Boston Teran Explained

Boston Teran is the pseudonymous American author of 16 novels published from 1999 to 2023. Teran's legal identity is unknown, and the author engages in limited publicity by doing only one interview per book.^[1]

Two of Teran's novels have been adapted for the screen: God Is a Bullet (1999 novel, film released 2023) and The Creed of Violence (2010 novel, in development as of 2023).

Works

• God Is a Bullet (1999)^[2]
• Never Count Out the Dead (2001)
• The Prince of Deadly Weapons (2002)
• Trois Femmes (2006)
• Giv: The Story of a Dog and America (2009)
• The Creed of Violence (2010)^[3]
• Gardens of Grief (2011)
• The World Eve Left Us (2012)
• The Cloud and the Fire (2013)
• The Country I Lived In (2013)
• By Your Deeds (2016)
• A Child Went Forth (2018)
• How Beautiful They Were (2019)
• Two Boys at Breakwater (July 2021)
• Crippled Jack (September 2022)
• Big Island L.A. (October 2023)

Awards and distinctions

• CWA John Creasey Award for best first novel: God Is a Bullet^[4]
• Finalist, 2000 Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best First Novel: God Is a Bullet^[5]
• Longlist, 2001 International Dublin Literary Award: God Is a Bullet^[6]
• Winner, 2001 Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize: God Is a Bullet^[7]
• Longlist, 2011 International Dublin Literary Award: Giv: The Story of a Dog and America^[8]
• Finalist, 2011 ForeWord INDIES for Adult Fiction (Historical): Gardens of Grief^[9]
• Silver Winner, 2012 ForeWord INDIES for Adult Fiction (Translations): The World Eve Left Us^[10]
• Finalist, 2018 Foreword INDIES for Adult Fiction (Historical): A Child Went Forth^[11]
• Historical Fiction in the 2019 International Book Awards: A Child Went Forth
• Finalist for Historical Fiction in the 2019 ForeWord Reviews “Book of the Year” Awards: A Child Went Forth
• Silver for Historical Fiction in the 2019 Independent Publishers Awards: A Child Went Forth
• Winner in the “Adventure: Historical” category at the 2019 American Fiction Awards: A Child Went Forth
• Finalist, 2022 Eric Hoffer Award. Montaigne Medal Finalist: Two Boys at Breakwater
• Silver in the 34th annual IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award program in the LGBTQ+category: Two Boys at Breakwater
• Next Generation 2023 INDIE Book Award – Historical Fiction – Finalist: Crippled Jack
• IBPA 2023 Ben Franklin Award – Historical Fiction Silver Winner: Crippled Jack
• Finalist for Historical Fiction in the 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Crippled Jack
• Finalist for Western Category in the 2023 American Fiction Awards: Crippled Jack

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Steer Your Own Course: Author Boston Teran on Blending Genres Across 11 Novels . 25 May 2018 .
2. https://www.nytimes.com/books/99/07/18/bib/990718.rv103251.html God Is A Bullet
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203040049/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2009-11-27/news/36900405_1_dirt-roads-tampico-american-spies A breathless ride along Mexico's revolutionary road
4. Web site: The Crime Writers' Association . 7 April 2020.
5. Web site: Category List – Best First Novel, Edgars Database . Mystery Writers of America, The Edgars . 6 November 2019.
6. Web site: 2001 Longlist International DUBLIN Literary Award . 6 November 2019.
7. Web site: Japan Adventure Fiction Association . www.jade.dti.ne.jp . 6 November 2019 . Japanese . 28 May 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170528094735/http://www.jade.dti.ne.jp/~gaby/jafa/index2.html . dead .
8. Web site: 2011 Longlist International DUBLIN Literary Award . 6 November 2019.
9. Web site: 2011 Foreword INDIES Finalists in Historical (Adult Fiction) . Foreword Reviews . 6 November 2019 . en.
10. Web site: 2012 Foreword INDIES Winners in Translations (Adult Fiction) . Foreword Reviews . 6 November 2019 . en.
11. Web site: 2018 Foreword INDIES Finalists in Historical (Adult Fiction) . Foreword Reviews . en.