Author Biography
Henry Kisor is the retired book editor of the Chicago Sun-Times as well as the author of three nonfiction books and six mystery novels. He is also the co-author of one children's book. He is the author of a series of mystery novels set in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and featuring a Lakota-born sheriff named Steve Martinez. They are SEASON'S REVENGE (2003), A VENTURE INTO MURDER (2005), CACHE OF CORPSES (2007), HANG FIRE (2013), TRACKING THE BEAST (2016) and THE RIDDLE OF BILLY GIBBS (2017). PORCUPINE COUNTY (2015) is an omnibus collection of the first three mysteries. All are available as ebooks. His nonfiction works are WHAT'S THAT PIG OUTDOORS? A MEMOIR OF DEAFNESS (1990 and 2010), ZEPHYR: TRACKING A DREAM ACROSS AMERICA (1994) and FLIGHT OF THE GIN FIZZ: MIDLIFE AT 4,500 FEET (1997). All are available as ebooks. His books have been published abroad in German, Dutch and United Kingdom editions. He writes two blogs, The Reluctant Blogger and The Whodunit Photographer. He was the book editor of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1978 to his retirement in 2006, after five years in the same position with the old Chicago Daily News.