Name Mark Zubro | Role Novelist | |
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Awards Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Mystery Books A Simple Suburban Murder, Sex and Murdercom: A Paul Tu, Are you nuts?, Here comes the corpse, File under dead | ||
A Simple Suburban Mystery introduction
Mark Richard Zubro is an American mystery novelist. He lives in Mokena, Illinois and taught 8th grade English at Summit Hill Jr. High in nearby Frankfort Square, Illinois.
Contents
- A Simple Suburban Mystery introduction
- Tom and Scott mysteries
- Paul Turner mysteries
- Roger and Steve young adult mysteries
- Alien Danger gay science fiction trilogy
- References
Zubro writes bestselling mysteries set in Chicago and the surrounding Cook County area, which are widely praised as fast-paced, with interesting plots and well-rounded, likeable characters. His novels feature gay themes, and Zubro is himself gay.
His longest running series features high school teacher Tom Mason, and Tom's boyfriend, professional baseball player Scott Carpenter. The other series Zubro is known for is the Paul Turner mysteries, which are about a Chicago police detective. The books are a part of the Stonewall Inn Mystery series, published by St. Martin's Press. Zubro won a Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Men's Mystery for his book A Simple Suburban Murder.