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class="ff"> <div class="logo"> <a href="/"><img alt="Fantastic Fiction" src="https://static.fantasticfiction.com/img/fflogo.png" width="250" height="25"></a> </div> <div class="search"> <form action="/search/"><span class="searchtxt">Search for  </span><select class="searchselect" name="searchfor" onchange="this.form.keywords.focus();"><option selected="selected" value="author">Author</option><option value="book">Book</option><option value="series">Series</option></select>  <input class="searchinput" type="text" name="keywords" maxlength="60" required>  <input type="submit" value="Find"></form> </div> <div class="spacer"></div>   <div class="menu"><ul id="menu-list" class="menu-ul"><li class="menu-li"><a id="menuitem1" class="menu-a" href=""> </a></li></ul></div> <div id="allgenres" class="ff"></div> <div class="spacer"></div>   <div id="ad-banner-top" class="ad-banner-top"></div>  <div class="ff" style="float:left;"> <div id="authorimage"> <img alt="Tim Maleeny's picture" src="https://img.fantasticfiction.com/images/5/28527_1.jpg" width="140" height="179"> <br> <div style="height: 5em;"> <div style="font-size:small;color:gray;padding-bottom:4px;" title="The number of members following this author and the number of books they've added, updated every few days">6 followers<br>29 books added</div> <div id="follow-author"><button>Follow author</button></div> </div> </div> <div class="blurb"> <div class="authorheading"><h1 itemprop="name">Tim Maleeny</h1><br><img alt="USA flag" src="https://img.fantasticfiction.com/images/us.jpg" width="19" height="10"> <br></div><br><div class="biowrapper"><input id="morecb" class="exp" type="checkbox"><div class="biotext"><label class="morebtn" for="morecb"></label>Tim Maleeny is the award-winning author of STEALING THE DRAGON, a novel that Lee Child called "a perfect thriller debut" which was named a "Killer Book of the Month" by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. <br><br>Publishers Weekly said Tim's writing "engages the reader without insisting that it be taken too seriously," which is probably why reviewers have made such favorable comparisons to an eclectic list of names that includes Elmore Leonard, Ian Fleming, and even Jackie Chan. <br><br>Tim's short fiction won the 2007 Macavity Award and appears in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine and DEATH DO US PART, an anthology edited by Harlan Coben for the Mystery Writers of America. <br><br>A graduate of Dartmouth College and Columbia University, Tim currently lives in San Francisco near Chinatown.<br> </div></div><br>Awards: <b><a href="/awards/macavity-awards/macavity-award-for-best-mystery-short-story/2007.htm">Macavity</a></b> <small>(2007)</small>  <a href="javascript:;" onclick="document.location.hash='awardsanchor';">see all</a><br><br>Genres: <a class="ameritxt" href="/genres/?gp=M">Mystery</a> </div> <div class="spacer"> </div> </div> <div class="ff"><div class="sectionhead">Series</div><div class="sectionleft"><a href="/m/tim-maleeny/cape-weathers-investigation/"><span class="ibig">Cape Weathers Investigation</span></a><br><span id="t200703">   </span>1. <a href="/m/tim-maleeny/stealing-dragon.htm">Stealing the Dragon</a><span class="year"> (2007)</span><br><span id="t200702">   </span>2. <a href="/m/tim-maleeny/beating-babushka.htm">Beating the Babushka</a><span class="year"> (2007)</span><br><span id="t216743">   </span>3. <a href="/m/tim-maleeny/greasing-pinata.htm">Greasing the Pinata</a><span class="year"> (2008)</span><br><span id="t725555">   </span>4. <a href="/m/tim-maleeny/boxing-the-octopus.htm">Boxing the Octopus</a><span class="year"> (2019)</span><br><span id="t1103082">   </span>5. <a href="/m/tim-maleeny/hanging-the-devil.htm">Hanging the Devil</a><span class="year"> (2023)</span><br></div><div class="sectionright"><a href="/m/tim-maleeny/stealing-dragon.htm"><img alt="thumb" src="/img/_.png" data-GB="51QiDwtlBrL._SL500_.jpg" data-US="41-gDy2gGBL._SL500_.jpg" width="80" height="120" ></a><a