Sam Wiebe is an award-winning and best-selling author of Pacific Northwest crime fiction.
His Wakeland series includes Invisible Dead, Cut You Down, Hell and Gone, Sunset and Jericho, and the upcoming Wrath of Exiles. The series has been praised for its authenticity and social realism. He’s also the author of Ocean Drive, Last of the Independents, Never Going Back, and A Lonesome Place for Dying under the pen name Nolan Chase.
Recently I asked Wiebe about what he was reading. His reply:
My last read of 2024 was Nicholas Nickleby, the novel Dickens started in the middle of writing Oliver Twist. It’s better (and lessVisit Sam Wiebe's website.antisemitic) than Twist, but not as compelling as his latter masterpieces. What’s remarkable is that two years after Nickleby came out, the corrupt and brutal ‘Yorkshire schools’ the book takes aim against were nearly all out of business. Amazing to think a novel could have such an effect on the world.
Valancourt reissues a lot of great horror fiction, and I’ve also been reading their first two volumes of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories, edited by Tara Moore and Allen Grove. Each volume has some standout tales.
My Book, The Movie: Invisible Dead.
The Page 69 Test: Invisible Dead.
The Page 69 Test: Cut You Down.
Q&A with Sam Wiebe.
The Page 69 Test: Hell and Gone.
Writers Read: Sam Wiebe (March 2022).
My Book, The Movie: Hell and Gone.
My Book, The Movie: Sunset and Jericho.
Writers Read: Sam Wiebe (April 2023).
The Page 69 Test: Sunset and Jericho.
The Page 69 Test: Ocean Drive.
My Book, The Movie: Ocean Drive.
--Marshal Zeringue
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