David Shawn Klein

David Shawn Klein's debut novel, The Money, was Best Thrillers Book of the Year for 2021. Critics have compared The Money to the work of James Patterson, Walter Mosely, Raymond Chandler, and the film Chinatown. Two short stories taken from The Money were published in The Hudson Review and were nominated for Pushcart Prizes; Finch was named a Distinguished story by Best American Mystery Stories in 2020. Klein has taught for The Hudson Review Writers In The Schools program. Other work has...See more

David Shawn Klein's debut novel, The Money, was Best Thrillers Book of the Year for 2021. Critics have compared The Money to the work of James Patterson, Walter Mosely, Raymond Chandler, and the film Chinatown. Two short stories taken from The Money were published in The Hudson Review and were nominated for Pushcart Prizes; Finch was named a Distinguished story by Best American Mystery Stories in 2020. Klein has taught for The Hudson Review Writers In The Schools program. Other work has appeared in Film Comment; Columbia, A Journal of Literature and Art; Runner's Gazette; American Jewish Times Outlook Monthly; Lowestroft Chronicle, among others. See less