Steven Saylor Bibliography

STEVEN SAYLOR is the author of the ROMA SUB ROSA® series of historical mysteries featuring Gordianus the Finder and set in the ancient Rome of Cicero and Caesar. The novels, in chronological order, are: ROMAN BLOOD (1991), ARMS OF NEMESIS (1992), CATILINA’S RIDDLE (1994), THE VENUS THROW (1995), A MURDER ON THE APPIAN WAY (1996), RUBICON (1999), LAST SEEN IN MASSILIA (2000), A MIST OF PROPHECIES (2002), THE JUDGMENT OF CAESAR (2004), and THE TRIUMPH OF CAESAR (2008). Steven plans to continue the series, but not until he finishes the novel EMPIRE (see below).

Steven’s short stories about Gordianus have appeared in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and in several original anthologies. The first, “A Will Is a Way,” won the 1993 Robert L. Fish Award from the Mystery Writers of America, given each year for the best debut short story in the mystery genre. All the Gordianus short stories have been collected in two volumes, THE HOUSE OF THE VESTALS (1997) and A GLADIATOR DIES ONLY ONCE (2005).

Outside the Roman series are two novels set in Steven’s native Texas. A TWIST AT THE END (2000) is based on America’s first recorded serial murders, which terrorized Austin, Texas in 1885. The chief protagonist is young Will Porter, who later became famous as O. Henry. HAVE YOU SEEN DAWN? (2003) is a contemporary thriller set in a small Texas town not unlike the one where Steven grew up.

2007 saw the publication of ROMA: THE NOVEL OF ANCIENT ROME, a multi-generational saga about the first thousand years of the city, from Iron Age trading post to imperial capital. Steven is currently at work on the next volume, EMPIRE: THE NOVEL OF IMPERIAL ROME, which will follow the fortunes of the Pinarius descendents from the reign of Augustus to the height of the empire under Hadrian.

Translations & travel: Steven’s books have been published in 21 languages: English, French, Dutch, German, Spanish, Czech, Russian, Finnish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Brazilian-Portuguese, Polish, Greek, Magyar (Hungarian), Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Danish, Korean, Indonesian, and Romanian.

Book tours have taken him to many cities in the United States and the United Kingdom, and to Berlin, Amsterdam, Lisbon, Budapest, Oslo, and Madrid.

Appearances & speaking engagements: Steven has appeared in two television documentaries, both shown internationally on The History Channel: the series ANCIENT ROME: STORY OF AN EMPIRE, first broadcast in 1998, and CRIMINAL HISTORY: ANCIENT ROME, first shown in 2005.

Steven has spoken at Rice University, The University of California at Santa Cruz, San Francisco State University, the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the University of Texas at Austin (his alma mater), and the University of Oslo in Norway. In spring 2002, Steven delivered the inaugural commencement address to the Classics Department at the University of California at Berkeley. (Click here to read his speech.) He has addressed the American Philological Association, the American Classical League, and the Junior Classical League. (Imagine 2000 high school students in togas and stolas!) In 2008, he spoke at the Getty Villa (to see the discussion, click here) and was an invited speaker at the International Conference on the Ancient Novel (ICAN) in Lisbon (click here to read his paper).

Why ancient Rome for a setting? “The final years of the Roman Republic offer a treasure trove of all the stuff that makes for a good read,” Steven says. “There’s political intrigue, courtroom drama, sexual scandal, extremes of splendor and squalor, and no shortage of real-life murder mysteries. Beginning with RUBICON, the arena extends to open warfare and espionage. Through it all, Gordianus has managed not just to keep his head above water, but to raise a very unconventional family. And always, eventually, he gets to the truth of the puzzle, no matter how great the danger or disturbing the revelation.”

Professional & personal: Steven has been a newspaper and magazine editor, and a literary agent (most notably for Lars Eighner’s memoir of homelessness, TRAVELS WITH LIZBETH, a New York Times Notable Book, and also for erotic author Aaron Travis). Steven is not much given to autobiography, but the late, great editor John Preston coaxed him into writing three very personal essays included in Preston’s ground-breaking anthologies. In HOMETOWNS, Steven wrote about his small Texas hometown; in A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY, he wrote about the death of his mother; in FRIENDS AND LOVERS, he wrote about his relationship with Rick Solomon, his partner since 1976 (Steven and Rick were were married in California in 2008).

