Ken Lizzi

Kenneth Allan Lizzi Jr. is an American lawyer and writer of speculative and crime fiction. He writes as Ken Lizzi.

Biography Lizzi was born March 21, 1969, in Los Angeles County, California, son of Kenneth Allan Lizzi Sr., and Barbara Kay Becraft. He grew up in Portland, Oregon, attending high school in West Linn, and college at Portland State University. As an adult he has served in the military and made his living as an attorney, writing on the side. He lived in Portland with his wife Isa, a native of Mexico, and daughter Victoria Valentina, "The Quarto Volume, or Knowledge, Good and Evil" (in Swords and Sorcery Magazine, iss. 48, Feb. 2016)

Falchion's Company Boss (Jan. 2020) Captain (Apr. 2020) Warlord (Jun. 2020)

Semi-Autos and Sorcery Blood and Jade (Aug. 2021) Santa Anna's Sword (Sep. 2021) Obsidian Owl (Oct. 2021) Silver and Bone (Mar. 2023)

Twilight Galaxy trilogy Dekason (Mar. 2026) Long Gambit (Jul. 2026, forthcoming)

Other novels Reunion (Jan. 2014) Under Strange Suns (Aug. 2015) Thick As Thieves (May 2020)

Other short fiction "The Value of Proper Intelligence to Any Successful Military Campaign is Not to be Underestimated" (in Star Wars Tales 19, Apr. 2004) (with Lucas Marangon) "Trustworthy" (in Noir: A Collection of Crime Comics (Nov. 2009) (with Joëlle Jones) "Breaking the Line" (in Short-Story.Me! Best Genre Short Stories Anthology #1 (2010) Savage Journal (chapbook) (Feb. 2011) Murder Extempore (chapbook) (2012) "Bargains" (in The Big Bad: An Anthology of Evil (May 2013)) "Escapement" (in Ancient New (Nov. 2013, reprinted May 2017)) "Resource" (in The Ways of Magic (Mar. 2014)) "Mischosen" (in The Death God's Chosen (May 2014), and Cosmic Scream (Feb. 2018)) "Copperhead Road" (in Mama Tried: Crime Fiction Inspired By Outlaw Country Music (2016)) "House Odds" (in Cirsova: Magazine of Thrilling Adventure and Daring Suspense, Winter 2022) Ursula Bruin (serialized on Kindle Vella, Aug. 27, 2023-Sep. 24, 2023) "Folgin the Grim: Retribution" (in Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 9, Nov. 2024) "Muck" (in Mercs and Mayhem, Oct. 2025) "A Twist of Fortune" (in Lost Worlds, Jan. 2026)