumph.”
― Steve Hockensmith, Dreadfully Ever After

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“A battle cry" Mr. Bennet said "is a warrior's calling card. Only it does not say 'Good afternoon. I have come for tea and crumpets.' It says 'Death has come for you! Flee or be killed where you stand!”
― Steve Hockensmith, Dawn of the Dreadfuls

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message 4: by Barbara

Oct 24, 2016 03:35PM

I just wanted to say that I recently read the White Magic Five and Dime, and I loved it! Thanks for accepting my friend request. i am excited to read more of your work.

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message 3: by Dale

Dec 06, 2013 06:30PM

Steve, thanx for accepting my friend request :)

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message 2: by Steve

Apr 06, 2013 12:44PM

Hey, Zoe! The writing's been a bit of a roller coaster the past couple years, but it's finally smoothing out. In fact, I'm going to have fun news to share soon on a number of different projects. How's tricks for you?

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message 1: by Zoë

Apr 06, 2013 11:13AM