Matthew BJ Delaney

Matthew BJ Delaney, 2016

Matthew BJ Delaney (also known as Matthew Delaney ) is an American writer and a member of the New York City Police Department . He grew up in Sudbury , Massachusetts .

Life

Delaney received his bachelor's degree in economics from Dartmouth College , New Hampshire and his master’s degree in administration from Harvard University . After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 , he left his job in the financial industry and went to New York City to start as a police officer.

In addition to his main job, he also works as an author. His first novel Jinn was published in 2004 in English and in German-speaking countries as a demon in spring 2005. The film rights to the book were sold to Touchstone Pictures before it was even completed . His second novel Golem was published directly in German in September 2010; an English edition is not planned to date. His third novel, Black Rain , was published in early September 2016 . In July 2017 his new novel The Memory Agent was published .

He currently remains in Brooklyn as a Special Ops Lieutenant in a Violent Crime Unit.

Works

• Jinn. St. Martin's Press, New York 2003, ISBN 978-0-312-27670-6
  • German: demon . Bastei Lübbe , Bergisch Gladbach 2005, ISBN 3-404-15264-6 ,
• Golem. Bastei Lübbe, Cologne 2015, ISBN 3-7857-6037-X
• Black Rain. 47North, Seattle 2016, ISBN 978-1-5039-3701-7
• The memory agent. 47North, Seattle 2017, ISBN 978-1-5039-4269-1

Awards

• 2004: International Horror Guild Award for Demon

Web links

• Matthew BJ Delaney in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c d} Matthew BJ Delaney: The current state of American healthcare. In: Boing Boing . October 24, 2016, accessed January 9, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Dag Rambraut: Interview with Matthew BJ Delaney, author of Black Rain. In: SFFWorld. October 8, 2016, accessed January 9, 2017 .