Steven was born in Texas in 1956 and graduated with high honors from the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied history and Classics. He divides his time between homes in Berkeley, California, and Austin, Texas.

Clockwise from upper left: Chilling on Lake LBJ, August 2005 • With Roman legionnaires in Kensington High Street, London, July 1999 • On the steps of his boyhood library in Goldthwaite, Texas, in November 2007; Steven spoke at a fundraiser to build a new library on the site of the Saylor Hotel • Blowing off steam at Barton Springs in Austin, August 2001.

(* denotes part of the ROMA SUB ROSA® series featuring Gordianus the Finder)

*Roman Blood, St. Martin’s Press, 1991; Ivy Books paperback, 1992; Minotaur paperback, 2000; Blackstone Audiobooks unabridged audiotape, 1996; German edition (Das Lächeln des Cicero), 1993, German paperback, 1995; new German edition (Weltbild), 2005; Dutch edition (Romeins Bloed), 1993; Dutch hardback omnibus edition (combined with Dood van een slavendrijver), 2000; Spanish edition (Sangre Romana), 1994; Spanish book club edition (Círculo de Lectores/Detectives en la Historia), 1998; Planeta/Booket Spanish edition, June, 2006; French edition (Du Sang sur Rome), 1997; French book club edition (Club France Loisirs), 1998; French paperback (Editions 10/18, Grands Detectives), 1998; new French edition (Les Mystères de Rome, tome 1 : Du sang sur Rome); 2002; British edition, 1997; Russian edition (Rimskaia krov), 1996; Czech edition (Rimska Krev), 1998; Portuguese edition (Sangue Romano), 2000; new Portuguese edition, 2008; Norwegian edition (Romerblod), 2000; Polish edition (Rzymska Krew), 2001; Isis Audio Books unabridged audiotape (U.K.), 2003; Hungarian edition (Római vér), 2003; Swedish edition (Romarblod), March 2005; Swedish trade paperback, 2007; Swedish pocket edition, 2007; new Swedish hardback, 2007; Danish edition (Romersk Blod), 2005; Danish audiobook forthcoming; Italian edition (Sangue su Roma), 2007; Italian paperback edition, 2008; new Russian edition forthcoming; Serbian edition forthcoming; Korean edition forthcoming; winner, 2005 Flintyxan (Flint Axe) award for historical crime fiction from Jury magazine, Sweden

*Arms of Nemesis, St. Martin’s Press, 1992; Ivy Books paperback; Blackstone Audiobooks unabridged audiotape, 1997; 1993; Spanish edition (El Brazo de la Justicia), 1993; Planeta/Booket Spanish edition, June, 2006; Spanish book club edition (Círculo de Lectores), date unknown; Dutch edition (Dood van een slavendrijver), 1993; Dutch hardback omnibus edition (combined with Romeins Bloed), 2000; German edition (Die Pforten des Hades), 1995; new German edition (Weltbild), 2006; French edition (L’Etreinte de Nemesis), 1997; French paperback (Editions 10/18, Grands Detectives), 1999; British edition, 1997; Russian edition (Orudie Nemezidy), 1997; Czech edition (Rimska msta), 1999; Norwegian edition (Sendebud Fra Nemesis), 2000; Norwegian paperback edition, 2002; Polish edition (Ramiona Nemezis), 2001; Portuguese edition (O Abraço de Némesis), 2000; new Portuguese edition, 2008; Isis Audio Books unabridged audiotape (U.K.), 2003; Hungarian edition (A Végzet Fegyvere), 2004, with an introduction by the author; Swedish edition (I Hades käftar), 2006; Swedish trade paperback, 2007; Swedish pocket edition, 2007; new Swedish hardback, 2007; Italian edition (Lo Schiavo di Roma), 2008; Italian paperback edition, 2009; new Russian edition forthcoming; Danish hardcover, paperback, and large-print editions forthcoming; Korean edition forthcoming

