S. A. Lelchuk

Saul A. Lelchuk holds a B.A. in English from Amherst College and a master's degree from Dartmouth College. He divides his time between Oakland, California and New Hampshire, where he teaches graduate creative writing at Dartmouth. He has served as a PEN America Prison Writing Mentor and makes regular appearances discussing fiction writing around the country.

Save Me From Dangerous Men was the start of a series featuring bookseller and private investigator Nikki Griffin. The series was optioned for film and television and has been published in translations around the world. Save Me From Dangerous Men was named a USA Today Best Book of 2019, a Booklist Top 10 Crime Debut of 2019, a Kirkus Best Mystery/Thriller of 2019, a Hudson Booksellers Best of the Year, and was short-listed for a Barry Award.

The sequel, One Got Away, was named as a “5 Books Not to Miss” by USA Today and was published in April 2021.

Lelchuk is a member of the Mystery Writers of America (MWA) and International Thriller Writers (ITW). He is represented by the LGR Literary Agency and his film/television rights by the Gersh Agency.

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Lelchuk pens a suspenseful page-turner...Original and inspired.
— USA Today

SELECT Appearances

  • Vroman’s Books, Pasadena CA

  • Books Inc., Berkeley CA

  • Poisoned Pen Bookstore, Scottsdale, AZ

  • Murder By the Book, Houston, TX

  • Norwich Bookstore, Norwich, VT

  • Book Carnival, Orange, CA

  • Octavia Books, New Orleans, LA

  • Once Upon a Crime Books, Minneapolis, MN

  • Bay Area Book Festival

  • Mississippi Book Festival

  • Literary Orange

  • ThrillerFest XIV