Steve Brewer

STEVE BREWER writes books about crooks. His latest crime novel, TROUBLE TOWN, is his 34th published book and the 10th outing for bumbling private eye Bubba Mabry. The heist novel UPSHOT came out in 2020 and COLD CUTS was published in 2018.

He also wrote the humor books TROPHY HUSBAND and RULES FOR SUCCESSFUL LIVING, which was expanded and revised in 2020.

His first Bubba book, LONELY STREET, was made into a 2009 comedy starring Robert Patrick, Jay Mohr and Joe Mantegna. Several of his other novels have been optioned by Hollywood.

Under the pen name Max Austin, Brewer wrote three hard-boiled crime stories set in Albuquerque, NM, aka Duke City. DUKE CITY SPLIT, DUKE CITY HIT and Amazon bestseller DUKE CITY DESPERADO were published in 2014-15 by the Alibi imprint at Penguin Random House.

A former journalist and humor columnist, Brewer taught for many years in the Honors College at the University of New Mexico. He and his family own Organic Books in Albuquerque's historic Nob Hill neighborhood.

More at www.stevebrewer.blogspot.com. Write him at abqbrewer@gmail.com.