Brian Silverman’s writing career has spanned over 30 years. He has written about travel, food, and sports for publications including the New York Times, Saveur, Caribbean Travel and Life, Islands, the New Yorker, New York and others. From 2004 through 2013 he was the author of the annual Frommer’s New York City guide book series. He co-authored, with his father, Al Silverman, the acclaimed Twentieth Century Treasury of Sports. His short fiction has appeared in numerous publications including Mystery Tribune, Down and Out Magazine, Vautrin, Rock and a Hard Place, Dark Waters, and Mystery Magazine. His stories have been selected to appear in The Best American Mystery Stories in 2018 and The Best American Mystery and Suspense Stories 2021. He is the author of two novels, Freedom Drop and Calypso Blue. He lives in Harlem, New York with his wife, Heather and his sons, Louis and Russell.