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Jon Sealy is the author of the Detective Luke Steele series, Southern crime novels set in the fictional town of Issaqueena, South Carolina — “the last small town in America.”
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Jon Sealy is the author of the Detective Luke Steele mysteries, set in the fictional town of Issaqueena, South Carolina — “the last small town in America.” The series launches in 2026 with the novella Chasing Keys, followed by The Night Hawk (September 2026) and Snowfall (January 2027).
Jon’s debut novel, The Whiskey Baron (Hub City Press, 2014), explored bootlegging and cotton mill culture in Depression-era South Carolina. He has since published three additional novels and the craft memoir So You Want to Be a Novelist. His short fiction has appeared in The Normal School, PANK and The Sun, among other venues, and his nonfiction has appeared in The Rumpus, The Millions, the Richmond Times-Dispatch. and The Catholic Virginian.
An upstate South Carolina native, he currently lives with his family in the suburbs of Richmond, Virginia. In addition to writing fiction, he works as a freelance editor and communications consultant.
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Free Novella: To enter the world of the Detective Luke Steele mysteries, click here to download a copy of Chasing Keys.
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Haywire Books: From 2019-2020, Jon ran a small publishing house. To purchase titles or learn more about this old venture, visit Haywire Books here.
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