James D. Doss
1939 – 2012
James D. Doss was one of the popular novelists of the mystery and thriller genre from America. He is particularly famous for creating the Native American character, detective Charlie Moon. Author Doss used to work at the Los Alamos Laboratory at the California University prior to the start of his writing career. He started his writing career in the year 1994 with the release of his debut book titled The Shaman Sings. This book also marked the beginning of the Charlie Moon series. Since then, he has written 16 more books as a part of the series. Two books from this series have been named as the best books of their respective years by the Publishers Weekly magazine. Author Doss was born in the year 1939 in Kentucky. His death occurred on May 17, 2012. He achieved a great fame after creating his popular fictional character, the Ute detective and rancher named Charlie Moon. Doss had studied electrical engineering and used to work on biomedical technology and particle accelerators at the laboratory of California University. However, he had started writing novels from a very long time and continued doing so along with his electrical engineering profession.