DP Lyle
Award-Winning Author
Lecturer
Story Consultant
BIO
DP Lyle Bio
DP Lyle, MD is the Amazon #1 Bestselling; Macavity and Benjamin Franklin Silver Award winning; and Edgar (2), Shamus, Agatha, Anthony, Scribe, Silver Falchion, USA Today Best Book Award (2), and Foreward INDIES Book of the Year nominated author of 25 books, both non-fiction and fiction, including the SAMANTHA CODY, DUB WALKER, JAKE LONGLY, and CAIN/HARPER thriller series, and the ROYAL PAINS media tie-in novels.
His forensic science books (FORENSICS FOR DUMMIES, HOWDUNNIT:FORENSICS) and his very popular Q&A Series (MURDER AND MAYHEM, FORENSICS AND FICTION, MORE FORENSICS AND FICTION) are published worldwide.
His essay on Jules Verne’s THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND appears in THRILLERS: 100 MUST READS and his short story “Even Steven” in ITW’s anthology THRILLER 3: LOVE IS MURDER. He served as Editor for the Southern California Writers Association’s short story anthology, IT’S ALL IN THE STORY as well as contributed the story “Splash.” His short story “Bottom Line” appears in the Sherlock Holmes-inspired anthology FOR THE SAKE OF THE GAME and his story “Tonic” can be found in the anthology NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS AFTER MIDNIGHT and as a re-print in BLOOD FICTION 2..
He has worked with many novelists and with the writers of popular television shows such as Law & Order, CSI: Miami, Diagnosis Murder, Monk, Judging Amy, Peacemakers, Cold Case, House, Medium, Women’s Murder Club, 1-800-Missing, The Glades, and Pretty Little Liars.
He was the creator and director of International Thriller Writers' craft school CraftFest and co-creator and director of Master CraftFest and ITW's Online Thriller School. He has taught fiction writing at numerous writing conferences as well as classes at The Learning Tree University and the UCLA Extension Writing Program.
Along with Kathleen Antrin, he is the co-creator of the Outliers Writing University
He was born and raised in Huntsville, Alabama where his childhood interests revolved around football, baseball, and building rockets in his backyard. The latter pursuit was common in Huntsville during the 1950s and ’60s due to the nearby NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center.
After leaving Huntsville, he attended college, medical school, and served an internship at the University of Alabama; followed by a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Texas at Houston; then a Fellowship in Cardiology at The Texas Heart Institute, also in Houston. For the past 45 years, he has practiced Cardiology in Orange County, California.
MEDIA PLATFORMS
Co-Creator with Kathleen Antrim of Outliers Writing University
Creator and host of the podcast series
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: The Art and Science of Crime Fiction
He hosts the Blog:
THE CRIME FICTION WRITER’S BLOG
Co-host along with Jan Burke of
CRIME AND SCIENCE RADIO
SOCIAL MEDIA INFO:
Twitter
Facebook
Linked In
Instagram
Threads
Goodreads
BOOKBUB
Library Thing
BookTrib
MY WONDERFUL AGENT:
KIMBERLEY CAMERON
Kimberley Cameron & Associates
MY MOST POPULAR CLASSES/LECTURES
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS:
2024 Killer Nashville Silver Falcon Top Pick in the Comedy Categor
Bookreporter’s 2017 Favorites
Nominee, 2017 Shamus Award, Best First PI Novel Category;
Finalist, USA TODAY BEST BOOK AWARD 2016, Thriller Category;
Finalist, Foreward Reviews INDIES 2016 Book of the Year Award, Thriller Category;
SUSPENSE MAGAZINE’S One of the Best for 2016
Winner, MACAVITY AWARD 2005, Best Non-Fiction
Nomination, EDGAR AWARD 2005, Best Fact Crime
Winner, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SILVER AWARD 2013, Mystery/Suspense Category;
Finalist, USA TODAY BEST BOOK AWARD 2012, Thriller Category
Nomination, EDGAR AWARD 2013, Best Fact Crime
Nomination, AGATHA AWARD 2013, Best Non-fiction
Nomination, ANTHONY AWARD 2013, Best Critical/Non-fiction
ROYAL PAINS: FIRST, DO NO HARM:
Nomination, SCRIBE AWARD 2011, General Fiction/Best Original Novel
Nomination, Edgar Award Nominee, Best Critical/Biographical
