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About Otto Penzler
Otto Penzler is the proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. He was the publisher of The Armchair Detective, the Edgar-winning quarterly journal devoted to the study of mystery and suspense fiction, for seventeen years. Mr. Penzler was the founder of The Mysterious Press, which has now become part of the Warner publishing empire; he also created the publishing firm of Otto Penzler Books, which is now an imprint at Carroll & Graf, and The Armchair Detective Library, a publishing house devoted to reprinting classic crime fiction for the collector and library markets.
 
New and Forthcoming Hardbacks

The Best American Mystery Stories 2008
The Best American Mystery Stories 2008

New and Forthcoming Paperbacks

The Dames
The Dames
(Pulp Fiction, book 3)

Uncertain Endings: The World's Greatest Unsolved Mystery Stories
Uncertain Endings
The World's Greatest Unsolved Mystery Stories

The Best American Crime Reporting 2008
The Best American Crime Reporting 2008


The Best American Mystery Stories 2008
The Best American Mystery Stories 2008

The Vicious Circle: Mystery and Crime Stories by Members of the Algonquin Round Table
The Vicious Circle
Mystery and Crime Stories by Members of the Algonquin Round Table

Anthology series
The CrimefightersThe VillainsThe Dames
 
Anthologies edited
Whodunit? Houdini?: Thirteen Tales of Magic, Murder and Mystery (1977)
The Private Lives of Private Eyes (1985)
Murder for Love (1996)
The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 (1997) (with Robert B Parker)
Murder for Revenge (1998)
The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time (1998)
The Best American Mystery Stories: 1998 (1998) (with Sue Grafton)
Criminal Records (1999)
Murder and Obsession (1999)
The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 (1999) (with Ed McBain)
Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (2000) (with Tony Hillerman)
The Best American Mystery Stories 2000 (2000) (with Donald E Westlake)
Criminal Records Volume Two (2000)
Murderers' Row: Baseball Mysteries (2001)
The Best American Mystery Stories 2001 (2001) (with Lawrence Block)
The Mighty Johns (2002)
The Best American Crime Writing (2002) (with Thomas H Cook)
The Best American Mystery Stories 2002 (2002) (with James Ellroy)
Murder at the Foul Line: Original Basketball Mysteries (2003)
The Best American Crime Writing 2003: The Year's Best True Crime Reporting (2003) (with Thomas H Cook)
The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 (2003) (with Michael Connelly)
One Clue Beyond: Tales of Supernatural Suspense, Psychic Puzzles and Occult Investigators (2003) (with Michele Slung)
The Best American Mystery Stories 3 (2004) (with James Ellroy)
The Best American Crime Writing 2004 (2004) (with Thomas H Cook)
The Best American Mystery Stories 2004 (2004) (with Nelson DeMille)
Murder on the Ropes (2004)
Murder Is My Racquet (2004)
Dangerous Women (2005)
The Best American Mystery Stories 2005 (2005) (with Joyce Carol Oates)
The Best American Crime Writing 2005 (2005) (with James Ellroy)
Murder at the Racetrack: Original Tales of Mystery and Mayhem Down the Final Stretch from Today's Great Writers (2006)
Murder in the Rough: Original Tales of Bad Shots, Terrible Lies, and Other Deadly Handicaps from Today's Great Writers (2006)
The Best American Crime Writing 2006 (2006) (with Mark Bowden)
The Best American Mystery Stories 2006 (2006) (with Scott Turow)
Dead Man's Hand: Crime Fiction At the Poker Table (2007)
The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps: Forty-Five of the Best Stories to Come Out of the Pulps During Their Golden Age (2007)
Uncertain Endings: The World's Greatest Unsolved Mystery Stories (2007)
The Vicious Circle: Mystery and Crime Stories by Members of the Algonquin Round Table (2007)
The Best American Mystery Stories 2008 (2008) (with George Pelecanos)
Whodunit? Houdini?: Thirteen Tales of Magic, Murder and MysteryThe Private Lives of Private EyesMurder for LoveThe Best American Mystery Stories 1997
Murder for RevengeThe 50 Greatest Mysteries of All TimeThe Best American Mystery Stories: 1998Criminal Records
Murder and ObsessionThe Best American Mystery Stories 1999Best American Mystery Stories of the CenturyThe Best American Mystery Stories 2000
Murderers' Row: Baseball MysteriesThe Best American Mystery Stories 2001The Mighty JohnsThe Best American Crime Writing
The Best American Mystery Stories 2002Murder at the Foul Line: Original Basketball MysteriesThe Best American Crime Writing 2003: The Year's Best True Crime ReportingThe Best American Mystery Stories 2003
The Best American Mystery Stories 3The Best American Crime Writing 2004The Best American Mystery Stories 2004Murder on the Ropes
Murder Is My RacquetDangerous WomenThe Best American Mystery Stories 2005The Best American Crime Writing 2005
Murder at the Racetrack: Original Tales of Mystery and Mayhem Down the Final Stretch from Today's Great WritersMurder in the Rough: Original Tales of Bad Shots, Terrible Lies, and Other Deadly Handicaps from Today's Great WritersThe Best American Crime Writing 2006The Best American Mystery Stories 2006
Dead Man's Hand: Crime Fiction At the Poker TableThe Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps: Forty-Five of the Best Stories to Come Out of the Pulps During Their Golden AgeUncertain Endings: The World's Greatest Unsolved Mystery StoriesThe Vicious Circle: Mystery and Crime Stories by Members of the Algonquin Round Table
The Best American Mystery Stories 2008
 
Non fiction
The Crown Crime Companion: The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All TimeThe Best American Crime Reporting 2007The Best American Crime Reporting 2008
 
Links to other websites
ottopenzler.com


Otto Penzler recommends
The 25th Hour
The 25th Hour (2001)
David Benioff
"The 25th Hour is a wonderfully written first novel . . .[a] brilliant and disturbing story."



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