William E. Wallace

William E. Wallace is a former investigative reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle who covered such topics as political corruption, organized crime and police misconduct for 26 years. His work won awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the San Francisco Press Club.

He took early retirement in 2006, and currently is a full-time novelist and short-story writer.

His most recent book, Face Value: An Eddie Pax Novella, was released as a Shotgun Honey Single in July 2016. His earlier books, Hangman’s Dozen (2016) and Dead Heat with the Reaper (2015) were published by All Due Respect books. His short stories have appeared in numerous magazines, including Out of the Gutter Online, Shotgun Honey, Near to the Knuckle, Beat to a Pulp, Plan B and Spinetingler.

He has self-published "The Jade Bone Jar," a private eye yarn set in 1947 Oakland, California; "The Judas Hunter," a novel featuring Jackson Burial, a down-and-out private investigator; "I Wait to Die!" a novella; "Little Nightmares," a collection of five stories; and "Tamer," a western adventure featuring Amos Kuttner, a former U.S. Army Captain turned government agent that is set in California during and immediately after the 1849 Gold Rush.

He is currently working on "Bottom Street," a novel about crime in San Francisco's Tenderloin.

Wallace has taught journalism at California State University, East Bay in Hayward and at the University of California, Berkeley. He took his bachelor's degree in political science at Cal Berkeley and served as an intelligence analyst while serving in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War.

He lives with his wife and son in Berkeley, California.