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Chris Culver
BornTulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
GenreHardboiled crime fiction, thriller
Website
www.indiecrime.com

Alex Vix, who writes under the pen name Chris Culver,[1] is an American author of crime fiction. Set in and around the Midwestern United States, his novels include the nine-book Joe Court series and the seven-novel Ash Rashid series, the first volume of which remained on the The New York Times bestseller list for 16 weeks. He has since gone on to write several standalone novels in the crime and thriller genre.

Biography[edit]

Early life and education[edit]

Culver was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in September 1981.[2] His family moved to Chickasha, Oklahoma shortly thereafter, later relocating to Newburgh, Indiana in 1988. An avid reader in elementary school, he developed an interest in crime fiction writing after acquiring a copy of Mickey Spillane's I, the Jury in a library book sale.[3]

Culver enrolled at Hanover College in 2000,[4] graduating from there with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 2004. After marrying a fellow Hanover College graduate, he enrolled in law school, however dropped out soon after.[3] He subsequently enrolled in a philosophy doctoral program at Purdue University,[5] where he also taught undergraduate students as a graduate assistant.[6] In 2008, he left before completing his doctorate when his wife was offered a faculty position at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas.[3][6][5]

Career[edit]

Culver became a part-time professor at Henderson, teaching classes in philosophy, religion, and ethics.[3][6] While there he wrote his first novel, The Abbey, a crime fiction novel that started his Ash Rashid series. He set its story around an investigation by a Muslim detective of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, defining the character's religion both as a means of character development and with the interest of giving readers a positively portrayed Muslim character,[7] stating that he was "tired of reading books and seeing movies that portray all Muslims as terrorists or zealots."[8]

Unable to find a publisher for the book,[6] he hired editors and self-published it via Kindle Direct Publishing in February 2011. It was a commercial success, appearing on the The New York Times bestseller list for 16 weeks and selling over 750,000 copies by early 2013.[8][9] The success of the The Abbey allowed Culver to begin writing full-time and secured him a publishing deal with Hachette Book Group,[6] with whom he released three sequels — the second to fourth books in the Ash Rashid series.

In December 2014, Culver announced that he had ended his publishing agreement with Hachette, self-publishing subsequent books in the Ash Rashid series.[10]

Personal life[edit]

Culver lives near St. Louis, Missouri with his wife and son.[11][6]

Novels[edit]

Title Original Publication Date Featuring Series/Number
The Abbey 2011, March Ash Rashid Ash Rashid, Book 1
Just Run 2011, September Trent Schaefer, Renee Carter n/a
The Outsider 2013, April Ash Rashid Ash Rashid, Book 2
By Any Means 2014, May Ash Rashid Ash Rashid, Book 3
Nine Years Gone 2014, June Steve Hale, Tess Girard n/a
Measureless Night 2015, May Ash Rashid Ash Rashid, Book 4
Pocketful of God 2016, January Ash Rashid Ash Rashid, Book 5
No Room for Good Men 2017, January Ash Rashid Ash Rashid, Book 6
Counting Room 2017, September Gabe Ward Gabe Ward, Book 1
Sleeper Cell 2018, March Ash Rashid Ash Rashid, Book 7
The Girl in the Motel 2018, December Joe Court Joe Court, Book 1
The Girl in the Woods 2019, February Joe Court Joe Court, Book 2
The Boys in the Church 2019, April Joe Court Joe Court, Book 3
The Man in the Meth Lab 2019, July Joe Court Joe Court, Book 4
The Woman Who Wore Roses 2019, September Joe Court Joe Court, Book 5
The Man in the Park 2019, December Joe Court Joe Court, Book 6
The Girl Who Told Stories 2020, March Joe Court Joe Court, Book 7
The Men on the Farm 2020, June Joe Court Joe Court, Book 8
The Man in the River 2020, September Joe Court Joe Court, Book 9
Night Work 2021, August Hannah Blackwood Hannah Blackwood, Book 1
The Lost Ones 2021, November Hannah Blackwood Hannah Blackwood, Book 2
Throwaways 2022, February Hannah Blackwood Hannah Blackwood, Book 3
Those Who Remain 2022, June Homer Watson Homer Watson, Book 1
Where I Die 2022, November Homer Watson Homer Watson, Book 2
The Man by the Creek 2023, July Joe Court Joe Court, Book 10

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Nine Years Gone". Google Books. Archived from the original on April 10, 2024. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  2. ^ "Alex Vix". FastBackgroundCheck.com. Archived from the original on April 10, 2024. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d Culver, Chris. "About Chris Culver". Archived from the original on December 24, 2023.
  4. ^ "Notable Alumni". Hanover College. Archived from the original on November 30, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Ash Rashid". www.detecs.org. Archived from the original on January 18, 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Haupt, Debbie (July 31, 2014). "Interview with author Chris Culver - Nine Years Gone". thereadingfrenzy.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on November 23, 2023.
  7. ^ "Chris Culver - frequently asked questions". Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
  8. ^ a b Sofia, Marina (November 15, 2012). "NTN: Chris Culver interviewed". crimefictionlover.com. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023.
  9. ^ "The Abbey". PublishersWeekly.com. Archived from the original on February 8, 2022.
  10. ^ a b "Chris Culver Books". Facebook.com.
  11. ^ "Chris Culver". www.amazon.com. Archived from the original on April 10, 2024. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference website was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ "Website of New York Times' bestselling author Chris Culver". indiecrime.com. Archived from the original on December 24, 2023.
  14. ^ "Chris Culver's Hana Blackwood books in order". www.fantasticfiction.com. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022.

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