Stephen R. Crider
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Novelist · Duncannon, Pennsylvania

Forty years of reading other people's stories. Now it's time to tell his own.

Stephen R. Crider

Stephen R. Crider was born and raised in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, and has called Duncannon home for over forty years. A U.S. Air Force veteran and retired I.T. professional, he spent two decades coaching girls' softball and a lifetime reading most anything he could get his hands on.

His debut novel, ALEX, is available now — and it won't be the last. Several completed works are waiting their turn.

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Published novel
3+
Stories in the works
40
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The Yellow Finch

Kendall hasn't had a murder in forty years — until now. Detective Melody Freeman finds a body along the shoreline of Jasmine Lake, and the only lead is a hiker's parting words about a yellow finch.

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The Yellow Finch

A body on the lakeshore. A murder forty years cold. A hiker, and a bird.

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ALEX

Max Endicott never expected to see Alex again. She's been dead for forty-two years.

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