Howard Owen Books in Order

Howard Owen is a renowned American author and journalist, known for his captivating crime novels. Born on March 1, 1949, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, he graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1971 with a degree in journalism. He later earned a master's degree in English from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1981. As a seasoned journalist, Owen spent 44 years as a newspaper reporter and editor. He shares his life with his wife, Karen Van Neste Owen, a former publisher, in Richmond, Virginia. Owen's notable works include his debut novel "Littlejohn," which won critical acclaim and sold over 50,000 copies worldwide, including translations in Japanese, French, and Korean. His subsequent novels, "Fat Lightning" and "Answers to Lucky," further solidified his reputation in the literary world, with "Fat Lightning" receiving a starred review from Publishers' Weekly. His crime novel "Oregon Hill" earned him The Dashiell Hammett Prize, cementing his status as a prominent figure in the crime literature genre.