Nomination, Benjamin Franklin Award, Nominee
Nomination, Anthony Award Nominee, Best Critical/Non-Fiction
Nomination, Macavity Award Nominee, Best Non-Fiction
Suspense Magazine Best of 2018
MEMBERSHIPS:
International Thriller Writers:
Member (Charter Sponsor), 2004-Present
CraftFest Creator/Director, 2006—2019
Master CraftFest Co-creator/Director, 2016-2019
Thriller School Co-creator/Director, 2014-2019
Board of Directors, 2011-2019
VP for National Events, 2011-2012
VP for Education, 2012-2019
Finance Committee, 2011-13
Thriller Award Best Novel Committee, 2010
Thriller Award Best First Novel Committee, 2011
Mystery Writers of America:
Active Member-1996—Present
National, Board of Directors, 2007-2010
National, Secretary, 2009 & 2010
National Education Committee, Chairman 2007-2009
National LR Planning Committee, Member, 2008-2010
National PR Committee, Member, 2008-2009
The Third Degree Committee, Member, 2008-2009
National Nominating Committee, Chairman 2007
Edgar Best Novel Committee, 2005
Edgar Best Paperback Original Committee, 2007
Edgar Mary Higgins Clark Award Committee, 2008
Edgar Best First Novel Committee, Chair, 2012
SoCal Chapter, Board of Directors, 2006--2008
Sisters in Crime:
Member, 1996—2016
Orange County Chapter, Board of Directors, 2006–2011
Orange County Chapter, Vice-President, 2007-2008
Fictionaires of Orange County: Member- 2000-2008; Treasurer- 2001-2003
MISC:
KOCE-TV, Orange County, CA: Real Orange “Healthy OC” Segment, Co-Host, 2009-2010
DeSales University: Instructor, Masters of Criminal Justice Program, 2009-2012
American Heart Association, Orange County, CA Chapter
President, 1992-1994
Vice-President, 1991-1992
Medical Advisory Board,1998–2002
Member, Board of Directors, 1990-1995 & 2000-2001
Member, Executive Committee 1990-1995
CSI: The Experience:
In 2011, he opened and served as ribbon-cutter for
CSI: The Experience Exhibit
at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
XXIIIrd Olympics, Los Angeles, CA (1984): Volunteer Physician, Boxing Venue
Significant Sig Award from Sigma Chi Fraternity (2015)
TV CONSULTATIONS:
Westside Medical (1976): Consultant to Worley Thorne on the Premiere Episode: “The Sound of Sunlight”
LAW ORDER: (Wolf Films/Universal Studios TV)
Consultant to Matt Witten and Aaron Zelmon:
"Whiplash"
"Possession"
"Born Again"
"Myth of Fingerprints"
“Brave New World”
Consultant to Terry Kopp:
“Good Cop/Bad Cop”
CSI:MIAMI: Consultant to Matt Witten, Co-Producer for “Just One Kiss”
MONK: Consultant to Lee Goldberg for “Mr. Monk Goes To Mexico’
JUDGING AMY: Consultant to Paul Guyot for “Shock and Awe” and “Into The Fire”
PEACEMAKERS: Consultant to Matt Whitten for “No Excuse”
1-800-MISSING Consultant to Lee Goldberg for “72 Hours To Kill”
COLD CASE Consultant to Researcher Paul Yeuell for “The Plan”
HOUSE Consultant to Matt Witten
WOMEN'S MURDER CLUB: Consultant to Matt Witten
MEDIUM: Consultant to Matt Witten
THE GLADES: Consultant to Matt Witten
PRETTY LITTLE LIARS: Consultant to Matt Witten
PRISON MD: Consultant to Michael Robison and Avrum Jacobson
MAGAZINES:
CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION: (UK)-Magazine & DVDs
“Murder Autopsy”
“Fingerprinting”
“Ballistics”
“DNA Analysis”
“Forensic Anthropology”
“Explosives”
“Trace Evidence”
“Looking For Remains”
“Document Examination”
“Audio Analysis”
“Forensic Psychiatry”
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
((Authors who have kindly acknowledged me in their works--Thanks !!
Alam, Glynn Marsh: Green Water Ghost
Alexander, Sunny: Flowers From Iraq
Allende, Isabel: Ripper
Antrim, Kathleen: Capital Offense
Armstrong, Lori: Shallow Grave
Atkinson, Kate: One Good Turn
Bailey, Frankie: The Red Queen Dies
Barclay, Linwood: Broken Promise
Befeler, Mike: The Tesla Legacy
Belgrave, Laura: Quietly Dead
Box, CJ: Cold Wind
Brant, Kylie: A Darker Truth
Brennan, Allison: Notorious
Brill, Julie: Some Bonds Are Never Broken
Brown, Cindy: Macdeath
Budewitz, Leslie: .Death Al Dente
Burdette, Lucy: Fatal Reservations
Burke, Jan: Nine
Caldwell, Laura Red Hot Lies
Claim Of Innocence
Cannon, Taffy: Blood Matters
Carl, Joanna (Eve Sandstrom): The Chocolate Bridal Bash