*Catilina’s Riddle, St. Martin’s Press, 1993; Ivy Books paperback, 1994; Blackstone Audiobooks unabridged audiotape, 1997; Spanish edition (El Enigma de Catilina), 1994; Planeta/Booket Spanish edition, June, 2006; Spanish book club edition (Círculo de Lectores), date unknown; Dutch edition (Catilina’s Wapen), 1994 (also included in the Dutch omnibus Vier Historische Misdaden, 1998); German edition (Das Rätsel des Catalinas), 1996; French edition (L’énigme de Catilina), 1997; French paperback (Editions 10/18, Grands Detectives), 1999; British edition, 1998; Russian edition (Zagadka Katiliny), 1997; Polish edition (Zagadka Katyliny), 2002; Portuguese edition (O Enigma de Catilina), 2000; Isis Audio Books unabridged audiotape (U.K.), 2004; Hungarian edition (Catilina Rejtélye), 2004; Swedish edition (Catalinas gåta), 2007; Italian edition (L’enigma di Catilina), April 2009; new Russian edition forthcoming; Korean edition forthcoming; winner, 1993 Lambda Literary Award/Gay Men’s Mystery; nominee, 1994 Hammett Award from the International Association of Crime Writers

*The Venus Throw, St. Martin’s Press, 1995; large print edition (G.K. Hall & Co)., 1995; Dead Letter paperback, 1996; Blackstone Audiobooks unabridged audiotape, forthcoming; Spanish edition (La Suerte de Venus), 1995; new Spanish edition (Planeta/Booket), 2007; Spanish book club edition (Círculo de Lectores), date unknown; Dutch edition (De Venusworp), 1995; German edition (Romischer Lorbeer), 1997; French edition (Un Egyptien dans la Ville), 1998; French paperback (Editions 10/18, Grands Detectives), 1999; British edition, 1999; Russian edition (Kogda Venera smeetsja), 1997; Finnish edition (Egyptilainen Vieras), 2000; Portuguese edition (O Lance de Venus), 2000; Polish edition (Rzut Wenus), 2002; Czech edtion (V rukou bohyně), 2004; Hungarian edition (Venus Kezében), 2005; Swedish edition (Venuskastet), 2008; new Russian edition forthcoming; Danish edition forthcoming; Korean edition forthcoming; Italian edition forthcoming; winner, The Critics’ Choice Award, 1995; named “Best Mystery Novel of 1995” by the Portland Oregonian; nominee, 1995 Lambda Literary Award/Gay Men’s Mystery

*A Murder on the Appian Way, St. Martin’s Press, 1996; Dead Letter paperback, 1997; Blackstone Audiobooks unabridged audiotape, 1996; Spanish edition (Asesinato en la Vía Apia), 1997; Planeta/Booket Spanish edition, February, 2007; Spanish book club edition (Círculo de Lectores), date unknown; Dutch edition (Moord op de Via Appia), 1997; British edition, 1997; German edition (Mord auf der Via Appia), 1998; Portuguese edition (Crime Na Via Apia), 2001; French edition (Muertre sur la Voie Appia), 2001; French paperback (Editions 10/18, Grands Detectives), 2002; Finnish edition (Murha Via Apialla), 2002; Finnish paperback (Loisto), 2006; Polish edition (Morderstwo na Via Appia), 2003; Isis Audio Books unabridged audiotape (U.K.), 2004; Hungarian edition (Gyilkosság a Via Appián), 2005; Russian edition forthcoming; Greek edition forthcoming; new Spanish edition (Planeta/Booket) forthcoming; Danish edition forthcoming; Korean edition forthcoming; Romanian edition forthcoming

*Rubicon, St. Martin’s Press, 1999; British edition, 1999; Dutch edition, 2000; French edition, 2001; French paperback (Editions 10/18, Grands Detectives), 2003; Portuguese edition (Rubicão), November 2001; Polish edition (Rubikon), 2003; Finnish edition (Arpa on Heitetty), 2006; German edition (Kein Zurück vom Rubikon), 2006; Spanish edition (Cruzar el Rubicón, Salamandra hardback, Barcelona), July 2006; Spanish book club edition (Círculo de Lectores), 2008; Hungarian edition (Rubicon), 2006; Serbian edition forthcoming; Korean edition forthcoming; winner, Herodotus Award from the Historical Mystery Appreciation Society

