James A. Hearn

An Edgar Award nominee, James A. Hearn is an attorney and author who writes in a variety of genres, including crime, mystery, science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His fiction has appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine; Black Cat Mystery Magazine; The Eyes of Texas; Monsters, Movies & Mayhem; and numerous anthologies.

Awards:

The Mysterious Bookshop Presents: The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2025, "Totality" (originally published in Dark of the Day: Eclipse Stories).

Best American Mystery & Suspense 2023, “Home Is the Hunter” (originally published in Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir, Vol. 3).

Mystery Writers of America – 2022 Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominee for Best Short Story for “Blindsided,” written with Michael Bracken, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Sept/Oct 2021.

Writers of the Future Contest – Finalist, 2nd quarter, 2019; Finalist, 2nd Quarter, 2018; Semi-Finalist, 3rd quarter, 2018.