href="/m/tim-maleeny/beating-babushka.htm"><img alt="thumb" src="/img/_.png" data-GB="51rYgKwUXBL._SL500_.jpg" data-US="41SwmNABOhL._SL500_.jpg" width="80" height="120" ></a><a href="/m/tim-maleeny/greasing-pinata.htm"><img alt="thumb" src="/img/_.png" data-GB="51MXP+B3mmL._SL500_.jpg" data-US="413YkvwyrVL._SL500_.jpg" width="80" height="120" ></a><a href="/m/tim-maleeny/boxing-the-octopus.htm"><img alt="thumb" src="/img/_.png" data-US="51LGyERf7ML._SL500_.jpg" width="80" height="120" ></a><br><a href="/m/tim-maleeny/hanging-the-devil.htm"><img alt="thumb" src="/img/_.png" data-US="51odkLJffyL._SL500_.jpg" width="80" height="120" ></a></div><div class="spacer"> </div><div class="sectionleft"><a href="/m/tim-maleeny/sam-mcgowan-adventures/"><span class="ibig">Sam McGowan Adventures</span></a><br><span id="t226826">   </span>1. <a href="/m/tim-maleeny/jump.htm">Jump</a><span class="year"> (2009)</span><br></div><div class="sectionright"><a href="/m/tim-maleeny/jump.htm"><img alt="thumb" src="/img/_.png" data-US="41UUhU9tTXL._SL500_.jpg" width="80" height="120" ></a></div><div class="spacer"> </div></div><div class="ff"><div class="sectionhead">Collections</div><div class="sectionleft"><span id="t632102">   </span><a href="/m/tim-maleeny/thriller-23.htm">Thriller 2.3</a><span class="year"> (2016)</span> (with others)<br></div><div class="sectionright"><a href="/m/tim-maleeny/thriller-23.htm"><img alt="thumb" src="/img/_.png" data-GB="51MB7hR0HsL._SL500_.jpg" data-CA="51MB7hR0HsL._SL500_.jpg" data-US="418rdYlY-VL._SL500_.jpg" width="80" height="120" ></a></div><div class="spacer"> </div></div><div class="ff"><div class="sectionhead">Series contributed to</div><div class="sectionleft"><a href="/series/thriller-2-stories-you-just-can-t-put-down/"><span class="ibig">Thriller 2: Stories You Just Can't Put Down</span></a><br><span id="t683219">   </span><a href="/m/tim-maleeny/suspension-of-disbelief.htm">Suspension of Disbelief</a><span class="year"> (2018)</span><br></div><div class="sectionright"><a href="/m/tim-maleeny/suspension-of-disbelief.htm"><img alt="thumb" src="/img/_.png" data-US="41oH9woRpBL._SL500_.jpg" width="80" height="120" ></a></div><div class="spacer"> </div></div><div class="ff"><div class="sectionhead">Omnibus editions <span id="omnibusButton" style="margin-left:20px;margin-right:20px;font-size:16px;padding:0 8px;background:#3F51B5;line-height:24px;border-radius:4px;color:#fff;cursor:pointer;" onclick="var btn=document.getElementById('omnibusButton');var mp=document.getElementById('omnibusDiv');if(btn.innerHTML=='show'){btn.innerHTML='hide';mp.style.display='block';}else{btn.innerHTML='show';mp.style.display='none';}">show</span></div><div id="omnibusDiv" style="display:none"><div class="sectionleft"><span id="t504158">   </span><a href="/m/tim-maleeny/return-of-the-thin-man-stealing-the-dragon-concret.htm">Return of the Thin Man / Stealing the Dragon / Concrete Desert</a><span class="year"> (2013)</span> (with <a href="/h/dashiell-hammett/">Dashiell Hammett</a> and <a href="/t/jon-talton/">Jon Talton</a>)<br></div><div class="sectionright"><a href="/m/tim-maleeny/return-of-the-thin-man-stealing-the-dragon-concret.htm"><img alt="thumb" src="/img/_.png" data-US="51vsjpSpsYL._SL500_.jpg" width="80" height="120" ></a></div></div><div class="spacer"> </div></div><div class="ff1"><div class="sectionhead">Books containing stories by Tim Maleeny</div><div class="recbook"><a href="/s/shawn-reilly-simmons/mystery-most-diabolical.htm"><img alt="thumb" src="/img/_.png" data-US="518Lih3fEwL._SL500_.jpg" width="120" height="185" ></a><br><a href="/s/shawn-reilly-simmons/mystery-most-diabolical.htm">Mystery Most Diabolical</a><span class="year"> (2021)</span><br><font size="-1">(<strong>Malice Domestic</strong>, book 16)</font><br>edited by<br>Rita Owen, Verena Rose and <a href="/s/shawn-reilly-simmons/">Shawn Reilly Simmons</a></div><div class="recbook"><a