Laura Joh Rowland

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Laura Joh Rowland (* 1954 in Michigan ) is an American crime novel writer with Chinese and Korean ancestry.

Life

Prior to becoming a writer, Rowland studied microbiology at the University of Michigan and worked as a graphic designer and lecturer in creative writing. Her novels are set in the 17th century during the Tokugawa era of feudal Japan . The protagonist of her seventeen novels so far (as of 2013) is the samurai and special investigator of the shogun Sano Ichirō .

Rowland lives in New Orleans with her husband . She names science fiction writer George Alec Effinger as her mentor.

Novels in chronological order

  • Shinju. A Sano Ichirō murder mystery . Robinson, London 2009, ISBN 978-1-8452-9904-0 (EA London 1994).
    • German translation: The cherry blossom murder. Sano Ichirō's first case . Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1996, ISBN 3-404-25827-4
  • Bundori . Headline Books, London 1996, ISBN 0-7472-1717-3 .
    • German translation: The revenge of the samurai. Sano Ichirō's second case . Gustav Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 1999, ISBN 3-7857-0978-1 .
  • The Way Of The Traitor . Headline Books, London 1997, ISBN 0-7472-5802-3 .
    • German translation: The trace of the traitor. Sano Ichirō's third case . Gustav Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 2001, ISBN 3-404-92090-2 .
  • The Concubine's Tattoo . Headline Books, London 1998, ISBN 0-7472-5803-1 .
    • German translation: The secret of the concubine. Sano Ichirō's fourth case . Gustav Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 2002, ISBN 3-404-92107-0 .
  • The Samurai's Wife . St. Martin'S Minotaur, New York 2000, ISBN 0-3122-0325-X .
    • German translation: The way of the warrior. Sano Ichirō's fifth case . Gustav Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 2003, ISBN 3-404-92128-3 .
  • Black Lotus . St. Martin's Minotaur, New York 2001, ISBN 0-312-26872-6 .
    • German translation: The riddle of the black lotus flower. Sano Ichirō's sixth case . Gustav Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 2003, ISBN 3-404-92146-1 .
  • The Pillow Book Of Lady Wisteria . St. Martin's Minotaur, New York 2002, ISBN 0-3122-8262-1 .
    • German translation: The betrayal of the courtesan. Sano Ichirō's seventh case . Gustav Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 2002, ISBN 3-404-92177-1 .
  • The Dragon King's Palace . St. Martin's Minotaur, New York 2003, ISBN 0-312-99003-0 .
    • German translation: The Palace of the Dragon King. Sano Ichirō's eighth case . Gustav Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 2005, ISBN 3-404-92189-5 .
  • The Perfumed Sleeve . St. Martin's Minotaur, New York 2004, ISBN 0-312-31889-8 .
    • German translation: The Enemy's Letter. Sano Ichirō's ninth case . Gustav Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 2006, ISBN 3-404-92220-4 .
  • Assassin's touch . St. Martin's Minotaur, New York 2005, ISBN 0-312-31900-2 .
    • German translation: The finger of death. Sano Ichirō's tenth case . Gustav Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 2007, ISBN 3-404-92245-X .
  • Red Chrysanthemum . St. Martin's Minotaur, New York 2007, ISBN 978-0-312-35532-6 .
    • German translation: The red chrysanthemum. Sano Ichirō's eleventh case . Gustav Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 2008, ISBN 3-404-92281-6 .
  • The Snow Empress . St. Martin's Minotaur, New York 2007, ISBN 978-0-312-36542-4 .
    • German translation: The spirits of the moon. Sano Ichirō's twelfth case . Gustav Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 2009, ISBN 3-404-92317-0 .
  • The Fire Kimono . St. Martin's Minotaur, New York 2008, ISBN 978-0-312-37948-3 .
    • German translation: The fire kimono. Sano Ichirō's thirteenth case . Gustav Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 2010, ISBN 3-404-16457-1 .
  • The Cloud Pavilion . Minotaur Books, New York 2009, ISBN 978-0-312-37949-0 .
    • German translation: The cloud pavilion. Sano Ichirō's fourteenth case . Gustav Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 2011, ISBN 3-404-16078-9 .
  • The Ronin's Mistress . St. Martin's Minotaur, New York 2011, ISBN 978-0-312-65852-6 .
  • The Incense Game. A novel of feudal Japan . Minotaur Books, New York 2012, ISBN 978-0-312-65853-3 .
  • The Shogun's daughter . St. Martin's Press, New York 2013, ISBN 978-1-250-02861-7 .
  • The Ripper's Shadow. A Victorian Mystery , Waterville, Maine: Thorndike Press, 2017

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sano Ichirō's fifteenth case.
  2. ↑ Sano Ichirō's sixteenth case.
  3. ↑ Sano Inchirō's seventeenth case.

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personal data
SURNAME Rowland, Laura Joh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Michigan