Roz Stevens writes historical crime fiction set in early twentieth-century Florida — a time and place where organized crime, land speculation, racial politics, and raw ambition collided in ways most history books leave out.
Her Grit, Gamble & Grace series follows Jerome "Redbone" Blake from the bolita lottery floors of early Miami through three decades of power, corruption, and consequence. The series draws on buried histories of Black communities, gambling syndicates, and the ruthless land deals that built modern South Florida.
Roz lives in Florida, where the history she writes about is still underfoot.
For readers who enjoy Colson Whitehead · Walter Mosley · Dennis Lehane · Attica Locke