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• Coming Spring 2025 – WELCOME TO REDEMPTION

  I’m thrilled to announce that William Morrow will publish my award-winning debut novel, WELCOME TO REDEMPTION, in Spring 2025! William Morrow – an imprint of HarperCollins – is one of the oldest and most revered publishers of quality fiction in the world. And it was my top choice out of all publishers, because it’s home…

  April 8, 2023

• Read a preview of “Game Four” for free at Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine

  Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine is featuring a significant preview of my new short story, “Game Four” on their website for free! If you want to see what happens, you can find the latest issue at major bookstores, or subscribe to the digital version on Amazon. Enjoy!

  February 17, 2023

• “Game Four” publishing in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine’s March/April edition

  Looking for a last minute Valentine’s Day gift? How about crimes and violence? I have another short story publishing in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine – “the world’s leading mystery magazine” – in the March/April edition, hitting stores on February 14. “Game Four” is a fun little noir about the neglected twelve year old son of…

  February 9, 2023

• “Sharks in the Valley” (Welcome to Redemption) wins the GRAND PRIZE in the Screencraft Cinematic Book Competition!

  I’m thrilled – and a little stunned! – to report that my novel, “Sharks in the Valley,” (now renamed “Welcome to Redemption”) was chosen out of 1,400 entrants as the GRAND PRIZE WINNER of the ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Competition!

  March 17, 2021

• “Duel of the Aces” printing in Ellery Queen’s November/December issue

  I’ve been sitting on this one for a few months – but since it’s now public on their website, I’m really excited to report that my short story, “Duel of the Aces” will be featured in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine in the November/December issue! Ellery Queen is the WORLD’S LEADING mystery magazine. It has been cited as…

  August 21, 2020

• “Priceless” Selected as a “Distinguished Mystery Story of 2018” by the Best American Mystery Stories Anthology!

  For more than 20 years, the “Best American Mystery Stories” anthology combs through thousands of published works from writers in the US and Canada, and identifies a list of about fifty stories that earn the “Distinguished story” title. They read more than 3,000 stories published in 2018, and selected Travis’s “Priceless” as one of their…

  November 18, 2019

• Read “Priceless” in Landfall: Best New England Crime Stories 2018

  This is the second year in a row that Level Best Books has chosen one of Travis’s stories for their “Best New England Crime Stories” anthology, and it’s the second story in a row about Shawn MacIntosh – a part-time fixer from Portland who is always finding his way into trouble by trying to solve…

  January 11, 2019

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  Crime Lineup – Public Reading Jan. 24

  I’m excited for my first public reading with the super talented Joe Souza and Tim Queeney on January 24 at Longfellow Books, highlighting our winning stories in “Landfall: Best New England Crime Stories 2018.” I’ll be reading selections from my short story, “Priceless.”  This is the second year in a row that Level Best Books…

  January 11, 2019