David Fulmer

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David Fulmer
BornThurston David Fulmer
(1950-04-03) April 3, 1950 (age 74)
Northumberland, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation
  • Writer
  • journalist
  • producer
SubjectHistorical fiction, Crime fiction, Mystery
Years active1990-present
Notable worksThe Valentin St. Cyr Storyville series
Spouse
Suzanne Mercier
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(m. 1974; div. 1979)​
Sansanee Sermprungsuk
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(m. 2013)​
Children1

David Fulmer (born April 3, 1950) is an American author, journalist, and filmmaker.

Biography

Born Thurston David Fulmer, to Thurston (1924–2012) and Flora (née Prizzi) Fulmer (1925-2020) in

Lewisburg, PA before moving to Atlanta, Georgia. He worked as a bartender at Rose's Cantina (later known as the 688 Club) while attending Georgia State University
. In 2013, he married Sansanee Sermprungsuk, a research librarian. They reside in East Atlanta. His daughter Italia was born in 1996 and she and her husband Adam Kostrinsky gave birth to their first child on May 31st, 2023.

Career

As an author, Fulmer has written and published eleven novels and one novella since 2001, along with several short stories. As a journalist, he has written about music and other subjects for the

Advertising Age, The Atlanta Tribune, Creative Loafing, and BackStage. He has also worked as a welder, a display fabricator, and a bartender
.

Fulmer wrote and produced the documentary Blind Willie's Blues (1997),

WABE-FM and WMLB-AM, both in Atlanta. He is the co-producer with Michael Reeves of "Piano Red – The Lost Atlanta Tapes", a CD collection by rock-and-roll legend Piano Red, released in August 2010 on Landslide Records. During his freelance career, he worked as a welder, a renovation carpenter, a set-builder, and a bartender. As a communications professional, he worked in the motorsports industry as Media Director for the Panoz Schools and Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia (1988–1999). From 2006 to 2020, he taught his "Fiction Shop" classes and workshops at various locations around the southeast.[citation needed
] He is currently represented by literary agent Laura Langlie and dramatic-rights agent Mary Pender of the United Talent Agency.

Works

In 2001, Fulmer's first novel, Chasing the Devil's Tail, was released by Poisoned Pen Press.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution,[9] San Francisco Chronicle,[10] Booklist,[11] Library Journal,[12] and Kirkus Reviews.[13]
Beginning in April, 2017. Crescent City Books began new releases of the entire Valentin St. Cyr series, beginning with "Chasing the Devil's Tail." "Eclipse Alley", his sixth Valentin St. Cyr mystery, was released by Crescent City Books in October, 2017 and "The Day Ends at Dawn," the seventh and final novel in the series in January, 2019. In July 2022, he released "Drowning on Dry Land," a podcast about his 2019 journey in and out of psychosis. His thirteenth novel, with the working title "The Book of Numbers," will be released in 2024.

Novels

  • Chasing the Devil's Tail (Hardcover), Poisoned Pen Press, November 2001; A Valentin St. Cyr mystery.
  • Chasing the Devil's Tail (Trade paperback and ebook), Harcourt Books, June 2003; Japanese and Italian translations, September 2002. French translation, September 2008; Blackstone Audiobook, May 2007; A Valentin St. Cyr mystery.
  • Jass (Trade paperback and ebook), Harcourt Books, January 2005 (Trade paperback), January 2006; French translation May 2010; A Valentin St. Cyr mystery.
  • Rampart Street (Trade paperback and ebook), Harcourt Books, January 2006; (Trade paperback) January 2007; BBC America Audiobook, January 2006; French translation, October 2011; A Valentin St. Cyr mystery.
  • Chasing the Devil's Tail (Paperback) Crescent City Books, January 2017.
  • The Dying Crapshooter's Blues (Trade paperback and ebook), Harcourt Books, January 2007; (Trade paperback) January 2008; Recorded Books Audiobook.
  • The Blue Door (Hardcover), Harcourt Books, January 2008; (Trade paperback) January 2009; Turkish translation, May 2011. Ebook release, February 2016.
  • Lost River (Trade paperback and ebook), Harcourt Books, November 2008; A Valentin St. Cyr mystery.
  • The Night Before (also published as Bethlehem (Trade paperback and ebook), Bang Bang Lulu Editions, November 2012.
  • Will You Meet Me in Heaven?? (Trade paperback and ebook), Bang Bang Lulu Editions, May, 2014.
  • Anthracite (Trade paperback and ebook), Bang Bang Lulu Editions, September 2015.
  • Chasing the Devil's Tail (Paperback) Crescent City Books, January 2017. A Valentin St. Cyr mystery
  • Jass (Paperback) Crescent City Books, February 2017. A Valentin St. Cyr mystery
  • Rampart Street (Paperback) Crescent City Books, March 2017.A Valentin St. Cyr mystery
  • Lost River (Paperback) Crescent City Books, May 2017. A Valentin St. Cyr mystery
  • The Iron Angel (Paperback) Crescent City Books, July 2017. A Valentin St. Cyr mystery
  • Eclipse Alley (Trade paperback) Crescent City Books February 2018. A Valentin St. Cyr mystery
  • The Day Ends at Dawn (Paperback) Crescent City Books, January 2019. A Valentin St. Cyr mystery
  • The Book of Numbers (Working Title) In progress. Publication date April 2024.

