Brendan Arthur DuBois[2] (born 1959 or 1960)[1] is an American writer in the genres of mystery fiction and alternate history. He is best known for his 1999 novel Resurrection Day.

Biography

DuBois was born and raised in Dover, New Hampshire,[3] graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas High School located there,[4] and then graduated from the University of New Hampshire (UNH) in 1982.[5][4] He served as editor-in-chief of the UNH student newspaper, The New Hampshire.[6][7] In the 1982 edition of the UNH yearbook, The Granite, he wrote that he had been afflicted with a rare form of cancer, ependymoma of the filum terminale.[8] After graduating from college, DuBois spent a year as a newspaper reporter.[3] He has been married at least twice; in 1985[9] and in 1995.[10] As of 2015, he was married and living in Exeter, New Hampshire.[11]

His first short story to be published was "Dark Corridor", which appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in February 1986.[12] His first novel, Dead Sand, was published in 1994.[3] DuBois has twice won a Shamus Award for Best Short Story, in 1995 and 2001.[5] His short story "The Dark Snow", first published in Playboy in 1997, was included in several anthologies including The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 and The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century.[12] DuBois is best known for his alternate history novel Resurrection Day (1999), which won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History.[13][14][15] The 12th book in his novel series featuring protagonist Lewis Cole, Terminal Surf, was published in June 2024.[16]

DuBois was the champion on the September 28, 2012, episode of Jeopardy! and defeated "The Beast" on the February 24, 2015, episode of The Chase.[11]

On July 10, 2024, DuBois was arrested in Exeter, New Hampshire, and was charged with six felony counts of possession of child pornography.[17] He was arraigned the next day and held at the Rockingham County Jail.[17] Severn River Publishing, which published or republished 12 of his novels, subsequently removed all of his books from its online catalog.[17] On March 13, 2025, DuBois pleaded guilty to four counts of possession of child sex abuse images; he was sentenced to 3.5 to 7 years in prison.[1]

Bibliography

Novels

  • Resurrection Day (1999)
  • Six Days (2001)
  • Betrayed (2003)
  • Final Winter (2006)
  • Twilight (aka Dead of Night) (2007)
  • Amerikan Eagle (written as Alan Glenn) (2011)
  • Night Road (2016)
  • The Negotiator (2018)
  • The First Lady (2018)
  • The Cornwalls Are Gone (2019) written with James Patterson
  • Blow Back (2022) written with James Patterson

Source:[18]

References

  1. ^ a b c Cronin, Patrick (March 13, 2025). "Exeter author Brendan DuBois pleads guilty to possession of child sex abuse images". Foster's Daily Democrat. Dover, New Hampshire. The Portsmouth Herald. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  2. ^ "Degree Recipients '81-'82". The Granite. University of New Hampshire. 1982. p. 249. Retrieved March 15, 2025 – via unh.edu.
  3. ^ a b c Cole, Ron (January 24, 2016). "DuBois returns to his roots". seacoastonline.com. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Miss Boulger weds Brendan DuBois". North Adams Transcript. North Adams, Massachusetts. September 14, 1985. p. 8. Retrieved July 11, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b McCartin, Jeanné (July 1, 2007). "Brendan DuBois never forgets his roots". Portsmouth Herald. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  6. ^ DuBois, Brendan (1982). "The New Hampshire". The Granite. University of New Hampshire. p. 151. Retrieved March 15, 2025 – via unh.edu.
  7. ^ "DuBois elected editor-in-chief". The New Hampshire. Vol. 72, no. 26. Durham, New Hampshire. January 22, 1982. p. 3. Retrieved March 15, 2025 – via unh.edu.
  8. ^ DuBois, Brendan (1982). "Brendan's Piece". The Granite. University of New Hampshire. p. 203. Retrieved March 15, 2025 – via unh.edu.
  9. ^ "Vital Statistics from the 1985 Exeter NH Annual Report" (PDF). exeternh.gov. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  10. ^ "Vital Statistics from the 1995 Exeter NH Annual Report" (PDF). exeternh.gov. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  11. ^ a b Hawkins, Erik (February 25, 2015). "Exeter man wins $17,500 on Game Show Network". Seacoast Online. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
  12. ^ a b McKenzie, Scott (November 17, 2005). "Interview: Brendan DuBois". slushpile.net. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  13. ^ "Award Category: 1999 Best Long Form Alternate History (Sidewise Awards for Alternate History)". www.isfdb.org. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  14. ^ "Sidewise Awards Winners". Chicago Public Library. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  15. ^ "SFE: Sidewise Award". sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  16. ^ "Terminal Surf (Lewis Cole #12)". 44thand3rdbookseller.com. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  17. ^ a b c "Bestselling author Brendan DuBois charged with possessing child sexual abuse material". apnews.com. AP. July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  18. ^ "BRENDAN DUBOIS BOOKS IN ORDER". bookseriesinorder.com. Retrieved March 14, 2025.

Further reading

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_DuBois
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