Colin Heston is the pen name of a criminologist of international repute. He has written nonfiction books on the history of punishment and torture, edited a four volume encyclopedia on Crime and Punishment around the World, and regularly contributes to a variety of criminology and criminal justice periodicals. His forthcoming fiction includes, Holy Water a satirical farce, about a Mexican drug lord who corners the market in Holy Water, and MONA a collection of Australian short stories, both available in 2020. He is currently putting the finishing touches to his next nonfiction book, Civilization and Barbarism, for release by SUNY Press, 2020.
