Dana King Dana has earned Shamus Award nominations for two of his Nick Forte novels, A Small Sacrifice and The Man in the Window. He also writes the Penns River novels, of which the fifth novel in the series, Pushing Water, released from Down & Out Books on May 4. His work has appeared in the anthologies The Black Car Business, Unloaded 2, The Shamus Sampler 2, and Blood, Guts, and Whiskey. He is a member of ITW, PWA, and Sisters in Crime. We both attended IUP, Indiana University of Pa. in the seventies.