Official Site of American Writer Ace Atkins

Recent Releases

Wicked City
April 2008

In 1955, Look magazine called Phenix City, Alabama, “The Wickedest City in America,” a stew of organized crime and corruption, run by a machine that dealt with complaints forcefully and with dispatch.
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White Shadow
May 2006

From “a singular voice in fiction” (USA Today) comes a remarkable new novel about one of the most infamous murders in Florida history.
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Nick Travers Stories

Dirty South
March 2005

Ace Atkins returns with Nick Travers to the back streets of New Orleans for his best and most ambitious novel yet. >> More

Dark End of The Street
November 2002

Atkins takes Nick Travers on a journey into the hidden pockets of New Orleans, the battered roadhouses and truck stops of Mississippi, and the streets of Memphis that only an insider could know. >> More

Leavin’ Trunk Blues
July 2000

In the music clubs on the South Side of Chicago, the blues—once as strong as the backs of the neighborhood's working class—has lost its hope and its voice. >> More

Crossroad Blues
September 1998

Nick Travers, an ex-New Orleans Saint turned blues historian at Tulane University, heads deep into the heart of the blues—the Mississippi Delta. >> More

Anthologies and More

New Orleans Noir
April 2007

Featuring “Angola South,” a short story Ace wrote after covering the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, New Orleans Noir is one of Akashic Books’ groundbreaking original noir anthologies. >> More

In the Wake of Katrina
September 2006

Between September 3 and 11, 2005, Ace Atkins teamed with photographer Larry Towell and traveled along the coast of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, documenting the dramatic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. >> More