A Twist at the End: A Novel of O. Henry, Simon & Schuster, March 2000; St. Martin’s Minotaur paperback edition, 2001; British edition (titled Honour the Dead), 2001; UK paperback edition, 2002; Portuguese edition (Volte-Face), 2004; winner, Violet Crown Award from the Writers League of Texas; excerpted in Lone Star Sleuths: An Anthology of Texas Crime Fiction ed. by Cunningham, Davis, & Newsom (University of Texas Press, Nov. 2007)

*Last Seen in Massilia, St. Martin’s Press, October 2000; UK edition, October 2000; Dutch edition (Vermist in Massilia) Sept. 2001; Portuguese edition (Desaparecido em Massilía), February 2002; French edition (Le Rocher du Sacrifice), 2002; French paperback (Editions 10/18, Grands Detectives), 2004; Polish edition (Ostatnio Widziany w Massilii), 2003; Hungarian edition (Eltünt Massiliában), 2006; Czech edition (Hříšné Město), 2006; German edition forthcoming; Spanish book club edition (Círculo de Lectores), 2008; Korean edition forthcoming; Shortlist, CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger award

*A Mist of Prophecies, St. Martin’s Press, May 2002; Minotaur paperback, May 2003; UK edition, July 2002; UK paperback, May 2003; Large-print editions (Wheeler, US; Windsor/Paragon, UK), 2006; Dutch edition (De Dood van Cassandra), March 2003; Portuguese edition (Névoa de Profecias), May 2003; French edition (La dernière prophétie), October 2003; French book club edition (Le Club du Grand Livre du Mois), 2003; French 10/18 edition, 2005; Polish edition (Mgliste Proroctwa), 2004; Czech edition (Mlhavá věštba), 2006(?); Hungarian edition (Prófékiák Köde), November 2007; Spanish edition (La Adivina de Roma), 2007; Spanish book club edition (Círculo de Lectores), 2008?; Russian edition forthcoming; Korean edition forthcoming; Romanian edition forthcoming

Have You Seen Dawn?, Simon & Schuster, February 2003; UK edition, March 2003; US large-print editon (Thorndike Press), 2003; UK large-print edition (Chivers Press), 2003; UK audiobook, forthcoming; Dutch edition (Amethyst Texas), April 2004

*The Judgment of Caesar, St. Martin’s Press, June 2004; US large-print edition (Wheeler Publishing), 2004; UK edition (The Judgement of Caesar), June 2004; UK large-print edition (Isis), February 2006; Portuguese edition (Sentença de César), 2004; Polish edition (Werdykt Cezara), 2004; Dutch edtion (Het oordeel van Caesar), 2004; Czech edition (Caesarův soud), 2005; Spanish edition (El Ateneo, El veredicto de César), March 2006; Spanish book club edition (Círculo de Lectores), 2008?; French edition (Le Jugement de César), April 2006; French paperback (10/18 Grand détectives), May 2007; Brazilian edition (A Decisão de César), 2007; Norwegian edition (Caesars Dom), 2008; Hungarian edition (Caesar Itélete), 2008; Turkish edition forthcoming; Korean edition forthcoming; Shortlist, CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger award

Roma: The Novel of Ancient Rome, St. Martin’s Press (March 2007); Books on Tape (unabridged library edition, 2007; available for download from audible.com or iTunes); Bookspan book club editions (Book of the Month Club, History Book Club, Insight Out, 2007); UK edition (March 2007); Australian edition (Constable/The Migdal Press), 2007; Hungarian edition (Róma), May 2007; Dutch edition (Rome), 2007; Norwegian edition (Forlaget Press), September 2007; Portuguese edition, January 2008; Spanish edition (La Esfera de los Libros), February 2008; Brazilian edition (Editora Record), 2008; Swedish edition, 2008; Russian edition (Eksmo) forthcoming; Polish edition forthcoming; Indonesian edition forthcoming; Korean edition forthcoming; Romanian edition forthcoming

*The Triumph of Caesar, St. Martin’s Press, May 2008; trade paperback, July, 2009; Blackstone Audio edition forthcoming; UK edition, May 2008; UK trade paperback, March, 2009; Isis Audio Books unabridged audiotape/CD (U.K.), October, 2008; Portuguese edition (O Triunfo de César), July, 2008; Spanish book club edition (Círculo de Lectores), 2008; Polish edition (Triumf Cezara), 2009; Dutch edition (De Triomf van Caesar), April 2009; Hungarian edition (Caesar Diadala), June 2009; Korean edition forthcoming

