Rochelle Majer Krich

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Rochelle Majer Krich (* 1947 in Bayreuth ) is an American writer.

Life

Krich was born in Germany as the daughter of a Holocaust survivor . She grew up in New Jersey and New York before her family moved to Los Angeles in 1960 . There she studied at the University of California, Los Angeles and received her master’s degree. Subsequently, she taught English as a high school teacher for 18 years . She also headed the English department at Yeshiva University of Los Angeles High Schools . For her work, she received the Milken Families Foundation Award for Distinguished Educator of the Year and the Samuel Belkin Memorial Award for professional achievement .

Krich began her writing career in 1990 with Where's Mommy Now? For this she received the Anthony Award in 1991 in the category " Best Paperback Novel ". In 1995 the book was filmed under the title Perfect Alibi .

In the course of her further career she published a variety of other books and short stories, many of which were nominated for awards. Three books were nominated for the Agatha Award as her five-part Jessie Drake series . The fourth volume in the series, Dead Air , received the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Mystery or Suspense . The books Blues in the Night and Dream House as their Molly Blume series were also nominated for the Agatha Award. The third volume in this series, Grave Endings , won the 2005 Mary Higgins Clark Award and the Left Coast Crime Calavera Award . Krich's books have meanwhile been translated into several languages.

Krich is married and has six children. She is a member of the American Crime Writers League .

Works

  • Where's Mommy Now? (1990); (Eng .: And only the moon is watching , 1995)
  • Till Death Do Us Part (1992); (German: Until death do us part )
  • Nowhere To Run (1994); (Eng .: wherever you go )
  • Speak No Evil (1996); (Eng .: speak no evil )
  • Fertile Ground (1998); (German: with the best of intentions )
  • Jessie Drake Mysteries
    • Fair Game (1993); (German: The spoiler )
    • Angel of Death (1994); (Eng .: the spirits that I called )
    • Blood Money (1999); (German: Until the last breath )
    • Dead Air (2000); (German: nothing but silence )
    • Shadows of Sin (2001)
  • Molly Flower Mysteries
    • Blues in the Night (2002)
    • Dream House (2003)
    • Grave Endings (2004)
    • Now You See Me (2005)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Laurence Roth: Inspecting Jews: American Jewish Detective Stories . New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press 2004. ISBN 0-8135-3368-6 p. 156
personal data
SURNAME Krich, Rochelle Majer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Bayreuth