Jan Burke

Autore di Ossa

30+ opere 4,754 membri 83 recensioni 13 preferito

Sull'Autore

Jan Burke, an award-winning mystery writer, holds the distinction of being the first woman novelist to win the Ellery Queen Mystery Readers' Award. She was also awarded an Edgar for her Novel, Bones. Her popular mystery series features the newspaper writer Irene Kelly, who lives and works in mostra altro Southern California. Burke was born in Texas. With her family she moved to Southern California when she was a young girl. She attended California State University, Long Beach, earning a degree in history. After graduating, she worked for several years as a manager of a manufacturing plant. Her first novel, Goodnight Irene, was written during those years. Goodnight Irene was well received and the Irene Kelly series has grown in popularity with each subsequent novel. Other notable works from the series are Dear Irene and Hocus. Her works include Bloodlines, Kidnapped, The Messenger, and Disturbance. (Bowker Author Biography) Jan Burke has won the Edgar Award, the Macavity Award & the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers Award. She lives in Southern California. (Publisher Provided) mostra meno

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Serie

Irene Kelly

Opere di Jan Burke

Popolari Recenti

Ossa (1999) 614 copie

Goodnight, Irene (1993) 506 copie

Writing Mysteries: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America (1992) — A cura di — 431 copie

Flight (2001) 395 copie

Kidnapped (2006) 342 copie

Bloodlines (2005) 337 copie

Nine (2002) 300 copie

Dear Irene, (1995) 297 copie

Sweet Dreams, Irene (1994) 288 copie

Hocus (1997) 279 copie

Remember Me, Irene (1996) 266 copie

Liar (1998) 261 copie

The Messenger (2008) 181 copie

Disturbance (2011) 131 copie

Eighteen (2002) 81 copie

Apprehended (2014) 7 copie

Case Closed (2014) 6 copie

Tried (2014) 5 copie

Goodnight, Irene | Sweet Dreams, Irene (1997) 5 copie

Caught Red-Handed (2014) 5 copie

Justice Done (2014) 4 copie

A Fine Set of Teeth (1997) 3 copie

Convicted (2014) 3 copie

Stepping into the Dead Zone 1 copia

The Phoenix Rises 1 copia

Duivelse fantasieën 1 copia

Breaking and Entering: A Guide to Finding an Agent, Selling a Manuscript and Other Mysteries of Publishing (1994) — A cura di — 1 copia

The Muse 1 copia

The Man in the Civil Suit 1 copia

The Abbey Ghosts 1 copia

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Opere correlate

A Study in Sherlock: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon (2011) — Collaboratore — 537 copie

Games Creatures Play (2014) — Collaboratore — 208 copie

Nel cuore del buio: omaggio a Edgar Allan Poe (2009) — Collaboratore — 175 copie

Malice Domestic 6 (1997) — Collaboratore — 94 copie

The Mystery Box (2013) — Collaboratore — 92 copie

Crime Through Time III (2000) — Collaboratore — 80 copie

Crime Through Time II (1998) — Collaboratore — 78 copie

Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense (2006) — Collaboratore — 72 copie

Creature Cozies (2005) — Collaboratore — 54 copie

The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: Second Annual Collection (2001) — Collaboratore — 48 copie

Anatomy of Innocence: Testimonies of the Wrongfully Convicted (2017) — Collaboratore — 48 copie

A Taste of Murder: Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers (1999) — Collaboratore — 45 copie

Malice Domestic 9: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories (2000) — Collaboratore — 36 copie

Death Cruise: Crime Stories on the Open Seas (1999) — Collaboratore — 35 copie

Irreconcilable Differences (1999) — Collaboratore — 33 copie

The Sunken Sailor (2004) — Collaboratore — 32 copie

From Sea to Stormy Sea: 17 Stories Inspired by Great American Paintings (2019) — Collaboratore — 27 copie

Women of Mystery - Book 3 (1998) 24 copie

Murder Most Divine: Ecclesiastical Tales of Unholy Crimes (2000) — Collaboratore — 23 copie

First Cases 4: The Early Years of Famous Detectives (2002) — Collaboratore — 14 copie

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Informazioni generali

Data di nascita: 1953
Sesso: female
Nazionalità: USA
Luogo di nascita: Houston, Texas, USA
Luogo di residenza: California, USA
Istruzione: California State University, Long Beach
Attività lavorative: researcher
Premi e riconoscimenti: Romantic Times Career Achievement Award (Mystery Series, 2004)

Utenti

Recensioni

Remember Me, Irene: An Irene Kelly Novel di Jan Burke

The best of what I've read of the series thus far.

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Mark_Feltskog | 4 altre recensioni | Dec 23, 2023 |

Writing Mysteries di Sue Grafton

Back in October, I read and reviewed [b:Writing the Mystery: Second Edition|5789931|Writing the Mystery Second Edition|G. Miki Hayden|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1267838003s/5789931.jpg|5961883]. It was not all it advertised itself to be. In contrast, Writing Mysteries is everything it claims to be (a handbook) and more, including everything that the previous book touted. I think one reason this volume is so much more successful is that it is written by a collection of successful, published mystery writers. They bring a variety of viewpoints and tips such that the total exceeds the sum of the parts. Each essay also stands on its own, available as a reference on a particular topic. Any author, beginning or experienced, writing a mystery or other genre, can find help or encouragement in this book.… (altro)

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zot79 | 3 altre recensioni | Aug 20, 2023 |