Sujata Massey

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Sujata Massey , b. Banerjee (* 4. March 1964 Sussex , England ) is an American author of detective novels .

Life

At the age of five she emigrated with her parents - her father comes from India , her mother from Germany - from England. From 1991 to 1993 she lived in Japan . She currently lives in Baltimore .

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In 1997 she published the first part of a series of detective novels with the main character Rei Shimura, a half-Japanese from California . Most of the locations are in Japan. The first novel The Salaryman's Wife (dt. Die Tote im Badehaus ) was awarded the Agatha Award for the “Best First Mystery Novel” in 1997 and The Flower Master ( bitter almond blossoms ) in 2000 with the Macavity Award for best novel. With The Widows of Malabar Hill she won the Macavity Award for the second time in the category of best historical detective novel .

In the meantime, Sujata Massey announced on your official homepage that the book "Brennender Hibiskus" ("Shimura Trouble") would be the last publication in the Rei-Shimura series. She then wrote the novel The Sleeping Dictionary , which is set in British India in the 1930s . After a six-year hiatus, however, she published another novel in the Rei Shimura series, The Kizuna Coast .

Works (selection)

Rei Shimura series

  • The dead woman in the bathhouse. Roman ("The Salaryman's Wife", 1997). Kabel, Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-8225-0489-0 .
  • Refuge in the tea house. Roman ("Zen Attitude", 1998). Kabel, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-8225-0518-8 .
  • Bitter almond blossoms. Roman ("The Flower Master", 1999). 1st edition Piper, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-492-27035-2 .
  • Deadly manga. Roman ("The Floating Girl", 2000). 1st edition Piper, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-492-27047-6 .
  • The bridal kimono. Detective novel ("The Bride's Kimono", 2001). 1st edition Piper, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-492-27078-6 .
  • The daughter of the samurai. Detective novel ("The Samurai's Daughter", 2003). 1st edition Piper, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-492-25125-9 .
  • Japanese pearls. Detective novel ("The Pearl Diver", 2004). 1st edition Piper, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-492-27100-4 .
  • The Japanese lover. Detective novel ("The Typhoon Lover", 2005). 1st edition Piper, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-492-27133-2 .
  • The dead in Sumida. Detective novel ("Girl in a Box", 2006). 1st edition Piper, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-492-27147-9 .
  • Burning hibiscus. Detective novel ("Shimura Trouble", 2008). 1st edition Piper, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-492-25767-1 .
  • The Kizuna Coast , Ikat Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-983-66105-4 .

Other publications

  • The Sleeping Dictionary , Gallery Books, 2013, ISBN 978-1-476-70316-9 .
  • The Ayah's Tale , E-Book, Ikat Press, 2013.

literature

  • Robert F. Wittkamp: Murder in Japan. The Japanese crime thriller and its heroes; from World War II to the present . Iudicium-Verlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-89129-745-9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Sujata Massey: The dead in the bath house . Piper, June 2002. ISBN 3-492-26028-4 . Page 2 (cover text)
  2. ↑ About Sujata on the official website, accessed September 14, 2006
  3. ↑ Past Award Winners & Nominees ( Memento of the original dated August 10, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 14, 2006 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.malicedomestic.org
  4. ↑ Mystery Readers International's Macavity Awards , accessed September 14, 2006
  5. ↑ Books on the official website, accessed February 17, 2015

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personal data
SURNAME Massey, Sujata
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 4th 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Sussex , England