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Curtis John Hopfenbeck (May 1, 1962) is an American mystery/humorist writer. His most famous work is the novel "The Liquid City"; about the Seattle restaurant and club owner Shadoe Kilbourne, and his cast of lethal accomplices, who assist Shadoe in his quest for vigilantic justice both inside and outside of the law. 'The Liquid City', published in June of 2010, is the first in this planned series of fictional novels, with 'God's Opera' scheduled for release in 2011.

Biography Hopfenbeck was born in Midland, Texas, on May 1, 1962, and was raised in Boise, Idaho. On June 5, 1990, Hopfenbeck married Natalie K. Clark, of whom he was once quoted as saying, "She's almost perfect, her only fault seems to be the fact that she married so poorly!"

Hopfenbeck and his wife have two children, Taylor, a daughter, and Caeden, a son. They currently reside as a family in Utah.

Hopfenbeck wrote his first novel in 2010, fulfilling a promise to his five “highly-literate” siblings to continue the Spade, Marlow, McGee, Spenser "tough, funny, detective" series that seemed to end with Robert B Parker's untimely death in January of 2010. He is quoted as saying, "My passion and impetus to write has been in existence since birth. I pursued adolescence in the shadow if Ian Fleming's 'Bond'; survived my teens in the company of John D. MacDonald's 'McGee'; and grew to adulthood under the guidance of Robert B. Parker's 'Spenser'.  My infatuation with literature's lethal lotharios, including Spade and Marlowe, is as innate as it is undeniable, and is much of not only who I've become, but of who I've come to encapsulate within my writings.  I hope I have done my predecessors proud, and that the legends will continue to mentor and wax immortal within my written prose and pages."

Career Hopfenbeck's popular Shadoe novels are known as much for their humor as they are for both their humanity and lethality. The 'intellectual assassin' persona that Hopfenbeck's 'Shadoe' character espouses continues the eternal debate of law versus justice; to what extent should justice prevail when the laws of man fall short; and by whom should that justice be carried out.

Aside from mystery writing, Hopfenbeck also has a series of Western novels in development that will revolve around the great, great, great, grandfather of his current protagonist 'Shadoe Kilbourne'; as a Federal Marshall, circa late 1800's, who has been commissioned by the President of the United States to hunt down the West's most wanted criminals. “Silent Reign”, the first of the western series, is scheduled for release in 2011.

Novels The following table shows Hopfenbeck's novels in chronological order, by title, ISBN, and series. Title / Year / ISBN / Series Liquid City / (2010) / ISBN 13 (TP): 978-1-4535-1275-3 / Shadoe Liquid City / (2010) / ISBN 13 (HB): 978-1-4535-1276-0 / Shadoe Liquid City / (2010) / ISBN 13 (eBk): 978-1-4535-1277-7 / Shadoe God's Opera / (2011) / ISBN 13 (HB): TBD-1-4535-000-0 / Shadoe Silent Reign / (2011) / ISBN 13 (HB): TBD-1-4535-000-0 / Shadoe