Josh Lanyon is an American writer of LGBT mystery and adventure fiction, usually with a strong romantic subplot.
Over the past decade Lanyon has written numerous novels, novellas and short stories as well as the non-fiction writing guide Man, Oh Man! Writing M/M Fiction for Kinks and Ca$h. He is the author of the Adrien English mystery novels, including The Hell You Say, winner of the 2006 USABookNews awards for GLBT fiction and a Lambda Literary Award finalist. In June 2009 he began a new romantic-comedy mystery series with the novel Somebody Killed His Editor.
Lanyon has collaborated with several other writers including Laura Baumbach, co-writer of the Crimes and Cocktails series, Sarah Black, and Jordan Castillo Price.
In December 2009, Lanyon's first foray into spec fiction was published through Blind Eye Books. Strange Fortune is described as an AU British Raj adventure with romantic and fantasy elements.
Lanyon's first novel, Fatal Shadows, was published in 2000 through the now defunct indie British publisher Gay Men's Press. Since then he has published with a variety of presses, both electronic and print, including Samhain Publishing, MLR Press, Loose Id, Aspen Mountain Press, Liquid Silver, Torquere, etc.
Lanyon currently lives in Los Angeles, California.
Fatal Shadows (2000) - MLR Press, ISBN 978-0-9793110-4-8 (Print) + Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-59632-465-7 (Ebook)
A Dangerous Thing (2002) - MLR Press, ISBN 978-0979311055 (Print) + Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-59632-465-7 (Ebook)
The Hell You Say (2006) - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-934531-01-3 (Print) + Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-59632-582-1 (Ebook)
Death of a Pirate King (2008) - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-934531-31-0 (Print) + Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-59632-744-3 (Ebook)
The Dark Tide (2009) - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1608201235 (Print) + Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-60737-490-9 (Ebook)
Holmes & Moriarity
Somebody Killed His Editor (2009) - Samhain Publishing, ISBN 978-1-60504-607-5 (Print) + ISBN 978-1-60504-585-6 (Ebook)
All She Wrote (2010 - unreleased)
Sword and Pentacle
Jack of Swords (2010 - unreleased)
Partners in Crime Series
"Cards on the Table" in Boy Meets Body (2007) - with Sarah Black - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-934531-00-6 (Print) + Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-59632-613-2 (Ebook)
"Snowball in Hell" in I'll Be Dead for Christmas (2007) - with Sarah Black - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-934531-02-0 (Print) + Aspen Mountain Press, ISBN 978-1-60168-076-1 (Ebook)
"I Spy Something Bloody" in Footsteps in the Dark (2008) - with Sarah Black - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-934531-15-0 (Print) + Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-59632-710-8 (Ebook)
"I Spy Something Wicked" (2009) - Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-60737-455-8 (Ebook)
"Lovers and Other Strangers" in The Art of Dying (2009) - with Jordan Castillo Price - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-934531-25-9 (Print) + Aspen Mountain Press, ISBN 978-1-60168-232-1 (Ebook)
"Don't Look Back" in Committed to Memory (2009) - with JS Cook - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-60820-114-3 (Print) + Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-59632-972-0 (Ebook)
Petit Morts (with Jordan Castillo Price)
Slings and Arrows (2010) - JCP Books, ISBN 978-1935540120 (Print) + ISBN 978-1-935540-05-2 (Ebook)
Other People's Weddings (2010) - JCP Books, ISBN 978-1935540120 (Print) + ISBN 978-1-935540-06-9 (Ebook)
Critic's Choice (2010 - unreleased)
Stranger Than Fiction (2010 - unreleased)
Standalone novels
The Ghost Wore Yellow Socks (2008) - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-934531-14-3 (Print) + Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-59632-810-5 (Ebook)
Mexican Heat (2008) - co-authored with Laura Baumbach - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-934531-05-1 (Print) + Samhain Publishing, ISBN 978-1-60504-380-7 (Ebook)
Strange Fortune (2009) - Blind Eye Books, ISBN 978-1935560005 (Print) + Samhain Publishing, ISBN 978-1-60928-113-7 (Ebook)
Fair Game (2010) - Carina Press, ISBN 9781426890451 (Ebook)
Come Unto Those Yellow Sands (2010 - unreleased))
Novellas and anthology works
Dark Horse
The Dark Horse (2007) - Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-59632-443-5 (Ebook)
The White Knight (2009) - Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-59632-908-9 (Ebook)
Dangerous Ground
Dangerous Ground (2008) - Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-59632-658-3 (Ebook) + MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-934531-26-6 (Print)
Old Poison (2009) - Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-60737-477-0 (Ebook)
Blood Heat (2010) - Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-60737-869-3 (Ebook)
"A Ghost of a Chance" in Scared Stiff (2007) - MLR Press, ISBN 978-0-9793110-6-2 (Print + Ebook)
"In a Dark Wood" in Arresting Developments (2007) - Aspen Mountain Press, ISBN 978-1-60168-070-9 (Ebook)
"A Limited Engagement" (2008) in Josh Lanyon Collected Novellas, Volume 1
"In Sunshine or In Shadow" - ASIN B003UHU3FW (Ebook)
"Out Of The Blue", also in Esprit de Corps (2009) - ISBN 978-1-59578-578-7 (Ebook) + MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-934531-03-7 (Print)
"Until We Meet Once More" in Because Of The Brave (2009) - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-60820-107-5 (Print) + Aspen Mountain Press, ISBN 978-1-60168-227-7 (Ebook)
"The Dickens with Love" (2009) - Samhain Publishing, ISBN 978-1-60504-837-6 (Ebook)
"The French Have a Word for It" (2009)
"The Dark Farewell" (2010), also in The Mysterious (2010) - Samhain Publishing, ISBN 978-1-60504-944-1 (Ebook) + MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-60820-098-6 (Print)
"The Darkling Thrush" (2010) - Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-60737-563-0 (Ebook)
"A Vintage Affair" (2010) - Loose Id, ISBN 978-1-60737-807-5 (Ebook)
Man, Oh Man! Writing M/M Fiction for Kinks & Ca$h (2008) - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-934531-30-3 (Print + Ebook)
"The Play of Shadows and Light: Hansen before Dave" in The Golden Age of Gay Fiction (2009) - MLR Press, ISBN 978-1-60820-048-1 (Print) + ISBN 978-1-60820-049-8 (Ebook)