Twist Phelan Explained

Twist Phelan
Occupation:	Writer, former lawyer
Language:	English
Alma Mater:	Stanford University
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Spouse:	Jack Chapple (2013 - current)
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Twist Phelan is an American writer of crime fiction.^[1] She is known for her Finn Teller Corporate Spy mystery series, Pinnacle Peak mystery series, and her short stories, which have won numerous awards (including two International Thriller Writers Awards and the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Short Story of the Year).

Biography

Phelan attended Stanford University for both undergraduate and law school. She was a trial lawyer. In March 2013, Phelan married Jack Chapple in Denver.^[2]

Awards

• Thriller Award for Best Short Story of the Year for A Stab in the Heart (2010, won)^[3]
• Thriller Award for Best Short Story of the Year for Footprints in Water (2014, won)^[4]
• Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Short Story of the Year for Footprints in Water (2014, won)^[5]
• Mystery Writers of America Six-Word Mystery Contest/Thriller (2022, won)^[6]

Bibliography

Finn Teller

1. Fake (2016)^[7]
2. Exit (2016)^[8]
3. Doubt (2016)
4. Splice (2016)^[9]
5. Coin (2017)^[10]

Pinnacle Peak

1. Heir Apparent (2002)^[11]
2. Family Claims (2004)^{[12] [13] [14] [15]}
3. Spurred Ambition (2006)^{[16] [17] [18] [19]}
4. False Fortune (2007)^{[20] [21] [22]}

Stand-alone novels

• The Target (2018)^[23]

Short stories

• For the Good of the Game, published in Red Herring Mystery Magazine; The Mystery Review
• A Trader's Lot (2005), published in Wall Street Noir
• Crime Wave (2006), published in Crimespree Magazine
• Floored (2007), published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
• Strange Bedfellows (2008), published in Politics Noir
• A Stab in the Heart (2009), published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
• Talk to Me (2009), published in ACWL Murder Past, Murder Present
• Time Will Tell (2009), published in MWA Presents The Prosecution Rests and republished in By Hook or By Crook and 30 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year
• The Peahen (2010), published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
• Happine$$ (2012), published in MWA Presents the Rich and the Dead
• I’m Learning (2012), published in ACWL Murder Here, Murder There
• The Fourteenth Juror (2012), published in MWA Presents Vengeance^[24]
• Footprints in Water (2013), published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
• Game (2018), published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
• Fathers-in-Law (2019), published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
• Rude Awakening (2019), published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
• Used To Be (2020), published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
• The Bridge (2022), published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
• The Kindness of Strangers (2022), published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
• It’s a Small World (After All) (2023), published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
• List of Contributors (2023), published in The Dark City Crime & Mystery Magazine
• Judge Not (2023), published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
• Soon It'll Be Over (2023), published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
• Sorry Sorry (2024), published in Mystery Tribune^[25]
• Aim (2024), published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
• Artificial Hearts (2024), published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

Short Story Collection

• Criminal Record (2017)^[26]

Articles

• Cowboy Up (2002), published in Mystery Scene Magazine
• Queen of the Road (2004), published in Mystery Scene Magazine
• The Writer's Life...From the Other Side of the Breakfast Table (2005), published in Mystery Scene Magazine
• Climb Every Mountain...and Building, Too (2006), published in Mystery Scene Magazine
• Paddle Up! (2007), published in Mystery Scene Magazine

Essays

• Twist Phelan on Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron (2006), published in Mystery Muses: 100 Classics that Inspire Today's Mystery Writers
• Writing Novels Versus Stories: It’s Not About the Word Count (well, just a little) (2013) published in Something is Going to Happen^[27]
• The "Art" of Writing (2022) published in Something is Going to Happen^[28]
• Writing Is More than Output: Why Writers Shouldn’t Fear AI (2023) published in Something is Going to Happen^[29]

External links

• • Twist Phelan at the Crime Writers of Canada
• Experience: I dated 100 men in 100 days at The Guardian
• The First 100 Dates Were Just a Warm-Up at The New York Times

Notes and References

1. Web site: MALLOZZI. VINCENT M.. The First 100 Dates Were Just a Warm-Up. New York Times. 21 August 2014.
2. News: Mallozzi . Vincent M. . The First 100 Dates Were Just a Warm-Up . 30 December 2022 . The New York Times . April 5, 2013.
3. Web site: Vey. Barbara. Thrillerfest: Ken Follett Thrillmaster. Publishers Weekly. 21 August 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141102080320/http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/beyondherbook/?tag=twist-phelan. 2 November 2014.
4. Web site: 2014 Thriller Award Winners!. Thriller Writers. 21 August 2014.
5. Web site: 2014 Arthur Ellis Award winners announced. CBC.ca. 21 August 2014.
6. Web site: 6 Word Mystery Contest Archive Rocky Mountain Mystery Writers of America . 2023-02-03 . en-US.
7. Web site: Fake by Twist Phelan. 2016-06-03. Twist Phelan. en-US. 2016-07-04.
8. Web site: Exit by Twist Phelan. 2016-06-27. Twist Phelan. en-US. 2016-07-04.
9. Web site: Splice. November 3, 2017.
10. Web site: Coin. November 3, 2017.
11. Web site: Heir Apparent (review). RT Book Reviews. 21 August 2014.
12. Web site: Family Claims (review). Booklist. 21 August 2014.
13. Web site: Family Claims (review). Publishers Weekly. 21 August 2014.
14. Web site: Adler. Dick. Sleuthing through the centuries. Chicago Tribune. 21 August 2014.
15. Web site: Family Claims (review). RT Book Reviews. 21 August 2014.
16. Web site: Adler. Dick. A grand master shows how to write a Chicago police novel. Chicago Tribune. 21 August 2014.
17. Web site: Spurred Ambition (review). Booklist. 21 August 2014.
18. Web site: Spurred Ambition (review). RT Book Reviews. 21 August 2014.
19. News: Montgomery. David J.. Sex, Booze and Stiffs. https://web.archive.org/web/20181116104918/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1605755.html. dead. November 16, 2018. 21 August 2014. Chicago Sun-Times (subscription required). January 22, 2006.
20. Web site: False Fortune (review). Kirkus Reviews. 21 August 2014.
21. Web site: False Fortune (review). Publishers Weekly. 21 August 2014.
22. Web site: False Fortune (review). Booklist. 21 August 2014.
23. Web site: The Target by Twist Phelan. Amazon. November 6, 2018.
24. Web site: Mystery anthology sports old hands, gifted newcomers. Post and Courier. 21 August 2014.
25. Web site: Tribune . Mystery . 2024-01-02 . Sorry Sorry: Hard-Boiled Flash Fiction By Twist Phelan . 2024-01-19 . MysteryTribune . en-US.
26. Web site: Criminal Record. November 3, 2017.
27. Web site: somethingisgoingtohappen . 2013-06-26 . “Writing Novels Versus Stories: It’s Not About the Word Count (well, just a little)” (by Twist Phelan) . 2024-04-18 . SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN . en.
28. Web site: somethingisgoingtohappen . 2022-09-15 . "The 'Art' of Writing" (by Twist Phelan) . 2022-10-26 . SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN . en.
29. Web site: Phelan . Twist . August 3, 2023 . Writing Is More than Output: Why Writers Shouldn't Fear AI (by Twist Phelan) . August 4, 2023 . Something is Going to Happen.