John Peyton Cooke

Not to be confused with John Esten Cooke.

John Peyton Cooke
Cooke in London, 2016
Born	John Peyton Cooke (1967-03-07)7 March 1967 Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	American
Genre	Crime fiction
Notable works	Out for Blood Torsos The Chimney Sweeper The Rape of Ganymede The Fall of Lucifer
Website
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John Peyton Cooke (born 7 March 1967) is an American novelist and short story writer known for thrillers, often with gay male protagonists and including themes of male homosexuality and psychological suspense. His novel Torsos, a fictionalized account of the Cleveland Torso Murderer, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Men’s Mystery for 1993, and was noted by Marilyn Stasio in The New York Times Book Review for its atmospheric depiction of Cleveland, Ohio, during the Great Depression. His short story "After You’ve Gone" was selected for The Best American Mystery Stories 2003, edited by Michael Connelly and Otto Penzler.

He was born in Amarillo, Texas, and grew up in Laramie, Wyoming. He has also lived in New York City, Toronto, London, and currently lives in Los Angeles.

Awards and Honors

• 1994 finalist for Best Gay Men's Mystery, 6th Lambda Literary Awards
• 2003 The Best American Mystery Stories 2003

Works

Books

• The Lake (1989), Avon Books, New York ISBN 9780380757688 Search this book on .
• Out for Blood (1991), Avon Books, New York ISBN 9781948405553 Search this book on .
• Torso (1993), Headline Books, London ISBN 074720814X Search this book on ..
• Torsos (1994), The Mysterious Press/Warner Books, New York ISBN 9780892965229 Search this book on .
• Torsos (1994), translated into Spanish by María del Mar Moya, Planeta, Barcelona ISBN 84-08-01157-X Search this book on .
• The Chimney Sweeper (1994), Headline Books, London ISBN 0747211582 Search this book on .
• The Chimney Sweeper (1995), The Mysterious Press/Warner Books, New York ISBN 9780892965236 Search this book on .
• Haven (1996), The Mysterious Press/Warner Books, New York ISBN 9780892966103 Search this book on .
• The Rape of Ganymede (2008), Éditions Cuir Noir, Toronto ISBN 9780981004716 Search this book on .
• The Fall of Lucifer (2008), Éditions Cuir Noir, Toronto ISBN 9780981004709 Search this book on .
• After You’ve Gone and Other Outré Tales (2011), Éditions Cuir Noir, London ISBN 9780981004785 Search this book on .

Short Fiction

• ”The Cat’s Meow”, in Eldritch Tales, No. 12, 1986.
• ”Sweet Chariot” (with Catherine Cooke), Space and Time, No. 72, Summer 1987.
• ”A Doll’s Tale”, in Weird Tales, No. 295, Winter 1989/90.
• ”The Strawberry Man”, in Embracing the Dark, edited by Eric Garber, Alyson Books, Boston, 1991. ISBN 1555831672 Search this book on .
• ”The Naked Tooth”, in Christopher Street, No. 185, August 17, 1992.
• ”Spoiled Rotten”, in Eldritch Tales, No. 28, 1993.
• ”Telling Tales”, in The Mystery Zone, 1995.
• ”The Penitent”, in Dark Love, edited by Nancy A. Collins, Edward E. Kramer, and Martin H. Greenberg, Roc Books, 1995. ISBN 0451454723 Search this book on .
• ”After You’ve Gone”, in Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters, edited by Michelle Slung, Harper Perennial, New York, 2002. ISBN 0739424335 Search this book on . Reprinted in The Best American Mystery Stories 2003, edited by Otto Penzler and Michael Connelly, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2003. ISBN 9780618329656 Search this book on .
• ”Serostatus”, in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, No. 624, January 2004.
• ”Let’s Make a Face”, in The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories, Vol. 4, edited by James D. Jenkins & Ryan Cagle, Valancourt Books, 2020. ISBN 9781948405799 Search this book on .
• ”The Man Who Hated Foley”, in The Pulp Horror Book of Phobias, Vol. II, edited by M. J. Sydney, Lycan Valley Press, 2020. ISBN 9781645629788 Search this book on .
• ”Electric Pink”, in Pink Triangle Rhapsody, Lycan Valley Press, 2021.

References

• Cooke, John Peyton. Blog. [4]
• Cooke, John Peyton. Personal website. [5]
• Cooke, John Peyton (1989). The Lake. Avon Books, New York ISBN 9780380757688 Search this book on .
• Cooke, John Peyton (1991). Out for Blood. Avon Books, New York ISBN 9781948405553 Search this book on ..
• Cooke, John Peyton (2013). Out for Blood. Reprinted by Éditions Cuir Noir, London. ISBN 9780981004730 Search this book on ..
• Cooke, John Peyton (2019). Out for Blood. Reprinted by Valancourt Books, Richmond, Virginia ISBN 9781948405553 Search this book on .
• Cooke, John Peyton (1993). Torso. Headline, London. ISBN 1873736002 Search this book on ..
• Cooke, John Peyton (1994). Torsos. The Mysterious Press/Warner Books, New York. ISBN 9780747208143 Search this book on ..
• Cooke, John Peyton (1994). Torsos. Translated into Spanish by María del Mar Moya. Planeta, Barcelona. ISBN 84-08-01157-X Search this book on ..
• Cooke, John Peyton (1994). The Chimney Sweeper. Headline, London. ISBN 0747211582 Search this book on ..
• Cooke, John Peyton (1995). The Chimney Sweeper. The Mysterious Press/Warner Books, New York. ISBN 9780892965236 Search this book on ..
• Cooke, John Peyton (1996). Haven. The Mysterious Press/Warner Books, New York. ISBN 9780892966103 Search this book on ..
• Cooke, John Peyton (2008). The Rape of Ganymede. Éditions Cuir Noir, Toronto. ISBN 9780981004716 Search this book on ..
• Cooke, John Peyton (2008). The Fall of Lucifer. Éditions Cuir Noir, Toronto ISBN 9780981004709 Search this book on .
• Cooke, John Peyton (2011). After You’ve Gone and Other Outré Tales. Éditions Cuir Noir, London ISBN 9780981004785 Search this book on .
• Haven. “Haven”.
• 6th Annual Lambda Literary Awards. ”6th Annual Lambda Literary Awards”
• Penzler, Otto, and Connelly, Michael, editors (2004). The Best American Mystery Stories 2003, Houghton Mifflin, Boston. ISBN 9780618329656 Search this book on .
• Stasio, Marilyn. “Crime.” New York Times, New York, January 23, 1994.

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