Dana King’s first Nick Forte novel, A Small Sacrifice, was nominated for a Shamus Award as Best Indie PI Novel for 2013. Other novels include the Penns River series (Worst Enemies and Grind Joint), based in a small, economically depressed town in Western Pennsylvania; and Wild Bill, the story of a rogue FBI agent involved in a Chicago gang war. A short story, "Green Gables," was published in the anthology Blood, Guts, and Whiskey, edited by Todd Robinson.