Don DeBrandt has been writing professionally since 1990. He is the author of The Quicksilver Screen, the cyberfolk trilogy Steeldriver, Timberjak and V.I., and the Angel media tie-in Shakedown. He also writes suspense fiction under the pseudonym Donn Cortez: The Man Burns Tonight, The Closer (which won third place for the Daphne DuMaurier Award) and five CSI: Miami novels. He is the editor of the essay collection Investigating CSI, and has contributed essays to a number of other collections including: Five Seasons of Angel, Boarding the Enterprise, Finding Serenity, Star Wars on Trial, The Anthology at the End of the Universe, Navigating the Golden Compass, King Kong is Back! and The Unauthorized X-Men. He has done freelance work for Marvel Comics in the past, and would like to do more comics work in the future.


INDUSTRY RECOGNITION

Honorable Mention in The Year’s Best Horror and Fantasy, 1990, for “Payback Tattoo”.
Appeared on Locus magazine’s Recommended Reading List, 1992, for The Quicksilver Screen.
Honorable Mention in The Year’s Best Science Fiction, 1992, for The Quicksilver Screen.
Winner, Third Place, Daphne Du Maurier Award of Excellence for Mainstream Mystery/Suspense, 2005 for The Closer

PUBLICATIONS

Comics:

“There’s No Place Like X”: Freeflight Comics Anthology #2, June 1994.
“Dentist of the Damned”: Freeflight Comics Anthology #6, April/May 1995
“Kill Riff”: Spiderman 2099, Marvel Comics (sold but unpublished) 1994.
“Doc Houdini”: 2099 Unlimited, Marvel Comics (sold but unpublished) 1994.

Novels:

The Quicksilver Screen (as Don DeBrandt): Del Rey Books, 1992.
Steeldriver (as Don DeBrandt): Ace Books, 1998.
Timberjak (as Don DeBrandt): Ace Books, 1999.
Angel: Shakedown (as Don DeBrandt): Pocket Pulse, 2000.
V.I. (as Don DeBrandt): Ace Books, 2000.
The Closer (as Donn Cortez): Pocket Books, 2004.
The Man Burns Tonight (as Donn Cortez): Pocket Books, 2005.
CSI Miami: Cult Following (as Donn Cortez): Pocket Star, 2006.
CSI Miami: Riptide (as Donn Cortez): Pocket Star, 2006.
CSI Miami: Misgivings (as Donn Cortez): Pocket Star, 2006.
CSI Miami: Heart Attack (as Donn Cortez): Pocket Star, 2007.
CSI Miami: Cut and Run (as Donn Cortez): Pocket Star, 2008.

Short Stories:
(as Don DeBrandt)

“Payback Tattoo”: Pulphouse Hardback Magazine, Fall 1990.
“Brainframe Blues”: Horizons Science Fiction, Fall 1991
“The Hex Files”: The Anthology With No Name, Vol 1, 1999.
“Hellbent For Leather”: The Anthology No Name, Vol 2, 1999.
“Playing The Game”: The Anthology With No Name, Vol. 3, 1999.


Essays:
(as Don DeBrandt)

“Angelus Populi”: Five Season of Angel, BenBella Books, 2004.
“Firefly VS The Tick”: Finding Serenity, BenBella Books, 2004.
“That About Wraps It Up For Oolon Colluphid”: The Anthology At The End Of The Universe, BenBella Books, 2004
“His Dark Pharmaceuticals”: Navigating The Golden Compass, BenBella Books, 2005
“Parallel Evolution”: The Unauthorized X-Men, BenBella Books, 2005.
“Three Acts Of The Beast”: King Kong is Back, BenBella Books, 2005.
“What Have You Done With Spock’s Brain?!?”: Boarding The Enterprise, BenBella Books, 2006.
“Star Wars VS Science”: Star Wars On Trial, BenBella Books, 2006.
“The Forensics Of Fiction”: Investigating CSI, BenBella Books, 2006.

Plays:

“Heart Of Glass”: one-act play written for and produced by Winston Churchill High School, February 1994.
“Happy Hour At The Secret Hideout”: one-act play written for and produced by Winston Churchill High School, February 1998.
“Stagecraft”: one-act play written for and produced by Winston Churchill High School, February 2002.

Columns:

“Surroundscape; From Here To Eternity”: Backbone Magazine, January 2001.
“Humans Need Not Apply”: Backbone Magazine, March 2001.
“Market Survivor”: Backbone Magazine, May 2001.
“Don’t Let This Happen To You!”: Backbone Magazine, July 2001.
“I Know What You Want”: Backbone Magazine, September 2001.
“Exotic Skills”: Backbone Magazine, November 2001.


EDITING
Edited the first three issues of Fictons Free-for-all, a fiction zine published by the British Columbia Science Fiction Association.
Co-edited the anthology Investigating CSI, for BenBella Books.