Stephen Greenleaf

Stephen Greenleaf (born July 17, 1942 in Washington, DC , United States ) is an American writer and former lawyer .

Life

Stephen Greenleaf grew up in a small town in the American Midwest . He received a Bachelor of Arts from Carlton College in Minnesota in 1964 and a Juris Doctor from the University of California at Berkeley in 1967 . From 1967 to 1969 he served in the US Army in Vietnam . In 1978 he studied creative writing at the prestigious Iowa Writer's Workshop . He was best known for his crime novels with the private detective John Marshall Tanner; they have been nominated for important literary prizes several times. According to Ellipsis Greenleaf's last novel with his protagonist Marsh Tanner . Greenleaf lives in Northern California with his wife Ann .

Works

Joe Tanner series

• 1979: Grave Error (German coffin over it . Droemersche VA Knaur, Munich 1981, ISBN 978-3-426-04916-7 )
• 1980: Death Bed (German. On double track . Droemersche VA Knaur, Munich 1982, ISBN 978-3-426-04924-2 )
• 1982: State's Evidence (German: The First Man . Droemersche VA Knaur, Munich 1983, ISBN 978-3-426-04940-2 )
• 1983: Fatal Obsession (German departure of a troublemaker . Droemersche VA Knaur, Munich 1985, ISBN 978-3-426-04961-7 )
• 1985: Beyond Blame (German John Tanner, private detective . Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1987, ISBN 978-3-404-19107-9 )
• 1987: Toll Call (Ger. Peggy's secrets . Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1987, ISBN 978-3-404-19112-3 )
• 1991: Book Case (German book of lies . Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1993, ISBN 978-3-404-19175-8 )
• 1992: Blood Type (German blood group . Haffmans, Zurich 1994, ISBN 978-3-251-30031-0 )
• 1993: Southern Cross (German Cross of the South . Haffmans, Zurich 1997, ISBN 978-3-251-30066-2 )
• 1994: False Conception
• 1996: Flesh Wounds
• 1997: Past Tense
• 1999: Strawberry Sunday
• 2000: Ellipsis

Court thriller

• 1986: The Ditto List (German. Until the DT part . Marion-von-Schröder, Düsseldorf 1987, ISBN 978-3-547-73394-5 )
• 1989: Impact

Short stories

• 1984: Iris . In: Robert J. Randisi (Ed.): The Eyes Have It: The First Private Eye Writers of America Anthology , Mysterious Press, 1984

Awards

• 1993: Maltese Falcon Award ( Japaneseフ ァ ル コ ン 賞 Farukon Shō) for Book Case

Web links

• Literature by and about Stephen Greenleaf in the catalog of the German National Library
• Very informative, extensive interview with Stephen Greenleaf by Ed Lynskey on April 27, 2005 (accessed February 22, 2020)
• John Marshall Tanner and Stephen Greenleaf at thrillingdetective (accessed February 22, 2020)

Evidence, comments

1. ↑ cf. [1]
2. ↑ after the interview with Ed Lynskey, his own military experience did not include combat
3. ↑ z. B. the nominations for the Edgar Allan Poe Award , Dilys Award , Maltese Falcon Award and Shamus Award
4. ↑ cf. Interview by Ed Lynskey