With his critically acclaimed suspense novels, Stephen Holgate’s work has been compared to that of masters such as Graham Greene, John le Carré, and Alan Furst. Tangier won the Independent Booksellers Silver Medal in fiction. Madagascar has gained similar acclaim, gaining  a coveted starred review from Publisher’s Weekly and being named a finalist for The Forward Review’s Book of the Year in general fiction. Bookreader.com listed both novels among its top ten mystery/suspense books of the year. Characterized by intrigue, romance and danger, his books have quickly gained an appreciative audience among readers and critics alike. More recent novels, their subjects stretching from WWI Oregon to ancient Rome, have been reader favorites.

A fifth-generation Oregonian, Holgate has served as a diplomat in American embassies overseas, worked as a Congressional staffer and headed a committee staff of the Oregon State Senate, twice toured the United States with an improvisational theater group, been a crew member on a barge traveling the canals of France, and lived in a tent while working as a gardener in Malibu, California. He lives near Portland, Oregon with his wife, Felicia.

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