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Richard Lipez
Pseudonym:Richard Stevenson
Birth Name:Richard Stevenson Lipez
Birth Date:30 November 1938
Birth Place:Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:Becket, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation:Novelist
Nationality:American
Genre:Mystery, Detective fiction, Journalist, Columnist
Spouse:Hedy Lipez (19??-1989; divorced)[1]
Children:2

Richard Stevenson Lipez (November 30, 1938 – March 16, 2022), commonly known by his pen name Richard Stevenson, was an American journalist and mystery author, most recently residing in Massachusetts.[2] He was best known for his Donald Strachey mysteries.

Lipez was openly gay,[3] and married his husband Joe Wheaton in 2004. He died from pancreatic cancer on March 16, 2022, at the age of 83.[4]

Awards

YearTitleAwardResultRef.
1993Third Man OutLambda Literary Award for Gay MysteryFinalist[5]
1996Shock to the SystemLambda Literary Award for Gay MysteryFinalist[6]
1999Strachey’s FollyLambda Literary Award for Gay MysteryFinalist[7]
2011CockeyedLambda Literary Award for Gay MysteryFinalist
TLA Gaybie Award for Best Gay Mystery Finalist[8]
2012Red White Black and BlueLambda Literary Award for Gay MysteryWinner[9]

Publications

Donald Strachey Mysteries

  1. Death Trick (1981)
  2. On the Other Hand, Death (1984)
  3. Ice Blues (1986)
  4. Third Man Out (1992)
  5. Shock to the System (1995)
  6. Chain of Fools (1996)
  7. Strachey's Folly (1998)
  8. Tongue Tied (2003)
  9. Death Vows (2008)
  10. The 38 Million Dollar Smile (2009)
  11. Cockeyed (2010)
  12. Red White Black and Blue (2011)
  13. The Last Thing I Saw (2012)
  14. Why Stop at Vengeance (2015)
  15. WWW.Dropdead (2016)
  16. Killer Reunion (2019)

Clifford Waterman

  1. Knock Off the Hat (2022)

Filmography

References

  1. https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/bios/Lipez__Richard Profile
  2. Web site: Richard Lipez . The Pennsylvania Center for the Book .
  3. http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Lipez__Richard.html Richard Lipez
  4. Web site: Richard Lipez, Who Reimagined the Gay Detective Novel, Dies at 83. Seelye. Katharine Q.. The New York Times. March 30, 2022. March 30, 2022.
  5. Web site: 1992-07-14. 4th Annual Lambda Literary Awards. 2022-01-18. Lambda Literary. en.
  6. Web site: 2012-03-04. 8th Annual Lambda Literary Awards Lambda Literary. 2022-01-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20120304081005/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/winners-finalists/07/14/lambda-literary-awards-1995/. 2012-03-04.
  7. Web site: Antonio. Gonzalez Cerna. 1999-07-15. 11th Annual Lambda Literary Awards. 2022-01-18. Lambda Literary. en.
  8. Web site: Cockeyed. 2022-02-27. Goodreads.
  9. Web site: 2012-06-05. 24th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced in New York. 2022-01-14. Lambda Literary. en.

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