Richard Lipez

Richard Stevenson Lipez[2] (November 30, 1938 – March 16, 2022), commonly known by his pen name Richard Stevenson, was an American journalist and mystery author, most recently residing in Massachusetts.[3] He was best known for his Donald Strachey mysteries.

Richard Lipez
BornRichard Stevenson Lipez
(1938-11-30)November 30, 1938
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedMarch 16, 2022(2022-03-16) (aged 83)
Becket, Massachusetts, U.S.
Pen nameRichard Stevenson
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
GenreMystery, Detective fiction, Journalist, Columnist
SpouseHedy Lipez (19??-1989; divorced)[1]
Joe Wheaton
(m. 2004)
Children2

Lipez was openly gay,[4] and married his husband Joe Wheaton in 2004. He died from pancreatic cancer on March 16, 2022, at the age of 83.[2]

Awards

YearTitleAwardResultRef.
1993Third Man OutLambda Literary Award for Gay MysteryFinalist[5]
1996Shock to the SystemLambda Literary Award for Gay MysteryFinalist[6]
1999Strachey’s FollyLambda Literary Award for Gay MysteryFinalist[7]
2011CockeyedLambda Literary Award for Gay MysteryFinalist
TLA Gaybie Award for Best Gay MysteryFinalist[8]
2012Red White Black and BlueLambda Literary Award for Gay MysteryWinner[9]

Publications

  • Grand Scam, with Peter Stein (1980)

Donald Strachey Mysteries

  1. Death Trick (1981)
  2. On the Other Hand, Death (1984)
  3. Ice Blues (1986)
  4. Third Man Out (1992)
  5. Shock to the System (1995)
  6. Chain of Fools (1996)
  7. Strachey's Folly (1998)
  8. Tongue Tied (2003)
  9. Death Vows (2008)
  10. The 38 Million Dollar Smile (2009)
  11. Cockeyed (2010)
  12. Red White Black and Blue (2011)
  13. The Last Thing I Saw (2012)
  14. Why Stop at Vengeance (2015)
  15. WWW.Dropdead (2016)
  16. Killer Reunion (2019)

Clifford Waterman

  1. Knock Off the Hat (2022)

Filmography

References