SJ Rozan
Shira Judith Rosan (* 1950 in the Bronx , New York ) is an American crime writer. Her novels are set in New York, the most important protagonists being the private detectives 'Lydia Chin' and 'Bill Smith'.
SJ Rozan is a member of the National Boards of Mystery Writers of America (MWA), the Sisters in Crime, and was President of the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA). She currently lives in Lower Manhattan / New York . From Rozan has been (2012) only her first novel translated into German ( China Trade . KBV, Cologne 2001).
Awards
- 1996 Shamus Award ( Best PI Hardcover Novel category ) for Concourse
- 1998 Anthony Award ( Best Mystery Novel category ) for No Colder Place
- 2002 Edgar Allan Poe Award ( Best Short Story Category ) for Double-Crossing Delancy
- 2002 Shamus Award ( Best PI Hardcover Novel category ) for Reflecting the Sky
- 2003 Edgar Allan Poe Award ( Best Novel category ) for Winter and Night
- 2003 Nero Wolfe Award for best novel for dto.
- 2003 Macavity Award (category Best Mystery Novel ) for dto.
- 2008 New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA) Notable Book of the Year Award for the Bronx Noir anthology
- 2009 Maltese Falcon Award (Japan) for Winter and Night
- 2012 Dilys Award for Ghost Hero
Works
Lydia / Bill series
- 1994 China Trade (German China Trade . KBV, Cologne 2001)
- 1995 Mandarin plaid
- 1995 Concourse
- 1997 No Colder Place
- 1998 A Bitter Feast
- 1999 Stone Quarry
- 2001 Reflecting the Sky
- 2003 Winter and Night
- 2009 The Shanghai Moon
- 2010 On the Line
- 2011 Ghost Hero
Individual works
- 2004 Absent Friends
- 2007 In This Rain
Anthologies as editor
- 2007 Bronx Noir
- 2009 A Tale About a Tiger
- 2010 The Dark End of the Street
- 2011 Building
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1998 also nominated for the Barry Award and the Shamus Award
- ↑ 2002 nominated for the Anthony Award for best short story
- ↑ 2002 also nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award and the Anthony Award , each in the categories for the best novel
- ↑ 2003 also nominated for the Anthony Award , the Barry Award and the Shamus Award , each in the categories for the best novel
- ↑ 1999 nominated for the Shamus Award
- ↑ 2002 nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award in the Best Novel category
- ↑ 2010 nominated for the Dilys Award , the Macavity Award , the Barry Award and the Anthony Award for the best novel category
- ↑ 2004 nominated for the Gumshoe Award
- ↑ 2007 nominated for the Nero Wolfe Award
- ↑ together with Jonathan Santlofer
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rozan, SJ |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rosan, Shira Judith |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American crime writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bronx , New York |