A.J. Devlin has a BFA in Screenwriting from Chapman University, a MFA in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute Conservatory, and has worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood. COBRA CLUTCH (“Hammerhead” Book 1, published by NeWest Press) was nominated for a 2019 Lefty Award for Best Debut Mystery and won the 2019 Crime Writers of Canada Award for Best First Novel. The acclaimed sequel ROLLING THUNDER was featured in the Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, and on CBC Radio's The Last Chapter with Shelagh Rogers. Book 3 FIVE MOVES OF DOOM won the 2022 Crime Fiction Lover Editor’s Choice Award for Best Indie Novel, was selected as one of the Globe and Mail's Best Books of 2022, and was nominated for Crime Writers of Canada, Killer Nashville Silver Falchion, and Left Coast Crime "Lefty" Awards. Book 4 in the "Hammerhead" Jed pro-wrestler PI mystery-comedy series BRONCO BUSTER was published in October, 2024.
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