Bruce Robert Coffin
International Bestselling Author/Detective Sergeant (ret.)
- Role
- Bestselling Author at HarperCollins Publishers
- Location
- Portland, ME, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Bruce Robert Coffin
Bruce Robert Coffin is the award-winning author of the #1 bestselling Detective Byron Mystery Series, The Turner and Mosley Files (with LynDee Walker), and the forthcoming Detective Justice Mysteries. A former detective sergeant with more than twenty-seven years in law enforcement, he supervised all homicide and violent crime investigations for Maine\'s largest city. Following the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, Bruce spent four years investigating counter-terrorism cases for FBI, earning the Director\'s Award, the highest award a non-agent can receive. Winner of Killer Nashville\'s Silver Falchion Awards for Best Procedural and Best Investigator, and the Maine Literary Award for Best Crime Fiction Novel, Bruce was also a finalist for the Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel. His Anthony Award nominated short fiction has appeared in a dozen anthologies, including Best American Mystery Stories 2016.Bruce is a member of International Thriller Writers, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Short Mystery Fiction Society, and Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance. He is a regular contributor to the Murder Books blog.Bruce is represented by Paula Munier at Talcott Notch Literary.He lives and writes in Maine.
Experience
Bestselling Author
May 2012 — Present · Windham, ME, US
Bruce is the author of the award winning Detective Byron mysteries from HarperCollins Publishers. His series depicts the fictional life of John Byron, a detective sergeant in the Portland, Maine Police Department.
Education
Maine Criminal Justice Academy
Basic Law Enforcement School
1986 — 1986
Babson College
Police Command Training
1997 — 1997
University of North Florida
Police Technology and Management
1991 — 1995
Skills
- Teaching
- Public Speaking
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Fine Art
- Painting
- Framing
- Novels
- Emergency Management
- Mixed Media
- Interrogation
- Public Safety
- Fiction Writing
- Police
- Law Enforcement
- Writing
- Printmaking
- Blogging
- Published Author
- Private Investigations
- Murals
- Policy
- Woodworking
- Oil Painting
- Homeland Security
- Criminal Investigations
- Government
- Nonprofits
- Criminal Justice
- Paint
- Art
- Acrylic
- Public Policy
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