Craig A. Hart

Craig A. Hart is an American author and audiobook narrator, best known for his thriller writings. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, he currently resides in Iowa City, Iowa with his wife, sons, an insane dog, and an anti-social cat.

In 2013, Hart made his debut as a writer with The Magician of Wrigley Street. Two years later, he wrote Becoming Moon, which was published by Kindle Press in 2015. This literary novel was featured on Northern Public Radio as a selection in their Winter Book series and won the Best Novel of Summer 2015 award from Pinnacle Awards. Apart from being a writer, Hart also served as the director for Northern Illinois Radio Information Service, a broadcast outreach that provided daily news and information to the visually impaired.

Hart has written in various genres, including literary fiction, historical mystery, and thriller. His historical mystery, Night at Key West, is based on true events. In 2016, he published Serenity, the first book in the popular Shelby Alexander Thriller Series, which has been downloaded over 400,000 times by readers worldwide. Recently, in 2022, Hart launched the Maxwell Barnes Adventure Thriller Series, co-written with S.J. Varengo. The first book in the series, Mayan Shadows, has already received critical acclaim and was published on May 11, 2022, followed by Mayan Thunder and Mayan Tempest.
The Maxwell Barnes Adventure Thriller Books (with S.J. Varengo)
# Title Year
1 Mayan Shadows 2022
2 Mayan Thunder 2022
3 Mayan Tempest 2023
4 Tibetan Secrets: The Origin Scroll 2023
5 Buried Danger 2023
Shadows of Taragam Books
# Title Year
1 Rise of the Phantors 2021
Shelby Alexander Books (with S.J. Varengo)
# Title Year
1 Serenity 2016
2 Serenity Stalked 2017
3 Serenity Avenged 2018
4 Serenity Submerged 2018
5 Serenity Engulfed 2018
6 Serenity Betrayed 2019
7 Serenity Reborn 2020
8 Serenity Possessed 2022
9 Serenity Hunted 2023
10 Serenity Trapped 2023
A Simon Wolfe Mystery Books
# Title Year
1 Night at Key West 2018
2 Loose Ends 2020
SpyCo Books (with S.J. Varengo)
# Title Year
1 Assignment: Athens 2017
2 Assignment: Paris 2017
3 Assignment: Istanbul 2017
4 Assignment: Sydney 2017
5 Assignment: Alaska 2017
6 Assignment: Dublin 2018
7 Assignment: London 2018
Standalone Novels
# Title Year
1 The Magician of Wrigley Street 2013
2 Becoming Moon 2015
3 A Stark and Stormy Night 2016
Short Stories/Novellas
# Title Year
1 The Son-in-Law 2018
Collections
# Title Year
1 The Girl Who Read Hemingway 2015
Non-Fiction Books
# Title Year
1 Passing Through 2011
2 The Writer's Tune-up Manual 2013
3 The Busy Writer 2016
Amber Cross Books (with David F. Berens)
# Title Year
1 Her Lost Alibi 2021
Craig A. Hart Anthologies
# Title Year
1 The Murder Files 2017