U.S. Publishers: St. Martin’s Press, Ivy Books, Simon & Schuster | U.K.: Constable/Robinson | German: Blanvalet Verlag (hardback), Goldmann Verlag (paperback); Weltbild/Droemer (new editions beginning 2005) | Spanish: Emece Editores; Editorial El Ateneo (Argentina); Editorial Planeta (Booket reprints and Robinbook editions beginning 2006); Salamandra (Barcelona); La Esfera de los Libros (the novel Roma); Swing (the novel La Advina de Roma); Círculo de Lectores Spanish book club editions | Dutch: De Boekerij | Russian: Cron Press; Olma-Press (new editions after 2003); Eksmo (the novel Roma) | French : Editions Ramsay; Editions du Masque (Hachette Livre); 10/18 “Grands détectives” | Czech publishers: Baronet • Alpress (imprint of Prava i Prevodi) | Finnish: Tammi, Loisto | Portuguese: Bertrand, Lisbon | Brazilian Portuguese: Editora Record | Norwegian: Cappelen; Forlaget Press| Polish: Rebis | Greek: Enalios | Serbian: Mono & Manana | Hungarian: Agave Könyvek | Swedish: Wahlström & Widstrand | Italian: Editrice Nord | Turkish: Bilge Kultur Sanat | Danish: Husets Forlag | Korean: ChungRim | Unabridged audiotape: Blackstone Audio (US), Isis Audio Books (UK) | Romanian: Editura Allfa

*The House of the Vestals: The Investigations of Gordianus the Finder, St. Martin’s Press, 1997; Dead Letter paperback, 1998; Wheeler large-print edition, Sept. 2006; Spanish edition (La Casa de las Vestales), 1998; new Spanish edition (Planeta/Booket), May, 2007; British edition, 1999; Portuguese edition (A Casa das Vestais), 2002; Polish edition (Dom Westalek), 2004; Hungarian edition (A Vesta-Szüzek Háza), 2007; contents: “A Will Is a Way,” “Death Wears a Mask,” “The Lemures,” “The Treasure House,” “The House of the Vestals,” “The Disappearance of the Saturnalia Silver,” “The Alexandrian Cat,” “Little Caesar and the Pirates,” “King Bee and Honey”; with foreword, chronology, and historical notes

*A Gladiator Dies Only Once: The Further Investigations of Gordianus the Finder, St. Martin’s Press, June 2005; British edition, July 2005; British paperback, March 2006; Dutch edition (Een Gladiator Sterft Slechts een Keer), 2006; Portuguese edition (Um gladiador só morre uma vez), 2006; Polish edition (Gladiator umiera tylko raz), 2006; Spanish edition (La muerta llega a Roma; El Ateneo, Argentina), 2006; Hungarian edition (Egy Gladiátor Csak Egyszer Hal Meg), 2008; Czech edition forthcoming; contents: “The Consul’s Wife,” “If a Cyclops Could Vanish in the Blink of an Eye,” “The White Fawn,” “Something Fishy in Pompeii,” “Archimedes’s Tomb,” “Death by Eros,” “A Gladiator Dies Only Once,” “Poppy and the Poisoned Cake,” “The Cherries of Lucullus”; with foreword, chronology, and historical notes

EQMM = Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
* = featuring Gordianus the Finder
+ = included in The House of the Vestals anthology
§ = included in A Gladiator Dies Only Once anthology

“Kinder, Gentler,” The San Francisco Bay Guardian, May 10, 1989 (vol. 23 #31); reprinted in The James White Review, vol. 16, no. 3, Summer 1999; reprinted in A Casualty of War: The Arcadia Book of Gay Short Stories, edited by Peter Burton (Arcadia Books, London, 2008)

*+“A Will Is a Way,” EQMM, March 1992; anthologized in The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories 1993, ed. Edward Hoch, Walker & Co. (1993); anthologized in Dutch translation as “Het veerdwenen testament” in Vier Historische Speurders, De Boekerij, Amsterdam (1999); winner, Robert L. Fish Memorial Award from Mystery Writers of America, 1993