Carocari, Marco: Blackout
Chodosh, Janie: Death Spiral
Clark, Mindy Starns: Elementary, My Dear Watkins
Clemens, Judy: Till the Cows Come Home
Coben, Harlan: Gone For Good
Corbett, David: Blood Of Paradise
The Mercy Of the Night
Corrigan, Maya: By Cook or By Crook
Scam Chowder
Final Fondue
The Tell-tale Tarte
S’more Murders
Crypt Suzette
Gingerdead Man
Coyle, Matt: Yesterday’s Echo
Night Tremors
Cussler, Clive & Blackwood, Grant: Spartan Gold
Lost Empire
Diamond, Jacqueline: The Case of the Surly Surrogate
Dietz, Denise: Chain A Lamb Chop to the Bed
Donlay, Philip: Code Black
Zero Separation
Deadly Echoes
Aftershock
Pegasus Down
Seconds To Midnight
Speed the Dawn
Dunn, Carola: Fall of a Philanderer
A Colourful Death
Emley, Dianne: Love Kills
Ephron, GH: Obsessed
Ephron, Hallie: Never Tell A Lie
Erickson, Jack: Rex Royale
Evanovich, Janet & Lee Goldberg: The Chase
The Pursuit
Everett, Ann: Laid Out and Candle Lit
Farmer, Jerrilyn: Mumbo Gumbo
Finder, Joseph Suspicion
Flynn, Gillian: Sharp Objects
Franze, Anthony: The Advocate’s Daughter
George, Elizabeth: A Banquet of Consequences
Girard, Danielle: Exhume
Goldberg, Lee: Diagnosis Murder: The Silent Partner
Diagnosis Murder: The Death Merchant
Diagnosis Murder: The Shooting Script
Diagnosis Murder: The Past Tense (Dedication)
Diagnosis Murder: The Waking Nightmare
Diagnosis Murder: The Dead Letter
Diagnosis Murder: The Double Life
Diagnosis Murder: The Last Word
Monk: Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse
Monk: Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii
Monk: Mr. Monk and the Blue Flu
Monk: Mr. Monk and the Two Assistants
Monk: Mr. Monk in Trouble
True Fiction
Calico
Grabenstein, Chris: Whack A Mole
Grabitz, Dee: Murder In Dunton Heights
Griffey, Jackie: The Devil in Merrivale
Merrywinds
Griffin, Laura: Unspeakable
Ham, Lorie Lewis: One Of Us
Hannon, Irene: In Harm's Way
Harris, Charlaine: Sookie Stackhouse: Dead To The World
Hart, Carolyn: Merry, Merry Ghost
Hawthorne, Scarlet: Deadline
Haywood, Gar Anthony: Man Eater (as Ray Shannon)
Firecracker (as Ray Shannon)
Hill, Marion Moore: Deadly Kin
Hoffman, Larissa: Still Life in Brunswick Stew
Hubbard, S W: Swallow The Hook
Huss, Norma Death of a Hot Chick
Isleib, Roberta: Deadly Advice
Preaching to the Corpse
Isles, Greg: Natchez Burning
The Bone Tree
Kinman, Gay: Death in a Small Town
Death in Convent Garden
Kramer, Julie: Missing Mark
Killing Kate
Delivering Death
Krich, Rochelle: Blues in the Night
Shadows of Sin
Dream House
Grave Endings
Lee, Amanda: Cross-Stitch Before Dying
Lewis, Rodney: None So Blind
Loveall, Michelle: A Moment in Crime
Lowe, Shiela: Written In Blood
Dead Write
What She Saw
Outside The Lines
Marriotte, Jeff: CSI: Miami: Right To Die
Martin, Rosemary: Secret Agent Girl
Nash, Sylvia: RX For Retribution
Mama’s Secret
Nolan, Terri: Blue Bird
Orgain, Diana: Motherhood Is Murder
Parker, Sue: Foul Player
Parker, T. Jefferson: The Border Lords
The Jaguar
Parrish, PJ: Island of Bones
A Thousand Bones
An Unquiet Grave
South Of Hell
The Killing Song
Heart Of Ice
Parshall, Sandra Under The Dog Star
Peden, Ray: One Tenth of the Law
Pepper, Kate: Here She Lies
Phelan, Twist: Spurred Ambition
Phillips, Christi: The Devlin Diary
Raffel, Keith: Temple Mount
Rand, Naomi: It’s Raining Men
Rosett, Sara: Moving Is Murder
Ryan, Hank Phillippi: Drive Time
Sailah, Steve: Killing Kitchener
Schwegel, Theresa: Probable Cause
Person of Interest
Last Known Address
Sera, Drew: Alone
Lost
Seranella, Barbara: Unfinished Business
Deadman's Switch
Sharp, Zoe: Second Shot
Third Strike
Fourth Day
Fifth Victim
Shea, Susan: The King’s Jar
Shelfer, Bennett: Drawing Dead
Smiley, Patricia: Short Change
Smith, Douglas: The Wolf at the End of the World
Smith, Taylor: Deadly Grace
Solimini, Cheryl: Across the River
Sutcliffe, A. Isobel: Dal Segno
Tessler, Margaret: Black Widow White Lies
Thorne, TK: House of Rose
Vogt, M. Diane: The Little Book of Bathroom Crime Puzzles
Walpow, Nathan: One Last Hit
Weber, Tracy: A Killer Retreat
Weitz, Cynthia: Feisty Old Ladies
West, Nancy: Forever Fatal
Smart, But Dead
Woods, Paula L: Stormy Weather
Wyler, Allen: Dead Wrong