Sara Gran

Sara Gran (* 1971 in Brooklyn , New York) is an American (crime) writer.

Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked in a variety of professions, all of which had to do with books. She has written several novels that have not been translated into German. Come Closer and Dope are to be filmed, the latter with Julianne Moore in the lead role. With The City of the Dead: A Case for the Best Female Investigator in the World , she started a crime series that has won numerous awards and was well received in the press. After numerous trips, she now lives in California.

Works

2001 Saturn's Return to New York
2003 Come Closer
2006 dope
- 2015 dope . Droemer 2015, ISBN 978-3-426-30445-7
2012 City of Dead: A Claire DeWitt Mystery
- 2012 The City of the Dead: A case for the best female investigator in the world . Droemer 2012, ISBN 978-3-426-22609-4
2013 Claire DeWitt and the Bohemian Highway
- 2013 The End of the World: Claire DeWitt investigates: A new case for the best female investigator in the world . Droemer 2013, ISBN 978-3-426-22637-7 .
2018 The Infinite Blacktop
- 2019 The end of lies . Translation Eva Bonné . Munich: Heyne Verlag, ISBN 978-3453271562

The translations from American into German were done by Eva Bonné .

Awards

2012: Macavity Award in the Best Novel category for Die Stadt der Toten: A case for the best female investigator in the world
2013: Crime of the year 2012 (5th place) in the KrimiZEIT best list for The City of the Dead: A case for the best female investigator in the world
2013: German Crime Prize (1st place in international crime) for The City of the Dead: A case for the best female investigator in the world
2016: German Crime Prize (3rd place in International Crime) for dope

proof

↑ Bregman and Miramax wants 'Come Closer' on www.hollywoodreporter.com , accessed June 21, 2015
↑ Julianne Moore to star in HBO drama 'Dope' on www.digitalspy.co.uk , accessed June 21, 2015
^ Macavity Awards
↑ KrimiZEIT. The 10 best crime novels of 2012 ( Memento from October 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 118 kB) Best list of the weekly magazine Die Zeit and Nordwestradio , accessed on May 12, 2019.

Web links

Sara Gran
Sara Gran in the Internet Movie Database (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Gran, Sara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American crime novelist
DATE OF BIRTH	1971
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brooklyn , New York

[1] Bregman and Miramax wants 'Come Closer' on www.hollywoodreporter.com , accessed June 21, 2015

[2] Julianne Moore to star in HBO drama 'Dope' on www.digitalspy.co.uk , accessed June 21, 2015

[3] Macavity Awards

[4] KrimiZEIT. The 10 best crime novels of 2012 ( Memento from October 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 118 kB) Best list of the weekly magazine Die Zeit and Nordwestradio , accessed on May 12, 2019.