*+“Death Wears a Mask,” EQMM, July 1992; anthologized in The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson (London), 1995, Carroll & Graf, 1995; reprinted in Crime Time, issue 2.1 (1998); translated into German as “Der Tod trägt eine Maske” for the German edition, Räuber, Schurken, Lumpenpack, Bergisch Gladbach (1998); anthologized in Dutch translation as “De gemaskerde dood” in Vijf Historische Speurders, De Boekerij, Amsterdam (1996); included in Swedish translation in an anthology from En Bok För Alla, Stockholm, published ca. 2003 (if you have any information about this anthology, please let Steve know)

*+“The Lemures,” EQMM, October 1992; anthologized in Once Upon a Crime, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s Press, 1994 (German edition, Es war einmal ein Mord, 1998); anthologized in Murder for Halloween, Mysterious Press, ed. Michele Slung & Roland Hartman, 1994; anthologized in German translation as “Lemuren” in Götter, Sklaven und Orakel: Antike Mordgeschichten, ed. Doris Mendlewitsch, ECON Verlag, Düsseldorf; anthologized in Italian translation as “I Lemuri” in Estate Gialla 1994, ed. Arnoldo Mondadori, Mondadori, Milan

*+“The Treasure House,” The Armchair Detective, Spring 1993; Shots (Great Britain), Summer 1998

*+“The House of the Vestals,” EQMM, April 1993; anthologized in Italian translation as “La Casa delle Vestali” in Inverno Giallo 1993-94, ed. Arnoldo Mondadori, Mondadori, Milan; 2nd Place, 1993 EQMM Readers Award

*+“The Disappearance of the Saturnalia Silver,” EQMM , Mid-December 1993; anthologized in Dutch translation as “De verdwijning van het Saturnaliazilver” in Vier Historische Detectives, De Boekerij, Amsterdam (2000)

*+“The Alexandrian Cat,” EQMM, February 1994; anthologized in Mystery Cats 3, ed. Cynthia Manson, Signet, 1995; anthologized in Feline Felonies, ed. Abigail Browning, Galahad Books, 2001

*+“Little Caesar and the Pirates,” EQMM, March 1995; anthologized in Dutch translation as “De piraten van een jonge Caesar” in Vier Historische Zaiken, De Boekerij, Amsterdam (2002)

*+“King Bee and Honey,” EQMM , October 1995; anthologized in Once Upon a Crime II, ed. Janet Hutchings, St. Martin’s Press, 1996

*§“The White Fawn,” Classical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson (London) 1996; Carroll & Graf, 1997; first US publication, EQMM, Dec. 1996; 3rd Place, 1996 EQMM Readers Award

*§“Poppy and the Poisoned Cake,” EQMM, December 1998; anthologized in Creme de la Crime, ed. Janet Hutchings, Carroll & Graf, 2000; anthologized in The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Constable & Robinson (London), 2001 (US edition published by Carroll & Graf under the title The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunnits, 2001)

*§“Death by Eros,” Past Poisons: An Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Headline (London), original trade paperback, December 1998; mass market paperback, 1999; IBooks, Inc. reprint edition, 2005. First US publication, EQMM, August 1999; anthologized in Death Comes Easy: The Gay Times Book of Murder Stories, ed. Peter Burton (Millivres Prowler Group, London), Oct. 2003

*§“The Consul’s Wife,” Crime Through Time III, ed. Sharan Newman, Berkley, 2000

*§“If a Cyclops Could Vanish in the Blink of an Eye,” Candis, Sept. 2002 (UK); first US publication, EQMM, August 2003

*§“A Gladiator Dies Only Once,” The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Constable & Robinson (London), August 2003; Carroll & Graf edition (US) November 2003; Czech edition (Velká kniha římských detektivek), Euromedia Group k.s.-Knižní klub, 2005 (Czech title: “Gladiátor umírá jen jednou”)

*§“Something Fishy in Pompeii,” Candis, July 2003 (UK); first US publication, EQMM, March/April 2004

“The Eagle and the Rabbit,” Warriors, ed. George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Tor Books, forthcoming 2009.

