Roger Margason
Roger Margason, who uses the pseudonym of Dorien Grey, is an openly gay[1] American author, (born in Northern Illinois). Margason served in the U.S. Navy and graduated from Northern Illinois University with a BA in English.[2]
Margason is the author of the fourteen-book Dick Hardesty mystery series, which received a WordWeaving Series of Excellence award, and four of which have been finalists for a Lambda Literary Award. He is also the author of the three-book Elliott Smith Paranormal Mystery series. In addition to his two series, he has a stand-alone gay western/romance/adventure novel, Calico, aimed at young adults and traditional western buffs, and a book of blogs, Short Circuits: A Life in Blogs, drawn from blogs published over the past several years.
He has several regular blogs, a three-times weekly blog appearing on his website, http://www.doriengrey.com/, his blog site (http://doriengrey.blogspot.com/), Open Salon, Facebook, AuthorsDen, and other places on the net. There is also a blog of photos chronicling his life (http://doriengreyphotolife.blogspot.com/) and another, A World Ago, consisting of his more than half-century-old Navy letters (http://doriengrey.blogspot.com/).
[edit] Works
- The Dick Hardesty Mystery Series
- The Ninth Man (2000) ISBN 1879194783
- The Butcher's Son† (2001) ISBN 1879194864
- The Bar Watcher (2001) ISBN 1879194791
- The Hired Man† (2002) ISBN 1879194767
- The Good Cop (2002) ISBN 1879194759
- The Bottle Ghosts (2003) ISBN 1879194732
- The Dirt Peddler (2003) ISBN 1879194724
- The Role Players† ISBN 187919449X
- The Popsicle Tree (2005) ISBN 1879194554
- The Paper Mirror† (2005) ISBN 1879194570
- The Dream Ender (2007) ISBN 1934135623
- The Angel Singers (2008) ISBN 9781934841068
- The Secret Keeper (2009) ISBN 978-1934841426
- The Peripheral Son (2011) ISBN 978-1936144105
- The Elliott Smith Mysteries Series
- His Name Is John (2008) ISBN 9781934841044
- Aaron's Wait (2009) ISBN 1934841404
- Caesar's Fall (2010) ISBN 978-1936144082
- Other works
- Calico (2006) ISBN 193413533X
- Short Circuits: A Life in Blogs (2011) ASIN: B00584R12S
† Denotes Lambda Literary Award finalists
[edit] References
- ^ "Dorien Grey: The Role Players". The Literary World. 2005-01-06. http://www.literaryworld.org/DorienGrey.html. Retrieved 2007-07-05.
- ^ "Dorien Grey". Mystery Lover's Corner. http://www.sleuthedit.com/DorienGrey/DorienGrey.html. Retrieved 2007-07-05.
