A new genre is born: the "birder murder". - Sunday Times Crime Club (U.K.)
Welcome to the web site of award-winning author
Steve
Burrows
creator of the best-selling
Birder Murder Mystery series featuring DCI Domenic Jejeune.
Burrows intertwines avians with the classic whodunit in a completely original way.
Audubon (U.S.)
High quality, nuanced mystery fiction.
Publishers Weekly - Starred Review
Skillfully written, full of moral ambiguities and artful puzzles Kirkus - Starred Review
Irresistible…This is a marvelous series of books 10,000 Birds blog (U.S.)
ZEISS FIELD NATURALIST
A NYE OF PHEASANTS - OUT NOW
Well, that was a bit special!
Following an amazing trip to Canada's High Arctic as onboard naturalist aboard Adventure Canada's Ocean Endeavour, I was asked to stay on for a second trip Into the Northwest Passage.
Stunning landscapes, great birds and incredible wildlife sightings! Photos and accounts to come in the next few days, but...
Next Up:
The OFO Conference Leamington, ON, Sept 27-29
where I'm honoured to have been asked to represent ZEISS
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I'll be at the booth
Friday 27, 5:00-6:30
and Saturday 28, 4:00-6:00
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No formal plans for book sales at the moment, but if you already have one you'd like signed, please swing by the booth and I'll be happy to oblige! ​
UPCOMING EVENTS
September 27-29, 2024
ZEISS BOOTH
​​OFO Conference
Portuguese Club
217 Talbot St West,
Leamington, ON​
519 326 5561​
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for details see
November 2, 2024
2:00 p.m.
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Wild Birds Unlimited
170 Front St. N, Unit 4B
Belleville, ON
K8P 3B8
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Personal Appearance
details TBA
January 9 , 2025
7:00 p.m.
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Canadian Federation of University Women
1867 Valley Farm Road, Rm 2 Pickering, ON
L1V 3Y7
Slideshow Presentation
Book Sales and Signing
further details to follow
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POETIC JUSTICE
On the recent Adventure Canada cruise to Greenland, I found to my cost that it doesn't pay to trifle with the queen of Can Lit.
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TV OPTION RENEWED FOR THE BIRDER MURDERS
Award-winning Canadian production company Shaftesbury Films (Murdoch Mysteries) and BAFTA-winning U.K. producer Company Pictures (Wolf Hall) have renewed their option to develop the Birder Murder Mysteries for TV for 2024.
