About

Richard Paolinelli began his writing journey as a freelance writer in 1984 and gained his first fiction credit serving as the lead writer for the first two issues of the Elite Comics sci-fi/fantasy series, Seadragon.

After nearly a quarter of a century in the newspaper field, in 2010, Richard retired as an award-winning sportswriter and returned to his fiction writing roots. Since then he has written several award-winning novels, two non-fiction sports books, and has appeared in over 20 anthologies including eight of the 11-book Tuscany Bay Books’ Planetary Anthology Series and five Sherlock Holmes collections.

He served as a co-host on LA Talk Radio’s, The Writer’s Block, from 2016 thru 2022 and is the co-founding Publisher of Tuscany Bay Books. He currently resides in Western Colorado.

1983-85 – Freelance writer/photographer

1985-86 – Lead writer – Seadragon – Elite Comics   (Comic Book Database)

1986-91 – Freelance writer/photographer

1991-94 – Sportswriter – Gallup Independent (NM)

1994-97 – Sportswriter – Modesto Bee (CA)

1997 – Sportswriter – Gustine Press-Standard (CA)

1997-2000 – Freelance writer

2000-01 – Sportswriter/Sports Editor – Turlock Journal (CA)

2001 – Best Sports Story – CNPA Annual Awards

2001-2003 – Sportswriter/Sports Editor – Merced Sun-Star (CA)

2004 – Freelance writer

2005-2006 – Sports Editor – Merced Sun-Star (CA)

2006 – Sports Editor – Tracy Press (CA)

2007-10 – Freelance writer/photographer

2007 – U.S. Womens Hockey National Championships

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2010-11 – Sports writer/photographer – Patch (Bay Area CA) (Patch Stories List)

Sports writer/photographer – San Francisco Examiner (CA) (SF Examiner Stories List)

2011-13 – Online Content Editor – AV News (Antelope Valley, CA)

2013 – (Retired from newspaper production)

BOOKS

2014 – Maelstrom (Novel)

2015 – Reservations (Novel – Del Rio #1)

2015 – From The Fields: A History of Prep Football in Turlock, California

2015 – From The Fields Story in the Turlock Journal

2016 – Betrayals (Novel – Del Rio #2)

2016 – Perfection’s Arbiter: The Babe Pinelli Story

2016 – A Lesson in Mercy – Beyond Watson: A Sherlock Holmes Anthology of Stories Not Told by Dr. John H. Watson (Belanger Books) (Anthology)

2016 – The Woman Returns – Holmes Away From Home, Adventures From the Great Hiatus Volume II: 1893-1894 (Belanger Books) (Anthology)

2017 – Escaping Infinity (Novel) 2017 Dragon Award Finalist (Best Sci-Fi Novel)

2017 – Endgames (Novel – Del Rio #3)

2017 – The Misplaced Mystery Writer – Sherlock Holmes Adventures in the Realms of H.G. Wells (Belanger Books) (Anthology)

2018 – When The Gods Fell (Novel)

2018 – The Last Lonely Trail (Novel) – with Jim Christina

2018 – The Timeless (Novella – Timeless #1) – with Gibson Buffa

2018 – Nothing Ever Happens Here – Secret Stairs: Tribute To Urban Legend (Silver Empire) (Anthology)

2018 – The Last Hunt – To Be Men (Superversive Press) (Anthology) (No Longer in print)

2019 – Secret of the Sphinx (Novella – Timeless #2) – with Gibson Buffa

2019 – The Enemy Of My Enemy – Places Beyond The Wild (Silver Empire) (Anthology)

2019 – The Fall of Denver – A Tribute To H.G. Wells (Belanger Books) (Anthology)

2019 – The Woman Returns – The Art Of Sherlock Holmes – USA 1 Special Edition (MX Publishing) (Anthology + Art)

2019 – Nevermore: or, The Mystery of The Albino Raven – Sherlock Holmes Adventures in the Realms of Edgar Allan Poe (Belanger Books) (Anthology)

2019 – Yes, Neil D. Tyson, Pluto Is A Planet – Planetary Anthology Series: Pluto (Tuscany Bay Books) (Anthology) (No longer in print)

2020 – Polar Shift – Planetary Anthology Series: Luna (Tuscany Bay Books) (Anthology) (No longer in print)

2020 – The Last Human – Planetary Anthology Series: Uranus (Tuscany Bay Books) (Anthology) (No longer in print)

2020 – CAG – Space Force: Building The Legacy (Midlands Scribes Publishing) (Anthology)

2020 – Extinction Point – Planetary Anthology Series: Earth (Tuscany Bay Books) (Anthology) (No longer in print)

2020 – Icarus Falls – Planetary Anthology Series: Jupiter (Tuscany Bay Books) (Anthology) (No longer in print)

2020 – Barn Wars: The Rise Of Brooster Motherclucker – Cracked (Joyful Peacock Press) (Anthology)

2020 – The Substitute Thief – Some More Untold Sherlock Holmes Stories, Vol. XXII (MX Publishing) (Anthology)

2020 – At Homeworld’s End – Planetary Anthology Series: Sol (Tuscany Bay Books) (Anthology) (No longer in print)

2020 – The 13th Medallion – Planetary Anthology Series: Neptune (Tuscany Bay Books) (Anthology) (No longer in print)

2021 – Phantom’s Lodge – Planetary Anthology Series: Saturn (Tuscany Bay Books) (Anthology) (No longer in print)

2021 – Galen’s Way – A Starquest 4th Age Adventure (Novel – 4th Age #1 Tuscany Bay Books)

2022 – Galen’s Blade – A Starquest 4th Age Adventure (Novel – 4th Age #2 / Tuscany Bay Books)

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