Richard Stevenson Lipez (November 30, 1938 – March 16, 2022), commonly known by his pen name Richard Stevenson, was an American

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and

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, most recently residing in

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. He was best known for his Donald Strachey mysteries. Lipez was openly

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,Richard Lipez
/ref> and married his husband Joe Wheaton in 2004. He died from pancreatic cancer on March 16, 2022, at the age of 83.

Awards

Publications

* ''Grand Scam'', with Peter Stein (1980)

Donald Strachey Mysteries

# ''Death Trick'' (1981) # ''On the Other Hand, Death'' (1984) # ''Ice Blues'' (1986) # ''Third Man Out'' (1992) # ''Shock to the System'' (1995) # ''Chain of Fools'' (1996) # ''Strachey's Folly'' (1998) # ''Tongue Tied'' (2003) # ''Death Vows'' (2008) # ''The 38 Million Dollar Smile'' (2009) # ''Cockeyed'' (2010) # ''Red White Black and Blue'' (2011) # ''The Last Thing I Saw'' (2012) # ''Why Stop at Vengeance'' (2015) # ''WWW.Dropdead'' (2016) # ''Killer Reunion'' (2019) Clifford Waterman # Knock Off the Hat (2022)

Filmography

* '' Third Man Out'' (2005) * '' Shock to the System'' (2006) * '' On the Other Hand, Death'' (2008) * '' Ice Blues'' (2008)

References

External links

*
Richard Lipez's book listing as Richard Stevenson at Fantastic Fiction

Donald Strachey mysteries web page on the MLR Press website

Biographical notes on Richard Stevenson

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lipez, Richard 1938 births 2022 deaths 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American male novelists American mystery writers American detective fiction writers American gay writers Lambda Literary Award winners LGBTQ crime writers LGBTQ people from Pennsylvania People from Lock Haven, Pennsylvania Novelists from Pennsylvania American LGBTQ novelists 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers Deaths from pancreatic cancer in Massachusetts