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By the time he had turned 30, Ace Atkins had published two critically acclaimed crime novels, Crossroad Blues and Leavin’ Trunk Blues with St. Martin’s Press. At 34, he added two more books, Dark End of the Street and Dirty South, to complete his highly popular Nick Travers’ stories.

Before turning to writing full time, Atkins worked as a crime reporter in the newsroom of The Tampa Tribune for several years. Here he earned a Pulitzer Prize nomination and Livingston Award nomination for his seven-part series about an unsolved murder of a Tampa socialite in 1956, “Tampa Confidential,” which had the whole city buzzing for weeks.

The core of those stories provide the basis for his epic White Shadow. The novel is the culmination of more than five years of research that focused on sealed court and police records, countless interviews with players of that period, and even an extended research trip to Havana to complete the final leg of a story that started in 1955.

The lyrical prose and classic noir style of the young Alabama native have earned him accolades from journalism’s elite and fellow authors. The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, Interview, Entertainment Weekly, and James W. Hall, Robert B. Parker an Kinky Friedman all glowed praise for his first novel, published when Atkins was just 28 years old. “If Raymond Chandler came from the South,” Friedman said, “his name would be Ace Atkins.”

In 2011, Atkins was selected by the Robert B. Parker estate to continue the bestselling adventures of Boston’s iconic private eye, Spenser.

Ace lives on a historic farm outside Oxford, Mississippi with his family. Lately, he’s been spending a lot of time in Boston, much of it at the corner of Berkeley and Boylston.

His website: www.aceatkins.com

The Lost Ones
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Lullaby
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Robert B. Parker's Lullaby by Ace Atkins

Dirty South
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White Shadow
Signed First Edition

Infamous
Signed First Edition

Dark End of the Street
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Signed Dark End of the Street by Ace Atkins

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Atkins, Ace (as Parker, Robert B.) - Lullaby (Signed, 1st)

Atkins, Ace (as Parker, Robert B.) - Lullaby (Signed, 1st)

Author Signed Hardcover. May 2012 NY: Putnam First edition, first printing, mint, new/unread, flawless dustjacket, signed by Ace Atkins. Each dust jacket is protected in an acid-free archival quality acetate cover.

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Atkins, Ace - Dark End of the Street (Signed, 1st)

Atkins, Ace - Dark End of the Street (Signed, 1st)

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Atkins, Ace - Devil's Garden (Signed, 1st)

Atkins, Ace - Devil's Garden (Signed, 1st)

Author Signed Hardcover March 2009 NY: Penguin First edition, first printing, mint, new/unread in a flawless dustjacket, signed by the author. Each dust jacket is protected in an acid-free archival quality acetate cover.

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Atkins, Ace - Dirty South (Signed, 1st)

Author Signed Hardcover 2004 NY: Morrow First edition, first printing, mint, new/unread in a flawless dustjacket, signed by the author. Each dust jacket is protected in an acid-free archival quality acetate cover.

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Atkins, Ace - Infamous (Signed, 1st)

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Atkins, Ace - Lost Ones, The (Signed, 1st)

Atkins, Ace - Lost Ones, The (Signed, 1st)

Author Signed Hardcover May 2012 NY: Penguin First edition, first printing, mint, new/unread in a flawless dustjacket, signed by the author. Each dust jacket is protected in an acid-free archival quality acetate cover.

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Atkins, Ace - White Shadow (Signed, 1st)

Atkins, Ace - White Shadow (Signed, 1st)

Author Signed Hardcover 2006 NY: Putnam First edition, first printing, fine in a fine dustjacket, signed by the author, remainder marked. Each dust jacket is protected in an acid-free archival quality acetate cover.

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Atkins, Ace - Wicked City (Signed, 1st)

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Ace Atkin’s Bibliography

The Spenser Series

· Robert B. Parker’s Lullaby - May 2012

The Quinn Colson Series

1. The Ranger - 2011

2. The Lost Ones - May 2012

Crime Classics

· White Shadow - 2006

· Wicked City - 2008

· Devil’s Garden - 2009

· Infamous - 2010

The Nick Travers Series

1. Crossroad Blues - 1998

2. Leavin’ Trunk Blues - 2000

3. Dark End of the Street - 2002

4. Dirty South - 2005

Anthologies and More

· In the Wake of Katrina - 2006

· New Orleans Noir - 2007

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VJ Books Features Ace Atkins!

The Lost OnesSigned First Edition

LullabySigned First Edition

Dirty SouthSigned First Edition

White ShadowSigned First Edition

InfamousSigned First Edition

Dark End of the StreetSigned First Edition

The Lost Ones
Signed First Edition

Lullaby
Signed First Edition

Dirty South
Signed First Edition

White Shadow
Signed First Edition

Infamous
Signed First Edition

Dark End of the Street
Signed First Edition