St Albans Writes

The Advisory Board, for the St. Albans Library, is proud to present St Albans Writes...a monthly speaker series featuring local authors.  Lance Carney's first novel, Ripped Tide:  A Daniel O'Dwyer Oak Island Adventure,  follows a hospital pharmacist who reluctantly goes undercover to fight prescription drug diversion in a hospital near his new home.  Ripped Tide is a 2017 McGrath House Indie Book Award Winner in the Humor Category.  His second novel, No Egrets: A Glenn and Glenda Oak Island Mystery, teams Daniel with husband and wife bar owners to solve a medical mystery.  Mantis Preying: A Daniel O'Dwyer Oak Island Adventure picks up post-Ripped Tide.  The Oak Island series continues with His and Herons, Ripped Current, and Endangered.  Of Vamps and Vampiros: A Finnian O'Dwyer Unviersal City Crime Cape(r) follows Daniel's grandfather Finnian on the set of "Dracula" in 1930.

Carney's short stories have been published in magazines, anthologies, and trade paperbacks.  He often collaborates with David Moss, a friend since junior high school.  "Truth is Stranger than Fishin' " with David, was chosen for the publication in The Year's Best Fantastic Fiction.  One of Lance's own, "Snare of the Fowler", was published in the trade paperback "Monsters from Memphis" and recognized by a nomination from the Darrell Awards Jury for Best Midsouth Short Story.

Carney, Pharmacy Director at CAMC Teays Valley Hospital, lives in Scott Depot with his wife, Kathy (who will participate in his presentation), and is a native of Dunbar.