Sheldon Russell

Sheldon Russell is a popular author hailing from America, who has particular interests in writing thriller, historical fiction, and mystery novels. He is well known for writing the Hook Runyon mysteries, which depict the chief protagonist as Hook Runyon. He is shown as a security agent of a railroad, working for the Santa Fe Railroad. The events of this series are described as having taken place during the middle of the 1940’s. Before the start of his writing career, author Sheldon used to work as an English teacher at a public school in Oklahoma. In 2000, he retired as professor emeritus from the Central Oklahoma University. The debut novel published by him is called Empire. It was released in 1993 by the Evans Publications. Author Sheldon followed this suspense novel with a couple historical fiction titles between 1993 and 2000. The latter of the two titles, Requiem at Dawn, went on to become a finalist in the competition of Spur Awards in 2001, organized by the American Western Writers, Inc., in the category of the Best Original Paperback. In 2006, his other book, called Dreams of Lust, was published by the Oklahoma University Press. This book won the Book Award of Oklahoma in Fiction and was chosen as the official Centennial Project of America. Finally, it was in 2009 that author Sheldon came up with the first book of his bestselling mystery series and introduced the readers to his new protagonist named Hook Runyon. In its first book, the series shows Hook Runyon investigating a murder case at a railroad yard in Oklahoma, close to a camp of German POWs at the time of the World War Two. Apart from writing, author Sheldon is also quite well known for his other profession of teaching. As a professor of English, he has taught at Louisville University. As of today, author Sheldon resides in Guthrie, Oklahoma, and dedicates all his time writing suspense and thriller novels. During his spare times, he likes to relax and visit some peaceful places. Author Sheldon looks to develop his plots and characters in a way such that he is able to give his fans all that they expect from him. He also likes to remain in contact with them through social media platforms and inform them about the latest happenings in his career as well as the publication dates of his upcoming books.