References to the life and works of

Joseph Hansen

Novels by Joseph Hansen:

  • Fadeout (1970)
  • Troublemaker: A Dave Brandstetter Mystery (1972)
  • Death Claims (1973)
  • The Man Everybody Was Afraid Of (1978)
  • Skinflick (1979)
  • A Smile in His Lifetime (1981)
  • Backtrack (1982)
  • Gravedigger (1982)
  • Job’s Year (1983)
  • Nightwork (1984)
  • Steps Going Down (1984)
  • The Little Dog Laughed (1986)
  • Early Graves (1987)
  • Obedience (1988)
  • The Boy who was Buried This Morning (1991)
  • A Country of Old Men: The Last Dave Brandstetter Mystery (1991)
  • Jack of Hearts (1992)
  • Living Upstairs (1993)
  • The Cutbank Path (2002)

Nonfiction by Joseph Hansen

Fiction by Joseph Hansen written under the pseudonym James Colton:

  • Lost on Twilight Road (1964)
  • Strange Marriage (1965)
  • Known Homosexual (1968)
  • The Corrupter & Other Stories (1968)
  • Hangup (1969)
  • Cocksure (1969)
  • Gard (1969)
  • The Outward Side (1971)
  • Todd (1971)

Fiction by Joseph Hansen written under the pseudonym Rose Brock:

  • Tarn House (1971)
  • Longleaf (1974)

Short Stories and Compilations by Joseph Hansen:

  • The Dog and Other Stories (1979)
  • Brandstetter and Others: Five Fictions (1984)
  • Bohannon’s Book: Five Mysteries (1988)
  • Bohannon’s Country (1993)
  • Blood, Snow, and Classic Cars (2000)

Poetry by Joseph Hansen:

  • One Foot in the Boat (1977)

Awards Presented to Joseph Hansen:

  • Lifetime Acheivement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America (1992)
  • Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men’s Mystery from the Lambda Literary Foundation for A Country of Old Men: The Last Dave Brandstetter Mystery (1991)

Articles and Chapters on Joseph Hansen:

Legends. Column in the Orange County and Long Beach Blade, Oct. 2004, by C. Todd White.

“Father Crime.” Article by Bruce Shenitz in OUT magazine, issue 118, September 2003.

100 One-Night Reads, by David C. Major. Ballantine Books, New York: 2001.

Something Inside: Conversations with Gay Fiction Writers
by Philip Gambone (1999: University of Wisconsin Press). Interview with Hansen, pp. 31–39.

“Alive and Writing,” by Valerie Takahama in The Orange County Register (ShowMonday section, p. 4, Aug. 10. 1998)

The Gay and Lesbian Literary Companion. Sharon Malinowski and Christa Brelin, editors. Visible Ink Press, Detroit: 1995.
Includes an essay by Jim Kepner and “Autobiography, 1992,” reprinted from Contemporary Authors, above.

Contemporary Authors, Autobiographical Series, Vol 17. Joyce Nakamura, Editor. Gale Research, Detroit: 1993.

Colloquium on Crime: Eleven Renowned Mystery Writers Discuss Their Work. Robin W. Winks, ed. New York: Scribners, 1986.

“Homosexual in the Mystery: Victims or Victimizers” by Solomn Hastings, in Murder Ink: The Mystery Reader's Companion, by Dilys Winn (1977: Workman Publishing Company).

Murder Ink: The Mystery Reader's Companion, by Dilys Winn (1977: Workman Publishing Company).

Web resources:

Shergood Forest: Art, Literature & Entertainment for Gay Men
"Joseph Hansen." Biography published online:
http://shergoodforest.com/biocentral/hansenj.html

Also: see our Rogues’ Gallery Portrait of Joseph Hansen

Posted by C. Todd White •Last updated on 12/9/04

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