Brendan DuBois is an American

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and suspense writer who has twice won a

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for Best Short Story of the Year. He also had his short story "The Dark Snow'" published in ''Best American Mystery Stories of the Century'', edited by

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and

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(). Despite success in those primary genres, he is best known for his

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novel '' Resurrection Day'', which won the

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. He was the champion on the September 28, 2012 episode of ''

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'' and defeated the Beast on the February 24, 2015 episode of '' The Chase''.

Bibliography

Novels

* '' Resurrection Day'' (1998) * ''Six Days'' (2001) * ''Betrayed'' (2003) * ''Final Winter'' (2006) * ''Twilight'' (aka ''Dead of Night'') (2007) * ''Amerikan Eagle'' (written as Alan Glenn) (2011) *''Night Road'' (2016) *''The Negotiator'' (2018) *''The First Lady'' (2018) *''The Cornwalls Are Gone'' (2019) written with

James Patterson James Brendan Patterson (born March 22, 1947) is an American author. Among his works are the ''Alex Cross'', '' Michael Bennett'', '' Women's Murder Club'', ''Maximum Ride'', '' Daniel X'', '' NYPD Red'', '' Witch & Wizard'', and ''Private'' se ...

*''Blow Back'' (2022) written with James Patterson ;Lewis Cole series #''Dead Sand'' (1994) #''Black Tide'' (1995) #''Shattered Shell'' (1999) #''Killer Waves'' (2001) #''Buried Dreams'' (2004) #''Primary Storm'' (2006) #''Deadly Cove'' (2011) #''Fatal Harbor'' (2014) #''Blood Foam'' (2015) #''Storm Cell'' (2016) #''Hard Aground'' (2018) ;Empire of the North series (e-Books) #''The Noble Warrior'' (2012) #''The Noble Prisoner'' (2012) #''The Noble Prince'' (2012) ;Dark Victory series # ''Dark Victory'' (2015) # ''Red Vengeance'' (2017) # ''Black Triumph'' (2018)

Short fiction

;Collections * * This collection includes the story ''Necessary Brother'' for which DuBois won the

for best PI short story in 1995 * * * ;StoriesShort stories unless otherwise noted.

References

External links

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Brendan DuBois at Book Series in Order
Living people American male novelists American mystery writers Asimov's Science Fiction people Barry Award winners Jeopardy! contestants Sidewise Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-novelist-stub