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Steve Rush

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Born
in Atlanta, Georgia, The United States
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Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Steven James

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January 2015


Steve’s book Kill Your Characters; Crime Scene Tips for Writers was named finalist in the 2023 Silver Falchion Award for Best Nonfiction and Honorable Mention in the 2023 Readers’ Favorite Awards.

Steve won joint first prize in the 2020 Chillzee KiMo T-E-N Contest and longlisted in the 2022 Page Turner Awards. 2022 Public Safety Writing Association Writing Competition first and third place award for two unpublished manuscripts, and first-place tie for Kill Your Characters.

Steve's experience includes tenure as homicide detective and chief forensic investigator for a national consulting firm. He was once hailed as “The best forensic investigator in the United States” by the late Joseph L. Burton, M.D, under whom he mastered his skills, and in
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Steve Rush I would visit the main characters of Resilience in the Smoky Mountains to experience their true character as living persons and compare them to the wa…moreI would visit the main characters of Resilience in the Smoky Mountains to experience their true character as living persons and compare them to the way I saw them. (less)
Steve Rush I have one finished manuscript currently under review with a literary agent. NECESSARY ACTION tells the story of a young man determined to find his fa…moreI have one finished manuscript currently under review with a literary agent. NECESSARY ACTION tells the story of a young man determined to find his father's killer while on the run from a rouge Department of Defense agent.

I have a WIP that is two-thirds complete about a forensic pathologist who is thrust into an investigation of a minister crucified in the church where he serves after a bomb riddles the small town's police force.(less)
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A Murder Victim’s Near-Death Experience

I knew a person who claimed he could examine the eyes of a murder victim and see the person who killed them. (True story.)

Imagine if the claim proved true. What did the victim see?

Here’s an example. (Not a true story.)

A near-death-experience has advantages for a murder victim like me. I saw the killer thread through a diverse crowd of three hundred before she blended in the mass of hot flesh and l Read more of this blog post »
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“What do you intend to do when you wake up? Will you proclaim the truth or continue to hide behind your façade?”
Steve Rush, Lethal Impulse

“Birdie slid out the chair to his left, crawled up onto it, shifted to sit, and crossed her arms on the table. “I heard my daddy tell Mommy somebody painted your picture on a barn. He said the police are going to imbestigate you.”

“He did?”

She bobbed her head. “He said you looked like the devil. Are you the devil?”
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“A killer must focus on details, Vanessa.”
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