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| Born | Thurston David Fulmer (1950-04-03)April 3, 1950 (age 74) Northumberland, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Subject | Historical fiction,Crime fiction,Mystery |
| Years active | 1990-present |
| Notable works | The Valentin St. Cyr Storyville series |
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| Children | 1 |
David Fulmer (born April 3, 1950) is an American author, journalist, and filmmaker.
Born Thurston David Fulmer, to Thurston (1924–2012) and Flora (née Prizzi) Fulmer (1925-2020) inNorthumberland,Pennsylvania (pop 3,714). He is Sicilian on his mother's side and English, German, and Dutch on his father's. He worked as a reporter and photographer at local newspapers during and after high school. He was drafted into theU.S. Army in 1971 and became a photographer attached to IDHS Section of theUSAREUR Intelligence Center inHeidelberg, Germany. On May 24, 1972, his location was bombed by theBaader-Meinhof Gang shortly after he left his building and three of his co-workers were killed. From 1974-1979 he was married to Suzanne Mercier, a native of Sydney, Australia. After his discharge from the Army in 1974, they spent a year inState College, PA and a year inLewisburg, PA before moving toAtlanta,Georgia. He worked as a bartender at Rose's Cantina (later known as the 688 Club) while attendingGeorgia State University. In 2013, he married Sansanee Sermprungsuk, a research librarian. They reside in East Atlanta. His daughter Italia was born in 1996 and she and her husband Adam Kostrinsky have one child.
As an author, Fulmer has written and published eleven novels and one novella since 2001, along with number of short stories. As a journalist, he has written about music and other subjects for theAtlanta Journal-Constitution,Southline,Atlanta Magazine,City Life,Markee, Georgia Music Magazine,Blues Access,Il Giornale,Goodlife,Advertising Age,The Atlanta Tribune,Creative Loafing, andBackStage. Between 1995 and 2005, he also wrote and produced video content for corporate, sports, and non-profit clients.
Fulmer wrote and produced the documentaryBlind Willie's Blues (1997),[1] whichVideo Librarian called "nothing less than the economic, social, and historical evolution of America's indigenous music". It was re-released on Youtube in December of 2023.[2] He also wrote and produced the Americana audio series forNational Public Radio (NPR) affiliateWABE-FM and WMLB-AM, both in Atlanta. He is the co-producer with Michael Reeves of "Piano Red – The Lost Atlanta Tapes", a CD collection by rock-and-roll legend Piano Red, released in August 2010 on Landslide Records. During his freelance career, he worked as a welder, a carpenter, a set-builder, and a bartender. As a communications professional, he spent eleven years (1988–1999)in the motorsports industry as Media Director for thePanoz Schools andRoad Atlanta inBraselton, Georgia. From 2006 to 2020, he taught "Fiction Shop" classes and other writing workshops at locations around the southeast.[citation needed] He is currently represented by literary agent Laura Langlie and dramatic-rights agent Mary Pender of the William Morris Endeavor Agency and is a member of the Authors Guild.
In 2001, Fulmer's first novel,Chasing the Devil's Tail, was released by Poisoned Pen Press.Harcourt Books purchased the paperback rights in 2003, and then contracted with Fulmer for five more novels. Two of Fulmer's novels won national literary awards:Chasing the Devil's Tail won theShamus Award (2002)[3] andRampart Street won theBenjamin Franklin Award[4] (2007). His novelThe Blue Door was nominated for the 2009 Shamus Award for Best Novel. Fulmer's work has received high praise from such publications asPublishers Weekly,[5]The New York Times,[6]The Washington Post,[7]USA Today,[8]The Boston Globe,[9]Atlanta Journal-Constitution,[10]San Francisco Chronicle,[11]Booklist,[12]Library Journal,[13] andKirkus Reviews.[14] Beginning in April, 2017. Crescent City Books began new releases of the entire Valentin St. Cyr series, beginning with "Chasing the Devil's Tail." "The Day Ends at Dawn," the seventh and final novel in the series, was released in 2019. In July 2022, he released"Drowning on Dry Land," a podcast about his 2019 journey in and out of psychosis. His thirteenth novel, with the working title "The Book of Numbers," was completed in October of 2024 with a release date TBA.
Since 1985, Fulmer has contributed to periodicals including theAtlanta Journal-Constitution, BackStage, Blues Access,City Life,Paste Magazine,The Atlanta Tribune,Southline,Atlanta Magazine,Creative Loafing,Advertising Age,Business Atlanta,Il Giornale and various trade publications.
Chasing the Devil's Tail
Jass
Rampart Street
The Dying Crapshooter's Blues
The Blue Door
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