Brian Wiprud

Wiprud's thirteen novels are mysteries and thrillers. His novel, Pipsqueak,{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-595-22727-3|title=Pipsqueak Review|website=PublishersWeekly.com|date=May 2002 |publisher=Publishers Weekly|access-date=19 January 2017}} won Left Coast Crime's Lefty Award (Best Humorous Mystery).{{cite web|url=http://www.leftcoastcrime.org/LeftyHistory.html|title=History of the Left Coast Crime Awards|website=leftcoastcrime.org|publisher=Left Coast Crime|access-date=19 January 2017}} His novel, Crooked,{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-440-24312-0|title=Crooked Review|website=publishersweekly.com|date=July 2006 |publisher=Publishers Weekly|access-date=19 January 2017}} was a finalist for the Shamus{{cite web|url=http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/Awards/Shamus_Awards.html|title=Shamus Awards|website=stopyourekillingme.com|access-date=19 January 2017}} and Barry Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.deadlypleasures.com/barry.html|title=Barry Awards|website=deadlypleasures.com|publisher=Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423032903/http://www.deadlypleasures.com/barry.html#|archive-date=2012-04-23|url-status=dead|access-date=19 January 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.midnightinkbooks.com/author.php?author_id=5388|title=Author Information|website=midnightinkbooks.com|publisher=Midnight Ink Books|access-date=19 January 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/73550/brian-m-wiprud|title=Brian M. Wiprud|website=penguinrandomhouse.com|publisher=Penguin Random House Publisher|access-date=19 January 2017}} He was a self-published novelist until his novel Pipsqueak was nominated for the 2004 Barry Award for best original paperback original, and won that year's Lefty Award, given for the funniest crime novel. At that point, he was approached by an agent and given a contract by Random House for Pipsqueak and four additional Garth Carson novels. In 2009, he was contracted by St. Martins Press for three books - the novel Feelers was optioned for film. In 2013, he authored The Clause for Midnight Ink.

He has been a member of Mystery Writers of America for over fifteen years.{{Cite web|url=http://mysterywriters.org/member-directory/name/brian-wiprud/|title=Brian M. Wiprud Mystery Writers of America membership directory|website=mysterywriters.org|access-date=2019-05-28}}

Since 2017, Wiprud has launched the Boone Linsenbigler{{Cite web|url=http://wiprud.com/linsenbigler/index.htm#.XOfpfhZKhaQ|title=Brian M. Wiprud - LINSENBIGLER|website=wiprud.com|access-date=2019-05-24}} thriller series about a liquor brand pitchman promoted by his employer as an adventuring hero. Drawn into dangerous situations at fishing lodges in exotic locations, Boone manages to live up to his false reputation, cocktail in one hand, the latest flame in the other, characterized in a review as 'an accidental James Bond.' This series also includes the non-fiction book Linsenbigler Cocktail Companion,{{Cite web|url=http://wiprud.com/linsenbigler/cocktails.htm#.XOfpQhZKhaQ|title=Brian M. Wiprud - LINSENBIGLER COCKTAIL COMPANION|website=wiprud.com|access-date=2019-05-24}} a genuine guide to simplifying the making of cocktails and 'authored by Boone' (and assisted by Wiprud). Late in 2019, another non-fiction title by Boone/Wiprud will be Linsenbigler Angler's Companion, a treatise on Boone's angling methods and observations on the sport. Subsequent Linsenbigler novels were published in 2020 and 2021, and a stand-alone thriller 'The Planner' was published in 2023.

