
Don Bruns is a writer, novelist, musician, songwriter, painter, cook, advertising executive and stand up comic who has no idea what he wants to be when he grows up. He's the author of nine books and was editor of the mystery/music anthology A Merry Band Of Murderers. Don's published novels cover two series. One, a Caribbean thriller collection and two, the Stuff series, a humorous look at two twenty-four year old guys in South Florida who start their own detective agency and end up neck - deep in trouble. Jamaica Blue, Barbados Heat, South Beach Shakedown, St. Barts Breakdown and Bahama Burnout make up the Caribbean books. The Stuff series consists of Stuff To Die For, Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, Stuff To Spy For, and Don't Sweat The Small Stuff. Bruns is currently working on the fifth Stuff book, Too Much Stuff. He currently resides on Florida's West coast. Bahama Burnout/ Finalist, National Best Books Award - Mystery/Suspense 2009 South Beach Shakedown/ Winner National Best Books Award -Fiction/Suspense 2006 South Beach Shakedown/ Winner, Indie Excellence, 2006 Award - Mystery/Suspense South Beach Shakedown/ Winner USA Book Award, 2006 - Mystery Stuff Dreams Are Made Of/ Winner Indie Excellence Award 2009 - Mystery/Suspense Stuff Dreams Are Made Of/IndieBound Notable, October 2008 Stuff Dreams Are Made Of/Winner Florida Writer's Association - Stuff To Die For/ Starred review Booklist
Series
Books

Reel Stuff
2013

Jamaica Blue
2002

No Second Chances
2018

St. Barts Breakdown
2008

Hot Stuff
A Novel
2012

Back in Black
An Anthology of New Mystery Short Stories
2024

South Beach Shakedown
The Diary of Gideon Pike
2006

Stuff to Die For
2006

Stuff Dreams Are Made Of
A Novel
2008

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
2010

Bat Out of Hell
An Anthology of New Mystery Short Stories
2025

Bahama Burnout
A Mick Sever Mystery
2009

Stuff to Spy For
2009

Thrill Kill
2017

Barbados Heat
2003

Too Much Stuff
A Novel
2011

Casting Bones
2016

