The Lizard

Stansberry, Domenic: - DOMENIC STANSBERRY is a crime novelist, editor and essayist known primarily for his innovative noir fiction that skirts the edges of the genre while exploring the intricacies of criminal consciousness. Among his earlier books are The White Devil, a sultry, decadent thriller that received the Hammett Prize from the International Association of Crime Writers. The Confession received the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Other work includes the North Beach Mystery Series -featuring investigator Dante Mancuso-which received wide praise for its portrayal of the ethnic and political subcultures of San Francisco. Books from that series include The Ancient Rain, named several years after its original publication as one of the best crime novels of the decade by Booklist. Stansberry's novels have been translated into numerous languages, with editions in Japanese, Italian, French, Spanish and Polish among others. He lives with his wife, poet Gillian Conoley, in a small town north of San Francisco.