Steven Mayfield

Novels with humor, heart, and a dash of crime!

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Newest Release

The Penny Mansions

A former gold rush town faces extinction unless they can sell four mansions from the boom days to large families who can boost their population above 125. As a politician and real estate developer plots to foil the plan, new families move in and knock over the first domino in a row that includes three romances, twelve sticks of dynamite, an unintentionally hilarious community theater production, an investigation by a Chicago insurance detective, and murder!

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A bit about the author

I believe a writer should keep readers firmly attached to the narrator’s hip and not waste their time, that it’s possible to forward a serious point without making one feel wretched, and that the simple declarative sentence is usually more elegant than a florid metaphor.

I also believe dogs are superior to humans because their only real goal is to be good, that baseball is the greatest game in the world, and that coffee and donuts are proof of a superior intelligence.

Other Books

“…entertaining escapades and dramatic flourishes, punctuated by moments of delightfully farcical humor.” — Foreword Reviews

“The Coen brothers meet Garrison Keillor in Steven Mayfield’s quirky, offbeat, and often hilarious Delphic Oracle, U.S.A. — Odile Sullivan-Tarazi, Chanticleer Book Reviews

A Few Awards and Recognitions