Jan Grape
Author of Austin City Blue
About the Author
Double award-winner, Jan Grape, has five mystery award nominations: the Edgar, Shamus, Anthony, Agatha, and the Macavity. "A Front-Row Seat" won the 1998 Anthony Award for Best Short Story and was also nominated for the Shamus. She won the Macavity in 1998 for Best Nonfiction for "Deadly Women" show more coedited with Dean James. It was also nominated for the Edgar and Agatha. She has published over twenty-five short stories, many nonfiction articles and interviews and is a regular columnist for Mystery Scene. Her short stories have appeared in audio, in reprints in Japan, China and Germany. Jan's debut novel, Austin City Blue, which Five Star published in October 2001, has recently been nominated for an Anthony Award in the category of Best First Novel show less
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Works by Jan Grape
Murder Past, Murder Present 1 copy
Murder Here, Murder There 1 copy
Associated Works
Malice Domestic 2: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories (1993) — Contributor — 99 copies
Writing the Private Eye Novel: A Handbook by the Private Eye Writers of America (1997) — Contributor — 58 copies
Deadly Allies: Private Eye Writers of America/Sisters in Crime Collaborative Anthology (1992) — Contributor — 43 copies
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Second Annual Edition (1993) — Contributor — 12 copies
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Third Annual Edition (1994) — Contributor — 10 copies
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Seventh Annual Edition (1998) — Contributor — 9 copies
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It's not great literature, but it's in no way a waste of a tree; it's not fancy, it's solid. I like that kind of book.
Grape wasn't a young'un when this book came out, which is a plus in my mind. She's a reader of long standing, and she's had oodles of short stories published in mystery anthologies over the years. Put all that together and I think it's no surprise that she's crafted something good: A female cop, not battle hardened, not world weary, and stubbornly optimistic. Zoe Barrow is the kinda gal you'd like to find on the barstool next to you...good at the chat, good at her job, and realistic about herself and the world. It makes her a good detective.
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