Doc Macomber

Doc Macomber is an award-winning and bestselling mystery author best known for the “Jason Colefield” and the “Jack Vu” series of novels. Macomber is a member of several writing organizations that include the Willamette Writers, Mystery Writers of America, Friends of Mystery, and International Thriller Writers. He has also been a contributor to the prestigious “Bloodletter” and “Mystery Readers Journal” where he wrote on the history of ethnic detectives. He has also written articles in “Now Write Mysteries” that was published by the Penguin Group in 2012. His expertise on ethnic detectives comes from his writing of the “Jack Vu” mystery series with which he debuted his writing career. “Riff Raff” the fourth novel in the series made the shortlist for the Killer Nashville Claymore Award. Macomber wrote his debut novel “The Killer Coin” in 2003 and has never looked back since. For his work, he has been awarded several awards including an Independent Book Publishers Association Benjamin Franklin Silver Medal. He gets much of his inspiration from his experiences serving in the National Guard and the Special Tactics Unit of the American Air Force. He currently lives with his wife on a trawler on the Columbia River.