T. R. Pearson

Thomas Reid Pearson (born 1956) is an American writer. Pearson also writes crime fiction under the pen name Rick Gavin.

Biography Pearson was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He graduated from Richard J. Reynolds High School.

Under the pen name Rick Gavin, Pearson wrote a series of three crime novels, set in the Mississippi Delta, featuring repo man Nick Reid and his best friend, Desmond.

Pearson lives in North Carolina.

Works Novels Neely trilogy A Short History of a Small Place (Linden Press, 1985) Off for the Sweet Hereafter (Linden Press, 1986) The Last of How It Was (Linden Press, 1987)

Ray Tatum Mysteries Cry Me a River (Henry Holt, 1993) Blue Ridge (Viking, 2000) Polar (Viking, 2002) Warwolf (Barking Mad Press, 2011) First in Flight (Barking Mad Press, 2015) Brigade (Barking Mad Press, 2018)

Nick Reid and Desmond series (as Rick Gavin) Ranchero (Minotaur Books, 2011) Beluga (Minotaur Books, 2012) Nowhere Nice (Minotaur Books, 2013)

Standalone novels Call and Response (Linden Press, 1989) Gospel Hour (William Morrow, 1991) True Cross (Viking, 2003) Glad News of the Natural World (Simon & Schuster, 2005) Red Scare: A Novel of Venomous Intrigue (Barking Mad Press, 2008) Jerusalem Gap (Barking Mad Press, 2010) East Jesus South (Barking Mad Press, 2014) Low Lords (Barking Mad Press, 2016) Theory of the Case (Barking Mad Press, 2017) Eaglesworth (Barking Mad Press, 2018) Serpent of Old (Barking Mad Press, 2019) Sleepaway (Barking Mad Press, 2019) Confederate States (Barking Mad Press, 2020) Devil Up (Barking Mad Press, 2021) Joy to the Just (Barking Mad Press, 2022) Bone Eye (Barking Mad Press, 2023)

Non-fiction Seaworthy: Adrift with William Willis in the Golden Age of Rafting (Crown, 2006) — Biography of adventurer William Willis. Augie's Quest: One Man's Journey from Success to Significance (Bloomsbury USA, 2007) with Augie Nieto Year of Our Lord: Faith, Hope and Harmony in the Mississippi Delta (Mockingbird Publishing, 2010) — Text by Pearson, photographs by Langdon Clay Top of the Rock (Random House, 2012) with Warren Littlefield

As editor I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon, by Crystal Zevon (HarperCollins, 2009)