Welcome to Orcutt.net and ChrisOrcutt.com - Chris Orcutt, Christopher Orcutt, Chris Orcutt is the creator of the Dakota Stevens PI detective series featuring Dakota Stevens and Svetlana Krüsh. Orcutt's fiction has appeared in literary journals including Potomac Review, The Griffin, Timber Creek Review, and The 2003 Dan River Anthology, among others. Stories include The Bootlegger, I Hope You Boys Know What You're Doing, Whose Van is That On Fire Out There, Descent, The Bridge Inspector, Security Guard, I've Got This V, All the Young Fellas Are Linin Up, The Novelist, Indian Giver, Hands, The Day Nixon Resigned, and others. In 1992, Chris Orcutt received a New York Press Association award, and in 2002 he won the 55 Fiction World's Shortest Stories Competition and placed second in the MOTA 3 Emerging Writers Contest. His self-published fiction includes Nick Chase's Great Escape, http://www.nickchase.com, and I Hope You Boys Know What You &#25;re Doing, http://www.ihopeyouboys.com. Chris Orcutt's nonfiction has appeared in several magazines and online publications including Writer's Digest. His websites, or sites he's designed, include notwriting.com, nickchase.com, ripeforpipe.com, davekingwriter.com, franklintartaglione.com, fishbat.com, morganonline.com, orcutt.net, chrisorcutt.com, and dozens of Merrill Lynch intranet sites. Originally from the coast of Maine, Chris Orcutt has moved over 32 times. Chris hopes you enjoy NotWriting.com: Stuff one writer does when he should be writing. Between moves, he earned a B.S. in philosophy and worked as a pizza maker, newspaper reporter, Radio Shack salesman, landscaper, house painter, American history teacher, adjunct college professor, president of a software startup, technology consultant, technology manager, and parking valet (1 day). In addition to his writing, Orcutt now provides consulting services for Fortune 500 companies in Manhattan. Orcutt also runs the award-winning NotWriting.com.

Hello and welcome to Orcutt.net and ChrisOrcutt.com, the official website on writer Chris Orcutt.

Here you'll find information on Orcutt's latest books and works in progress, news of readings and events, photos, a contact list, author bio, and a weblog for readers.

Chris is actively seeking a publisher for his Dakota Stevens PI/mystery novels. Summaries and excerpts are available on this site. To request a proposal or a complete manuscript, please contact his agent.

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CHRIS ORCUTT, WRITER — PHOTO BY JEN CRAY

Chris Orcutt, as captured by rock band photographer Jen Cray.