Stanley Evans

Stanley Evans has been a soldier, a surveyor, and a deep-sea fisherman. He once spent several months travelling up and down the Amazon River and its tributaries. He lives in Victoria, B.C.

Evans's sixth crime novel, Seaweed on the Rocks, featuring Coast Salish Aboriginal detective Silas Seaweed, will be published in September, 2008.

Seaweed under Water, won Monday Magazine's Best Novel of 2007 award. Evans' previous novels in the Seaweed series are Seaweed on Ice, and Seaweed on the Street.  Seaweed in the Soup will come out in 2009.

Evans's novels in the Sergeant Decker, series, featuring a BC frontier lawman, are Outlaw Gold, and Snow-Coming Moon.    

 Seaweed on the Rocks. TouchWood Editions: 2008

Praise for the Seaweed novels:  
"The writing is wonderful native storytelling. Characters are richly drawn...I enjoyed this so much that I'm looking for the others in the series." – Hamilton Spectator      

"A very good series featuring West Coast detective Silas Seaweed....Evans' combination of Salish lore and solid plotting is a winner." – Globe and Mail