Alan is a member of Mystery Writers of America (MWA) and The Writer's Center in Bethesda, MD, and he has completed the Herndon (VA) Police Department's Citizen's Police Academy. He is happily married, with two boys, and enjoys a host of hobbies, not least of which is watching his children perform--in athletics and in dramatic productions. He likes to play poker and read a lot, too.
Awards: Anthony (2022), Agatha (2022), ITW (2019) see all
Genres: Mystery, Young Adult Fiction
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Series
Novels
Diamonds for the Dead (2010)
The Taste (2011) (as by Zak Allen)
First Time Killer (2012)
Ride-Along (2013)
Running From the Past (2015)
Pray for the Innocent (2018)
I Know Where You Sleep (2020)
I Play One on TV (2021)
Driving the Bugmobile (2025)
The Taste (2011) (as by Zak Allen)
First Time Killer (2012)
Ride-Along (2013)
Running From the Past (2015)
Pray for the Innocent (2018)
I Know Where You Sleep (2020)
I Play One on TV (2021)
Driving the Bugmobile (2025)
Anthologies edited
Seascape (2019) (with William Ade, Christine Bagley, Michael Bracken, Dames of Detection, Peter W J Hayes, Adam Meyer, Shawn Reilly Simmons, Janet Raye Stevens and Gabriel Valjan)
Series contributed to
Books containing stories by Alan Orloff

Sleuths Just Wanna Have Fun (2025)
Private Eyes in the Materialistic Eighties
edited by
Michael Bracken
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Alan Orloff recommends

Necessary Deeds (2024)
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When Earth Shall Be No More (2022)
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"Awad and O'Sullivan's When Earth Shall Be No More is the perfect sci-fi adventure: compelling characters, a frantic race against time, and a daring mission with the fate of humanity hanging in the balance. A dimension-bending page-turner - no matter what galaxy you may inhabit!"
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