Born in 1961 in Washington, DC,{{cite web|title=Brian M. Wiprud|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/wiprud-brian-m-1961|website=encyclopedia.com|publisher=encyclopedia.com|access-date=19 January 2017}} Wiprud attended St. Albans School and NYU Film School, and both writes novels, fishing articles and has a career as a Utility Specialist - he is an expert in New York City's underground. He has been featured in the New York Times for his engineering expertise aiding rescue efforts as a responder following 9/11 and currently works for the engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti.{{cite news|last1=Wadler|first1=Joyce|title=Holmes Had His Pipe. This Sleuth Has Thousands|work=New York Times|date=11 December 2001|id={{ProQuest|431939124}}}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thorntontomasetti.com/|title=Home|website=Thornton Tomasetti|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-24}}{{cite web|title=Brian Wiprud|url=http://freshfiction.com/author.php?id=9102|website=freshfiction.com|publisher=Fresh Fiction|access-date=19 January 2017}}{{cite web|title=Author Information|url=http://www.midnightinkbooks.com/author.php?author_id=5388|website=midnightink.com|publisher=Midnight Ink Books|access-date=19 January 2017}}{{cite web|last1=Carlson|first1=Jen|title=Flashback: Cow Tunnels, They Exist|url=http://gothamist.com/2010/04/14/flashback_cow_tunnels.php#photo-1|website=gothamist.com|publisher=Gothamist|access-date=19 January 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115025522/http://gothamist.com/2010/04/14/flashback_cow_tunnels.php#photo-1|archive-date=15 January 2016}}

• The Planner (2022)
• Linsenbigler Damn the Torpedoes (2021)
• Linsenbigler The Argonaut (2020)
• Linsenbigler Angler's Companion (2019){{Cite book|isbn = 1696745063}}
• Linsenbigler & The Lost City (2019){{Cite web|url=http://wiprud.com/linsenbigler/index.htm#.XOfpfhZKhaQ|title=Brian M. Wiprud - LINSENBIGLER|website=wiprud.com|access-date=2019-05-24}}
• Linsenbigler Cocktail Companion (2018)
• Hail Linsenbigler! (2018){{Cite web|url=http://wiprud.com/linsenbigler/hail.htm#.XOfpuBZKhaQ|title=Brian M. Wiprud - HAIL LINSENBIGLER!|website=wiprud.com|access-date=2019-05-24}}
• Linsenbigler the Bear (2017){{Cite web|url=http://wiprud.com/linsenbigler/thebear.htm#.XOfp0RZKhaQ|title=Brian M. Wiprud - LINSENBIGLER The Bear|website=wiprud.com|access-date=2019-05-24}}
• Linsenbigler (2017){{Cite web|url=http://wiprud.com/linsenbigler/index.htm#.XOfp7BZKhaQ|title=Brian M. Wiprud - LINSENBIGLER|website=wiprud.com|access-date=2019-05-24}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brian-m-wiprud-95699/linsenbigler/|title=Linsenbigler by Brian M. Wiprud {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}
• The Clause (2013)
• Ringer (2011)
• Buy Back (2010)
• Feelers (2009)
• Tailed (2007)
• Crooked (2006)
• Sleep with the Fishes (2006)
• Stuffed (2005)
• Pipsqueak (2004)

Wiprud is an avid and world-class fly fisherman who has traveled extensively to angle for fish in exotic locations. He has authored articles in many fishing magazines,{{Cite web|url=http://wiprud.com/fly_fishing/articles.htm#.XOfrRBZKhaR|title=Brian M. Wiprud - FISHING ARTICLES|website=wiprud.com|access-date=2019-05-24}} including Fly Fisherman, Saltwater Fly Fisherman, Pennsylvania Angler, Massachusetts Wildlife, American Angler and Fly Fishing America.{{cite web|title=Brian M. Wiprud|url=http://freshfiction.com/author.php?id=9102|website=freshfiction.com|publisher=Fresh Fiction|access-date=19 January 2017}}{{cite web|title=Fly Fishing with Brian|url=http://www.wiprud.com/fly_fishing/index.htm|website=wiprud.com|publisher=Brian Wiprud|access-date=19 January 2017}} Brian is also a noted cocktalian, and through his character Boone Linsenbigler published a cocktail book. Birding is a recent and evolving passion. He lives on the Hudson River across from Manhattan.

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