VJ Books Presents Author Earl Emerson!
 Earl Emerson (born 1948 in Tacoma, Washington) has been publishing mysteries and thrillers since 1985. He is best known for his Thomas Black private eye series set in Seattle. He has also written a number of thrillers with fire department backgrounds. Earl was a firefighter in Seattle for over 32 years.
His books have been nominated for the Edgar Award for best mystery of the year and he's won the Shamus for best private eye novel. Black Hearts and Slow Dancing was named one of the ten best thrillers of the year by the New York Times.
He lives in North Bend, Washington, with his wife and their emergency back-up cat.
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Earl Emerson Bibliography
Thomas Black Series
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The Rainy City (1985)
- Poverty Bay (1985)
- Nervous Laughter (1985)
- Fat Tuesday (1987)
- Deviant Behavior (1988)
- Yellow Dog Party (1991)
- The Portland Laugher (1994)
- The Vanishing Smile (1995)
- The Million-Dollar Tattoo (1996)
- Deception Pass (1997)
- Catfish Cafe (1999)
- Cape Disappointment (2009)
- Monica's Sister (2013)
Mac Fontana Series
- Black Hearts and Slow Dancing (1988)
- Help Wanted: Orphans Preferred (1990)
- Morons and Madmen (1993)
- Going Crazy in Public (1996)
- The Dead Horse Paint Company (1997)
Fire Thrillers
- Vertical Burn (2002)
- Into the Inferno (2003)
- Pyro (2004)
- The Smoke Room (2005)
- Firetrap (2006)
- Primal Threat (2008)
Earl Emerson Awards
- 1986 Shamus Award Winner, Best Private Eye Paperback Novel, Poverty Bay
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