Hal Ackerman Books In Order
Hal Ackerman is the author of the Harry Stein series, a short detective series featuring private investigator Harry Stein.
This page lists all Hal Ackerman books in order, including the Harry Stein novels, short story collections, and non-fiction works.
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Harry Stein Series (Books in Order)
Publication Order
- Stein, Stoned, 2010
- Stein, Stung, 2011
Collections, Anthologies, and Screenplays
- WordTheatre: Love & Loss, Volume 1, 2014
- The Boy Who Had A Peach Tree Growing Out Of His Head, 2016
- With Our Eyes Open: Book a Break Anthology, 2017
- Testosterone: How Prostate Cancer Made a Man of Me, autobiographical play, 2008
Non-Fiction Books
- Write Screenplays That Sell: The Ackerman Way, 2003
- I Wanna Be Sedated: 30 Writers on Parenting Teenagers, 2005
Hal Ackerman Biography
Hal Ackerman, born Harold L. Ackerman, is an American writer and educator. He published his first novel, Stein, Stoned, in 2010, which won the Lovey Award for Best First Novel and marked the beginning of the Harry Stein detective series.
In addition to fiction, he has written short stories, plays, and screenplays. His autobiographical play Testosterone: How Prostate Cancer Made a Man of Me received the William Saroyan Centennial Award for Drama and was named Best Play at the 2011 United Solo Festival in New York.
Hal Ackerman spent more than three decades teaching storytelling and screenwriting at UCLA’s School of Theater, Film, and Television, where he also served as co-head of the screenwriting program before retiring in 2015. He is also the author of the non-fiction guide Write Screenplays That Sell: The Ackerman Way.
