David L. Lindsey

Lindsey was born in Kingsville, Texas, in 1944. [1] He spent his childhood in the Texas Rio Grande Valley and in West Texas, near San Angelo. He graduated from North Texas State University with a degree in English literature. He moved to Austin, Texas, in 1970 and has lived there ever since.

During the 1970s, Lindsey worked as a book editor at a number of small publishing houses in Austin. At one point he operated his own publishing firm, Heidelberg Publishers. [2]

During his years in publishing, Lindsey had an interest in writing, but felt it would be fiscally "irresponsible". [3] Finally, in 1980 his wife urged him to "go for it".[2] Lindsey decided to write mystery fiction because of its general marketability.[2][3] His first two novels appeared in 1983: Black Gold, Red Death and A Cold Mind. The latter work introduced Houston homicide detective Stuart Haydon, a cultured, independently wealthy protagonist who appeared in four subsequent novels.

By 1994 Lindsey had over two million books in print.[2] By 2004, his novels had been translated into 20 languages.[3] His 1990 novel Mercy was adapted into a movie - also called Mercy - in 2000.

• Black Gold, Red Death (1983)
• A Cold Mind (1983) – a Stuart Haydon novel
• Heat from Another Sun (1984) – a Stuart Haydon novel
• Spiral (1986) – a Stuart Haydon novel
• In the Lake of the Moon (1988) – a Stuart Haydon novel
• Mercy (1990)
• Body of Truth (1992) – a Stuart Haydon novel
• An Absence of Light (1994)
• Requiem for a Glass Heart (1996)
• The Color of Night (1999)
• Animosity (2001)
• The Rules of Silence (2003)
• The Face of the Assassin (2004)
• Pacific Heights (2011) (under the pen name Paul Harper)

• David Lindsey official website
• Reid, Jan (October 1, 1986), "Partners in Crime", Texas Monthly, p. 170
• Suspense Novelist David Lindsey on Rag Radio, interviewed by Thorne Dreyer, September 23, 2011