Author David Corbett

"Corbett has been quietly crafting some of the best novels of the new millennium. Human characters and tragic consequences. Corbett is one of the giants of tomorrow."
—Bookspot Central

NEW BOOK NOW AVAILABLE:

DO THEY KNOW I'M RUNNING?

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"With lyrical yet muscular prose, an ahead-of-the-headlines plot, and utterly believable characters, David Corbett's Do They Know I'm Running? is nothing short of superb. This is not just a thriller, but an elegant novel, full of heart, soul, music, food, cruelty, betrayal, poverty and love. The line runs through Ernest Hemingway and Graham Greene, straight on to David Corbett. I'm not kidding. He's that good."
—John Lescroart

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BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES 2009
NEW! David's short story Pretty Little Parasite which originally appeared in Las Vegas Noir (Akashic Press), has been re-issued in Best American Mystery Stories 2009 (Houghton Mifflin), edited by Jeffrey Deaver and Otto Penzler. It also includes stories by Alice Munro, James Lee Burke, Alafair Burke, Michael Connelly, Chuck Hogan, Joyce Carol Oates, and a notable host of others.

"David Corbett's Pretty Little Parasite, concerning a pregnant Las Vegas cocktail waitress turned drug dealer, is a first-rate example of fiction noir."
—Jon L. Breen, The Weekly Standard (read the full review here)

BLOOD OF PARADISE

Nominated for an Edgar® for Best Paperback Original

Nominated for an Anthony for Best Paperback Original

Nominated for the Macavity Award for Best Novel

Nominated for a Shamus Award for Best Paperback Original

Chosen One of the Top Ten Thrillers & Mysteries of 2007
by The Washington Post

Named a San Francisco Chronicle Notable Book of 2007

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Teamster Official Gives Copy of Blood of Paradise
to El Salvador's President Funes & Blood of Paradise

Ron Carver, Assistant Director of the Port Division, International Brotherhood of Teamsters (right), hands a personally dedicated copy of Blood of Paradise to El Salvador's new president, Mauricio Funes (left). For the whole story, see my recent Commentary.

"Poetic, romantic, hard-eyed and brutal...Corbett, like Robert Stone and Graham Greene before him, is crafting important, immensely thrilling books. Blood of Paradise is his best to date."
—George Pelecanos, author of The Night Gardener