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Rob Kantner


USA flag (b.1952)

Born in Ohio, raised in north Georgia, Rob Kantner has spent most of his adult life in Michigan. He served as a journalist in the U. S. Naval Reserve, and graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a degree in English and journalism.

Rob's business career included a series of management positions for small manufacturing and service firms. Since 1995 he has been self employed as a business management consultant.

Rob has three children: Meaghan, John, and Robert, two grandchildren: Brenna and Evan. He also has two stepchildren: Jonathan and Adrienne. He lives with his wife Deanna on their rural Michigan horse farm.
 

Awards: Shamus (1990)  see all

Genres: Mystery
 
Series
Ben Perkins
   1. The Back-Door Man (1986)
   2. The Harder They Hit (1987)
   3. Dirty Work (1988)
   4. Hell's Only Half Full (1989)
   5. Made in Detroit (1990)
   6. The Thousand Yard Stare (1991)
   7. The Quick and the Dead (1992)
   8. The Red, White and Blues (1993)
   9. Concrete Hero (1994)
   Trouble is What I Do (2005)
   10. Final Fling (2007)
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Books containing stories by Rob Kantner
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These Guns for Hire (2009)
31 Short Stories about Hitmen
edited by
J A Konrath
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The Best American Mystery Stories 2009 (2009)
(Best American Mystery Stories)
edited by
Jeffery Deaver and Otto Penzler
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The Best American Mystery Stories 2004 (2004)
(Best American Mystery Stories)
edited by
Nelson DeMille and Otto Penzler

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Awards
1990 Shamus Award for Best Original PI Paperback : Hell's Only Half Full
1989 Shamus Award for Best Original PI Paperback : Dirty Work
1987 Shamus Award for Best PI Short Story : Fly Away Home
1987 Shamus Award for Best Original PI Paperback : The Back-Door Man

Award nominations
1992 Shamus Award for Best Original PI Paperback (nominee) : The Thousand Yard Stare
1991 Shamus Award for Best Original PI Paperback (nominee) : Made in Detroit
1988 Shamus Award for Best PI Short Story (nominee) : My Brothers Life
1987 Anthony Award for Best Paperback original (nominee) : The Back-Door Man
1986 Shamus Award for Best PI Short Story (nominee) : Perfect Pitch
1985 Shamus Award for Best PI Short Story (nominee) : The Rat Line


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