Richard Lipez
{{Short description|American novelist (1938–2022)}}
{{Infobox writer
|image =
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| name = Richard Lipez
| caption =
| pseudonym = Richard Stevenson
| birth_name = Richard Stevenson Lipez
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|11|30}}
| birth_place = Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date ={{death date and age|2022|3|16|1938|11|30}}
| death_place =Becket, Massachusetts, U.S.
| occupation = Novelist
| nationality = American
| period =
| genre = Mystery, Detective fiction, Journalist, Columnist
| spouse = Hedy Lipez (19??-1989; divorced)[https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/bios/Lipez__Richard Profile], pabook.libraries.psu.edu. Accessed February 19, 2024.
{{marriage|Joe Wheaton|2004}}
| 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.{{cite web | url = http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Lipez__Richard.html | title = Richard Lipez | publisher = The Pennsylvania Center for the Book }} He was best known for his Donald Strachey mysteries.
Lipez was openly gay,[http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Lipez__Richard.html Richard Lipez] and married his husband Joe Wheaton in 2004. He died from pancreatic cancer on March 16, 2022, at the age of 83.{{cite web|title=Richard Lipez, Who Reimagined the Gay Detective Novel, Dies at 83|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/30/books/richard-stevenson-lipez-dead.html|last=Seelye|first=Katharine Q.|work=The New York Times|date=March 30, 2022|accessdate=March 30, 2022}}
Awards
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!Year !Title !Award !Result !Ref. |
| 1993
| rowspan="1" |Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery | rowspan="1" |Finalist |
| 1996
|Shock to the System | rowspan="1" |Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery | rowspan="1" |Finalist |
| 1999
|Strachey’s Folly | rowspan="1" |Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery | rowspan="1" |Finalist |
| rowspan="2" |2011
| rowspan="2" |Cockeyed | rowspan="1" |Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery | rowspan="1" |Finalist | |
| TLA Gaybie Award for Best Gay Mystery
| rowspan="1" |Finalist |
| 2012
|Red White Black and Blue | rowspan="1" |Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery |Winner |
Publications
- Grand Scam, with Peter Stein (1980)
=Donald Strachey Mysteries=
- Death Trick (1981)
- On the Other Hand, Death (1984)
- Ice Blues (1986)
- Third Man Out (1992)
- Shock to the System (1995)
- Chain of Fools (1996)
- Strachey's Folly (1998)
- Tongue Tied (2003)
- Death Vows (2008)
- The 38 Million Dollar Smile (2009)
- Cockeyed (2010)
- Red White Black and Blue (2011)
- The Last Thing I Saw (2012)
- Why Stop at Vengeance (2015)
- WWW.Dropdead (2016)
- Killer Reunion (2019)
Clifford Waterman
- Knock Off the Hat (2022)
Filmography
- Third Man Out (2005)
- Shock to the System (2006)
- On the Other Hand, Death (2008)
- Ice Blues (2008)
References
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=2123185|name=Richard Stevenson}}
- [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/richard-stevenson/ Richard Lipez's book listing as Richard Stevenson at Fantastic Fiction]
- [http://www.donaldstracheymysteries.com/ Donald Strachey mysteries web page on the MLR Press website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090403023427/http://donaldstracheymysteries.com/author.php Biographical notes on Richard Stevenson]
- [http://www.mlrpress.com/AllInterviews.php?file=interview/Richard_Stevenson_interview.html/ Interview with Richard Stevenson]
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Category:20th-century American novelists
Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:American male novelists
Category:American mystery writers
Category:American detective fiction writers
Category:Lambda Literary Award winners
Category:LGBTQ people from Pennsylvania
Category:People from Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
Category:Novelists from Pennsylvania
Category:American LGBTQ novelists
Category:20th-century American male writers