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David Fulmer is an American author, journalist, and filmmaker.

David Fulmer
Fulmer in 2015
Fulmer in 2015
Fulmer in 2015
BornThurston David Fulmer
(1950-04-03) April 3, 1950 (age 72)
Northumberland, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation
  • Writer
  • journalist
  • producer
SubjectHistorical fiction, Crime fiction, Mystery
Years active1990-present
Notable worksThe Valentin St. Cyr Storyville series
Spouse
Suzanne Mercier
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(m. 1974; div. 1979)​

Sansanee Sermprungsuk
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(m. 2013)​
Children1

Biography


Born Thurston David Fulmer, to Thurston (1924–2012) and Flora (née Prizzi) Fulmer (1925-2020) in Northumberland, 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 the U.S. Army in 1971 and became a photographer attached to IDHS Section of the USAREUR Intelligence Center in Heidelberg, Germany. On May 24, 1972, his location was bombed by the Baader-Meinhof Gang shortly after he left the 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 in State College, PA and a year in Lewisburg, PA before moving to Atlanta, Georgia. He worked as a bartender at Rose's Cantina (later known as the 688 Club) while attending Georgia State University. His daughter Italia Patricia Fulmer was born in 1996 and is now an elementary arts teacher in Decatur, Georgia. In 2013, he married Sansanee Sermprungsuk, a research librarian. They reside in East Atlanta.


Career


As an author, Fulmer has written and published eleven novels and one novella since 2001, along with several short stories. As a journalist, he has written about music and other subjects for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Southline, Atlanta Magazine, City Life, Markee, Georgia Music Magazine, Blues Access, Il Giornale, Goodlife, Advertising Age, The Atlanta Tribune, Creative Loafing, and BackStage. He has also worked as a welder, a display fabricator, and a bartender.

Fulmer wrote and produced the documentary Blind Willie's Blues (1997),[1] which Video Librarian called "nothing less than the economic, social, and historical evolution of America's indigenous music". He also wrote and produced the Americana audio series for National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate WABE-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 renovation carpenter, a set-builder, and a bartender. As a communications professional, he worked in the motorsports industry as Media Director for the Panoz Schools and Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia (1988–1999). From 2006 to 2020, he taught his "Fiction Shop" classes and workshops at various locations around the southeast.[citation needed]


Works


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 the Shamus Award (2002)[2] and Rampart Street won the Benjamin Franklin Award[3] (2007). His novel The Blue Door was nominated for the 2009 Shamus Award for Best Novel. Fulmer's work has received high praise from such publications as Publishers Weekly,[4] The New York Times,[5] The Washington Post,[6] USA Today,[7] The Boston Globe,[8] Atlanta Journal-Constitution,[9] San Francisco Chronicle,[10] Booklist,[11] Library Journal,[12] and Kirkus Reviews.[13] Beginning in April, 2017. Crescent City Books began new releases of the entire Valentin St. Cyr series, beginning with "Chasing the Devil's Tail." "Eclipse Alley", his sixth Valentin St. Cyr mystery, was released by Crescent City Books in October, 2017 and "The Day Ends at Dawn," the seventh and final novel in the series in January, 2019. He is currently at work on his thirteenth novel with the working title "River Runs to the Sea." In July of 2022, he released "Drowning on Dry Land," a podcast about his 2019 journey in and out of psychosis.


Novels



Short fiction



Magazines and newspapers


Since 1985, Fulmer has contributed to periodicals including the Atlanta 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.


Awards


Chasing the Devil's Tail

Jass

Rampart Street

The Dying Crapshooter's Blues

The Blue Door


References


  1. O'Briant, Don (January 21, 1993). "Peach Buzz: 'Blind Willie's' story heads for small screen". The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution. p. H/2.
  2. "The Private Eye Writers of America and The Shamus Awards". Thrillingdetective.com. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
  3. "IBPA, the Independent Book Publishers Association". Ibpa-online.org. Archived from the original on July 31, 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
  4. "Chasing the Devil's Tail". Publishers Weekly. 248. 42 (October 15, 2001): p. 49.
  5. Taylor, Ihsan (March 11, 2007). "Paperback Row". The New York Times. p. 28.
  6. Anderson, Patrick (February 25, 2008). "Evocative Scenes of the Crime". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
  7. "Tom Anderson Topics Page". usatoday.com. February 7, 2012. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
  8. "Boston.com Local Search – Boston Globe Archives". Nl.newsbank.com. January 10, 2005. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
  9. Lee, David (February 15, 2009). "Atlanta News, Sports, Atlanta Weather, Business News". ajc.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
  10. June Sawyers (January 8, 2006). "Sex, death and gumbo". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
  11. Ott, Bill. Lost River. Booklist. 105. 6 (November 15, 2008): p. 20.
  12. Vicarel, Jo Ann. Mystery. Library Journal. 132. 20 (December 1, 2007): p. 91. The Blue Door
  13. Fulmer, David: Lost River. Kirkus Reviews. (October 1, 2008)
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  15. Julie Smith, ed. (2007). New Orleans Noir. Akashic Books. p. 56. ISBN 9781933354248. Retrieved February 14, 2012. david fulmer.


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