“Amethyst, Texas,” in Hometowns, ed. John Preston, Dutton, 1991; excerpted (as “A World of Possibilities”) in Growing Up Gay, ed. Bennett L. Singer, The New Press, 1993

“My Mother’s Ghost,” The Threepenny Review, Fall 1991; anthologized in A Member of the Family, ed. John Preston, Dutton, 1992

“Thom Gunn: Love in the Time of AIDS,” San Francisco Review of Books, March 92 (vol. 16 #4)

“A Marriage Manual,” Frontiers (as “Married Men”), September 24, 1993 (vol. 12 #11); anthologized in Friends and Lovers, ed. John Preston, Dutton, 1995

“On Writing the Historical Mystery,” The American Classical League Newsletter, Fall 1995 (Vol 18, No. 1)

“A Novel Approach,” Prospects (newsletter of the National Committee for Latin and Greek), Winter 1995

“Some Ramblings About Roman-Set Fiction,” Texas Classics in Action, Winter 1996; reprinted in The Augur (newsletter of the Illinois Classical Conference), May 1996

“A Murder, Now and Then” (Preface), Classical Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson (London), 1996

“Tarl Cabot Through the Looking Glass” (Introduction), Outlaw of Gor by John Norman, Richard Kasak Books, 1996; posted with permission in Sept. 2007 at the Web site gorchronicles.com (registration required).

“Stuart Palmer and Hildegarde Withers,” Firsts: The Book Collector’s Magazine, November 1996; anthologized as ”Stuart Palmer” in AZ Murder Goes Classic, ed. Barbara Peters & Susan Malling, Poisoned Pen Press, 1997

“Monstrous, and True” (a review of The London Monster: A Sanguinary Tale by Jan Bondeson), Philadelphia Inquirer, February 4, 2001

“A Trifle, a Little, the Likeness of a Dream...” (Introduction), Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie, St. Martin’s Press, April 2002

“The Long Reach of Rome,” foreword to The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Constable & Robinson (London), August 2003; Carroll & Graf edition (US), November 2003; Czech edition (Velká kniha římských detektivek), Euromedia Group k.s.-Knižní klub, 2005 (Czech title: “Předmluva: Dlouhá ruka Říma”)

“Elöszó a Magyar Kiádashoz,” introduction to A Végzet Fegyvere (Hungarian edition of Arms of Nemesis), 2004

“Caesar’s Legacy and Its Twilight,” foreword to the omnibus edition Rome at War, Osprey Publishing (London), March 2005

Barry Forshaw, The Rough Guide to Crime Ficiton, Rough Guides, 2007 (includes an entry on Steven Saylor and his sleuth Gordianus the Finder).

Rosmarie Günther, “Römische Ermittlungen,” an article comparing the works of Saylor, Roberts, Davis and Stöver, in Die Antike außerhalb des Hörsaals edited by Kai Brodersen; Münster: Lit, 2003, paperback; a collection of papers about mysteries from a conference at Mannheim University.

Annette Korthaus, “Mord in Rom: hard-boiled detectives im modernen historischen Kriminalroman,” in Crimina: Die Antike im modernen Kriminalroman edited by Kai Brodersen; Berlin: Verlag Antike e.K., 2004; a collection of papers about mysteries set in the ancient world, from a colloquium at Mannheim University; the book is reviewed here.

Terrance L. Lewis, “John Maddox Roberts and Steven Saylor: Detecting in the Final Decades of the Roman Republic,” in The Detective As Historian: History and Art in Historical Crime Fiction edited by Ray Broadus Browne and Lawrence A. Kreiser, pp. 22-31; Bowling Green University Popular Press, 2000

Robin H. Smiley, “What Caesar Saw,” Firsts, volume 5, number 11, November 1995; P.O. Box 65166, Tucson, AZ, 85728; a magazine devoted to collecting first editions of modern books; 12-page article surveys the more popular selections in the genre providing information about the current market values of the various first editions, photos of most of the covers, and short plot descriptions. Works by Irwin, Davis, Roberts, Burns and Saylor are mentioned.

Claire Sonntag, “Pudd’nhead Wilson and Arms of Nemesis: Two Portraits of Slavery,” in Prentice Hall Reference Guide, Sixth Edition by Muriel Harris, pp. 534-38; Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005