Hello, and welcome to the website of Clive Rosengren. I am a retired (or “recovering,” as I sometimes refer to myself) actor who has embarked on a new endeavor: crime writing. I’m the author of four novels featuring Hollywood actor/private eye Eddie Collins. The first two in the series, Murder Unscripted and Red Desert were short-listed for the Shamus Award from the Private Eye Writers of America. These were followed by Velvet on a Tuesday Afternoon and Martini Shot.

I live at the southern end of Oregon’s Rogue River Valley. Why, you may ask, since I’m writing novels about a Hollywood private eye, do I live so far from Hollywood and southern California? I wound up in Oregon in 2004, having been hired for a season at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. When the engagement ended after a year, rather than go back to Los Angeles and jump-start a career that was rapidly becoming a rumor, I decided to stay. The Internet with its Google Maps and my handy Thomas Guide map book can instantly put me anywhere in Hollywood.

All four books are available from Amazon and Barnes & Noble, in trade paperback and Kindle and Nook formats. If your local bookstore doesn’t carry them, I urge you to prevail upon them to place an order for you. In addition, Murder Unscripted and Red Desert are available as audio books, with narration by the author. (Once an actor, always an actor, right?)