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LAWRENCE ALLAN is the award winning author of the Jimmy Cooper Mysteries and is Midwestern as f@!k. He loves heroes who use humor to cover up their own trauma. 

His debut novel BIG FAT F@!K-UP was a finalist for the Shamus Award for Best First PI novel and won two Claymore Awards at Killer Nashville, including Best Comedy.

The follow-up, BIG F@!KING DEAL was also a finalist for the Claymore for Best Comedy.

His work has appeared in Shotgun Honey and the crime anthology WRONG TURN. He studied improvisation at the Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis and clowning and Commedia at Dell'Arte, the International School of Physical Theater. He holds an MFA in Playwriting from the University of Texas at Austin. He lives in Los Angeles.