href="/books/w/w651236.htm"><img alt="thumb" src="/img/_.png" data-US="21ijALJMXjL._SL500_.jpg" width="120" height="185" ></a><br><a href="/books/w/w651236.htm">Bound By Mystery</a><span class="year"> (2017)</span><br><font size="-1">Celebrating 20 Years of Poisoned Pen Press</font><br>edited by<br>Diane D DiBiase</div><div class="recbook"><a href="/j/jen-jordan/uncage-me.htm"><img alt="thumb" src="/img/_.png" data-US="41Ia-rhQWEL._SL500_.jpg" width="120" height="185" ></a><br><a href="/j/jen-jordan/uncage-me.htm">Uncage Me</a><span class="year"> (2009)</span><br>edited by<br>Jen Jordan</div><div class="spacer"></div><div id="moreAntholsDiv" style="display:none"><div class="recbook"><a href="/c/clive-cussler/thriller-2.htm"><img alt="thumb" src="/img/_.png" data-GB="510FRbGhbvL._SL500_.jpg" data-US="51PFbvu1JeL._SL500_.jpg" width="120" height="185" ></a><br><a href="/c/clive-cussler/thriller-2.htm">Thriller 2</a><span class="year"> (2009)</span><br><font size="-1">Stories You Just Can't Put Down</font><br><font size="-1">(<strong>Thriller</strong>, book 2)</font><br>edited by<br><a href="/c/clive-cussler/">Clive Cussler</a></div><div class="recbook"><a href="/c/harlan-coben/death-do-us-part.htm"><img alt="thumb" src="/img/_.png" data-US="41w6Ww3z+2L._SL500_.jpg" width="120" height="185" ></a><br><a href="/c/harlan-coben/death-do-us-part.htm">Death Do Us Part</a><span class="year"> (2006)</span><br><font size="-1">New Stories about Love, Lust, and Murder</font><br><font size="-1">(<strong>Mystery Writers of America Presents</strong>)</font><br>edited by<br><a href="/c/harlan-coben/">Harlan Coben</a></div></div><div class="spacer"></div><br><span id="antholsButton" style="float:right;margin-left:20px;margin-right:20px;font-size:16px;padding:0 8px;background:#3F51B5;line-height:24px;border-radius:4px;color:#fff;cursor:pointer;" onclick="var btn=document.getElementById('antholsButton');var mp=document.getElementById('moreAntholsDiv');if(btn.innerHTML=='More books'){btn.innerHTML='Fewer books';mp.style.display='block';}else{btn.innerHTML='More books';mp.style.display='none';}">More books</span> <br><br><div class="spacer"></div><br><div id="awardsanchor" class="sectionhead">Awards</div><table width="100%"><tr><td width="95%"><table width="100%"><tr><td align="left" width="5%"></td><td align="left" width="95%" valign="top">2009 <b><a href="/awards/lefty-awards/lefty-award-for-best-humorous-mystery-novel/2009.htm">Lefty Award for Best Humorous Mystery Novel</a></b> : Greasing the Pinata</td></tr><tr><td align="left" width="5%"></td><td align="left" width="95%" valign="top">2007 <b><a href="/awards/macavity-awards/macavity-award-for-best-mystery-short-story/2007.htm">Macavity Award for Best Mystery Short Story</a></b> : Til Death Do Us Part</td></tr></table></td><td width="5%"></td></tr></table><br><div class="sectionhead">Award nominations</div><table width="100%"><tr><td width="95%"><table width="100%"><tr><td align="left" width="5%"></td><td align="left" width="95%" valign="top">2008 <b><a href="/awards/macavity-awards/macavity-award-for-best-first-novel/2008.htm">Macavity Award for Best First Novel</a></b> (nominee) : Stealing the Dragon</td></tr><tr><td align="left" width="5%"></td><td align="left" width="95%" valign="top">2008 <b><a href="/awards/lefty-awards/lefty-awards-rocky-award/2008.htm">Lefty Awards: Rocky Award</a></b> (nominee) : Stealing the Dragon</td></tr><tr><td align="left" width="5%"></td><td align="left" width="95%" valign="top">2008 <b><a href="/awards/lefty-awards/lefty-awards-arty-award/2008.htm">Lefty Awards: Arty Award</a></b> (nominee) : Stealing the Dragon</td></tr></table></td><td width="5%"></td></tr></table><br><br><div class="sectionhead">Visitors also looked at these authors</div><div class="av-authors"><div class="av-author"><a href="/s/les-standiford/">Les Standiford</a></div><div class="av-author"><a href="/j/craig-johnson/">Craig Johnson</a></div><div 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