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SUSPENSE NOVEL HONORED
“The Have-Nots” was named a finalist in the suspense category of the 2025 Indie Book Awards, which honors the nation’s best independent authors and publishers. Thank you, judges!
Author, beer writer toasts Astoria’s ‘creative vibe’
William Dean’s latest book could have been ripped from today’s headlines. The Astoria author has published The Have-Nots, and is at work on his fifth. The latest is a novel
How a Career in Journalism Shaped a Novelist’s Craft
William Dean, an award-winning journalist turned novelist, writes suspense novels inspired by real-life characters and events, balancing concise journalism with creative storytelling. He explores heavy themes and manages multiple writing
Astoria author’s third novel takes cues from news headlines
A new novel by local author William Dean offers a timely and dramatic tale about two young men from Astoria. “Militia Men,” Dean’s third suspense novel, tells the story of
Bookmonger: Thriller plot mirrors America’s divides
In a note at the end of his latest book, “Militia Men,” Astoria author William Dean laments the fact that his novel is “gut-wrenchingly timely.” It’s true, the topics this
Reviewed by Manik Chaturmutha for Readers’ Favorite
The Ghosts We Know is William Dean’s second mystery/thriller novel. The story is set in a small peaceful town. Sunny Slope, the friendliest neighborhood in Two Rivers, Oregon, is suddenly
Talk of Our Towns, podcast interview
William Dean discusses his previous journalism career and his novels on KMUN radio’s “Talk of Our Towns” show on Nov. 4, 2021.
Weekend Break: Retired journalist turned author pens Astoria-based suspense novel
The novel The thriller follows the story of Bud Baker. A jailhouse lawyer, Baker gets let out of prison, thrown on a bus and told not to come back by
FEATHERED QUILL BOOK REVIEWS: Dangerous Freedom
Once a serial robber on the FBI’s Most Wanted list, Wallace “Bud” Baker spent half of his life in the Idaho State Penitentiary and wasn’t very surprised when he was
BOOKMONGER: Dangerous Freedom
Author William Dean once covered the courthouse beat as a newspaper reporter in Boise, where he became acquainted with a penitentiary inmate he describes as “a pain-in-the-ass jailhouse lawyer.” Now