Short fiction

  • "black cat bone", Blues Access, Spring 1997
  • "Back o' Town Blues", Flesh and Blood, 2003[14]
  • "Algiers", New Orleans Noir, Akashic Books, April 2007[15]

Magazines and newspapers

Since 1985, Fulmer has contributed to periodicals including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, BackStage, Blues Access, City Life, Paste Magazine, The Atlanta Tribune, Southline, Atlanta Magazine, Creative Loafing, Advertising Age,Business Atlanta, Il Giornale and various trade publications.

Awards

Chasing the Devil's Tail

  • Winner, AudioFile Earphones Award
  • Nominee, 2004 Falcon Award
  • Nominee Best Novel - Los Angeles Times Book Prize
  • Winner, Shamus Award for Best First Novel
  • Nominee, Barry Award for Best Mystery
  • "Best New Series", Booklist
  • "Hottest Beach Read" - Books Read Lately

Jass

  • 2006 Georgia Author of the Year Award for Fiction
  • "Best of 2005 List" – Library Journal
  • "Best of 2005 List" – The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  • "Best of 2005 List" – Deadly Pleasures Magazine

Rampart Street

  • 2007 Benjamin Franklin Award for Adult Fiction Audiobook[3]
  • New York magazine "Best Novel You've Never Read"

The Dying Crapshooter's Blues

  • "Ice Pick of the Month" – Booklist, January 2007

The Blue Door

  • "2008 Best of the Shelf" – Atlanta magazine
  • Nomination for "2009 Shamus Award for Best Novel"

References

  1. ^ O'Briant, Don (January 21, 1993). "Peach Buzz: 'Blind Willie's' story heads for small screen". The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution. p. H/2.
  2. ^ "The Private Eye Writers of America and The Shamus Awards". Thrillingdetective.com. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "IBPA, the Independent Book Publishers Association". Ibpa-online.org. Archived from the original on July 31, 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
  4. ^ "Chasing the Devil's Tail". Publishers Weekly. 248. 42 (October 15, 2001): p. 49.
  5. ^ Taylor, Ihsan (March 11, 2007). "Paperback Row". The New York Times. p. 28.
  6. ^ Anderson, Patrick (February 25, 2008). "Evocative Scenes of the Crime". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
  7. ^ "Tom Anderson Topics Page". usatoday.com. February 7, 2012. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
  8. ^ "Boston.com Local Search – Boston Globe Archives". Nl.newsbank.com. January 10, 2005. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
  9. ^ Lee, David (February 15, 2009). "Atlanta News, Sports, Atlanta Weather, Business News". ajc.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
  10. ^ June Sawyers (January 8, 2006). "Sex, death and gumbo". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
  11. ^ Ott, Bill. Lost River. Booklist. 105. 6 (November 15, 2008): p. 20.
  12. ^ Vicarel, Jo Ann. Mystery. Library Journal. 132. 20 (December 1, 2007): p. 91. The Blue Door
  13. ^ Fulmer, David: Lost River. Kirkus Reviews. (October 1, 2008)
  14. ^ [1][dead link]
  15. ISBN 9781933354248
    . Retrieved February 14, 2012. david fulmer.
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