Mark Stevens: THE FIREBALLER
Celebrate the start of baseball season with Mark Stevens and his novel, THE FIREBALLER, an ode to America’s favorite pastime! Bird in Hand is delighted to present a reading and Q&A with Stevens.
William Kent Krueger, author of Fox Creek and This Tender Land, has this to say about THE FIREBALLER: “Seldom do I read a book that knocks my socks off the way The Fireballer did. This is a feel-good baseball story with a hold on the vernacular, the heart, the soul, the big picture, and the subtleties of America’s favorite summer pastime. With a full heart, I recommend—no, insist—that you read The Fireballer.”
The son of two librarians, Mark Stevens was raised in Lincoln, Massachusetts, and has worked as a reporter, as a national television news producer and in public relations. On January 1, he releases THE FIREBALLER, a poignant story about hopes, dreams and how far one man’s talents takes him before he realizes it’s about what you do — and how you do it.
His mystery novel Antler Dust was a Denver Post bestseller in 2007 and 2009. Buried by the Roan, Trapline, and Lake of Fire were all finalists for the Colorado Book Award (2012, 2015, and 2016, respectively). Trapline won the Colorado Book Award in 2016 and also received the best genre fiction award from Colorado Authors League.
Stevens has had short stories published by Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Mystery Tribune, and in Denver Noir (Akashic Books, 2022). In September 2016, Stevens was named Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers’ Writer of the Year. Stevens hosts a regular podcast for Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and has served as president of the Rocky Mountain chapter for Mystery Writers of America. Stevens is also an avid reader and regularly shares his reviews.
Today, Stevens lives in Mancos, Colorado.
