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William Mize attended and graduated from the prestigious Creative Writing Program at San Francisco State University. It was also in San Francisco that he won his first award for writing - his short story "Super Heroes" won the well-respected Bay Guardian Fiction Contest in 1991.
After graduation in 1994, Mize returned to St. Petersburg, Florida but continued his education, studying the mystery novel with his current mentor, Macavity Award-Winning mystery writer Deborah Adams, creator of the best-selling Jesus Creek Mystery series (All The Dark Disguises; All The Deadly Winters).
In 1997, his first novel, Resurrection Angel, was chosen by noted mystery writer, critic and editor Robert J. Randisi as a finalist in the St. Martin's Press - Private Eye Writers of America Best First Novel of The Year Contest.
In 2000, taking advantage of the current Print-On-Demand technology, Resurrection Angel was self-published through Writer's Press, an imprint of iUniverse.com.
In 2001, Mize made publishing history when Resurrection Angel was nominated by the Private Eye Writers of America for one of their highest honors, The Shamus Award for Best First Novel of The Year, making it the first Print on Demand book ever to be nominated for a major publishing award. When it was out of print, rare and hard to find iUniverse copies of Resurrection Angel were considered collectors items by mystery fans. Some websites are asking upwards of $80 for a single copy of Resurrection Angel.
In 2006, Mize fired all his agents and decided to reenter the world of Print on Demand publishing; using the website Lulu.com to produce the finished product.
William Mize currently lives in St. Petersburg, Florida, where he is at work on the next book in the planned twelve book series.
Resurrection Angel

Resurrection AngelResurrection Angel (book)

Print: $18.95

Lisa Rappaport seemed to have it all--a popular boyfriend, a wealthy father, and a sudden and unexplained case of amnesia. A late-night phone call brings psychic Denton Ward and his girlfriend, Private Investigator Monty Crocetti to her bedside and into her life. Her doctor thinks it's a routine case, but a hypnosis session with Denton brings to light a possible cause for her memory loss--alien abduction. Lisa swears she is a virgin, but a drugstore test proves she's pregnant. Could the father be of unknown origin? Or is the answer here on planet Earth? Resurrection Angel was chosen by noted mystery editor, author and critic Robert Randisi as a finalist for the St. Martin's Press - Private Eye Writers of America Best First Novel Contest. It was also nominated for the Private Eye Writers of America's Shamus Award for Best First Novel of the Year, the first Print on Demand book to ever be nominated for a major mystery writing award.
Everlasting Life

Everlasting LifeEverlasting Life (book)

Print: $17.95

St. Petersburg, Florida – Home of the newly wed and nearly dead, so the joke goes.But what about the undead? Could there be vampires in the Sunshine State? After being raised in a mental institution, psychic Denton Ward has issues. When lawyer Nicholas Shanley collapses while arguing the most important case of his life, Denton learns that he is dying of AIDS. He must overcome his fear of abandonment, his fear of losing his good friend. He must break out of his self-imposed prison and learn to care for others. Denton’s partner, Private Investigator Monty Crocetti is reunited with a long lost friend, but that reunion is cut short when her friend is killed right before her very eyes. Five bullets from Monty’s .357 do no damage whatsoever, and the murderer escapes by jumping out a third story apartment window. The vampire vows to hunt and kill anyone who dares investigate their secret world. A world filled with seduction, with power, with life, with death, with blood.