David Grant Urban is the author of the award-winning noir mystery/thriller “A Line Intersected” (2017, Fat Dog Books).
Urban’s second novel, a motorcycle adventure titled “A Road Wanting Wear,” is now available at any bookstore, Barnes and Noble, and Amazon.
Each orb with flame and embers the Devil seared; above the screams he spoke thus: Malign me not, blind man, for I have made you see.
-Epigraph for “A Line Intersected”, 2017
“David Urban is a dark poet. With seductive grace and powerful prose, A Line Intersected transforms the postcard vistas of San Diego into a barren landscape of murder and betrayal. I suggest you start reading Intersected early in the day, because you won’t be able to sleep until you’ve finished this rollercoaster of a novel.” – Tim Maleeny, bestselling author of Stealing the Dragon and JUMP
“David Grant Urban writes with grace and his prose offers the precision that readers long for when they read crime and investigation novels. The protagonist is a deeply wounded man and his quest for revenge comes across just so naturally to readers.” -Romuald Dzemo, Readers’ Favorite
“Great plot, great character development, skilled writing – this book has all of that…I’m ready to nominate this one for an Edgar Award.” – Don Houts, MenReadingBooks.com
“A dark story in many ways and utterly gripping…haunting, sad, a bit depressing, this is not a light read. It’s a story of revenge; of murder…very cleverly plotted.”-Wishing Shelf Awards
A blind man halted at a junction and compared by feel the two roads intersecting there. He thought, “The road well-worn and deeply rutted is surely the path of many. Therefore, I must choose the other, for the road wanting wear eases my steps and speeds my way.”
-Epigraph for “A Road Wanting Wear“, a novel by David Grant Urban. Now available at any bookstore, Barnes and Noble, and Amazon.
“Quite masterful…” Kirkus Reviews
“A gritty and realistic piece of literary fiction” K.C. Finn, Readers’ Favorites
“Highly recommended” The Wishing Shelf
“Reminiscent of Jack Kerouac’s On The Road, Urban’s A Road Wanting Wear takes the reader on a whirlwind tour of the Southwest as seen through the lens of four young men in search of themselves. Joni Marie Iraci, bestselling author.
Firebird Award, First Place Literary Fiction 2023
Longlisted for the 2023 Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Awards
Awards:
A LINE INTERSECTED:
-2018 IAN Book of the Year Award Finalist
-2018 American Fiction Awards Finalist
-2018 Readers Favorite Finalist
–2018 Florida Book Festival Runner Up
-2018 Wishing Shelf Awards Finalist
-2018 Hollywood Book Festival Honorable Mention
-2018 Beach Book Festival Honorable Mention
–2018 New England Book Festival Honorable Mention
-2018 London Book Festival Honorable Mention
A ROAD WANTING WEAR:
2023 Firebird Award, First Place Literary Fiction
Longlisted for the 2023 Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Awards
David Grant Urban is on Goodreads.
Contact Dave at: Dave(at)davidgranturban.com
David Grant Urban was featured at the 2018 San Diego Book festival sponsored by the San Diego Union Tribune, along with best-selling authors Earl Javorsky and Caitlin Rother.
From the author: I’d like to thank my readers for their (mostly) kind comments about my work so far. I am not a commercial writer. I do not write to any formula. I write from a deep-seated need to tell a story that reflects what I see in the world, both beautiful and oftentimes ugly and terrifying. I know that I delight some readers while deeply disappointing others. My novel “A Line Intersected” was successful on many levels, winning many awards, while my second novel “A Road Wanting Wear” was critically successful, but not widely read. Oh, well. It was an experimental novel that was loaded with hidden meanings and buried clues that few discovered. Well, no writer should expect his readers to dig too deep. Although we can hope. Still, I love the fact there are still readers out there who appreciate literature and have the intellect to discuss it.