Biography

Gregory C. Randall, Michigan-born and Chicago raised, has made the San Francisco Bay Area his home for more than fifty years. He attended Kent State University and Michigan State University. 

Greg is the author of five very different mystery/thriller series. The first is the six-book series The Sharon O’Mara Chronicles. The fifth book (Chicago Back Beat) in the Detective Tony Alfano award-winning noir thriller series set in 1933 Chicago was published in 2024. His young adult novel, The Cherry Pickers has won acclimation and awards from the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) and Northern California Book Publishers Association (BAIPA).

In the fall of 2022, he simultaneously published the first two books in his World War II, Max Adler OSS, thriller series. The two World War II thrillers were published by Windsor Hill Publishing, a company wholly owned by Mr. Randall. These thrillers are This Face of Evil and Pawns in an Ancient Game.

In the summer of 2022, his mystery novel, White Rabbit, was published. This standalone novel is a historical mystery that focuses on 1968 in Chicago and how a series of events led to a mystery that lasted for fifty years.

Additionally, three books in the Deputy Sheriff Jordan Tynes modern Western series have been released by Mr. Randall. These are One Yellow Dog, The Killings in Paradise Valley, Blood in the Yellowstone, and in 2025 Fire on Breakneck Mountain.

In the spring of 2018, Thomas & Mercer Publishing released the first book in a new series, Venice Black. The main character is a woman security expert, Alexandra (Alex) Polonia, from Cleveland, Ohio. The second book in the series, Saigon Red, was released in March 2019. The third Polonia Thriller, St. Petersburg White, was released in mid-summer 2020 and published by Windsor Hill Publishing. 

These were republished by Windsor Hill Publishing in 2023.

In December of 2023, he published The Marigold Gang with Windsor Hill Publishing.

In 2024, Windsor Hill Publishing offered Wars Amongst Lovers and Four Women Named July.

Wise Wolf Books,  Rough Edges Press, Wolfpack Publishing, and Thomas & Mercer Publishing have published Mr. Randall. All of his work is now available through Windsor Hill Publishing.

Mr. Randall and his wife own an independent publishing company, Windsor Hill Publishing. He is a book cover designer and artist and is well-versed in the ebook conversion process. All of his books are available through the usual sources, but most specifically, Amazon Books and Amazon.com.