"A first-rate novel. Suspenseful and highly entertaining." — New York Times bestselling author Gayle Lynds
Bruce Robert Coffin
is the award-winning author of the bestselling Detective Byron mystery series. A former detective sergeant with more than twenty-seven years in law enforcement, he supervised all homicide and violent crime investigations for Maine's largest city. Following the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, Bruce spent four years investigating counter-terrorism cases for the FBI, earning the Director's Award, the highest award a non-agent can receive.
Winner of Killer Nashville's Silver Falchion Awards for Best Procedural and Best Investigator, and the Maine Literary Award for Best Crime Fiction Novel, Bruce was also a finalist for the Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel. His Anthony nominated short fiction appears in several anthologies, including Best American Mystery Stories 2016.
Bruce is a member of International Thriller Writers, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Short Mystery Fiction Society, and the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance. He is a regular contributor to Murder Books blog.
Bruce is represented by Paula Munier at Talcott Notch Literary.
He lives and writes in Maine.
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"Authentic, gripping." — Joseph Wambaugh, Edgar Award-winning author of The Onion Field
BRUCE ROBERT COFFIN
Bruce recently appeared on Maine 207 with Rob Caldwell. Click the photo below to watch the interview.
Author of the
Detective Byron Mysteries
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