Jan Burke is an award winning author of novels and short stories. An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created She is a winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel.
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Bio
Burke was born in Texas, but has lived in Southern California most of her life. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. She comes from a close-knit family, and remains close to her parents, two sisters and a brother. Burke's husband is musician Tim Burke, whose bands include Bushtaxi. She attended California State University, Long Beach, and graduated with a degree in history. California State University Long Beach (also known as Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach State, CSU Long Beach, CSULB, LBSU
She worked as a researcher on an oral history project interviewing "Rosie the Riveters. " Later she became the manager of a manufacturing plant for a large corporation.
She completed her first novel, Goodnight, Irene in the evenings after work. It was sold unagented and unsolicited to Simon & Schuster. Simon & Schuster Inc, a division of CBS Corporation, is a Publisher founded in New York in 1924 by Richard L She received a surprising boost from a new fan when, during his first White House interview after taking office, President Bill Clinton said he was reading Goodnight, Irene. See also Executive Office of the President of the United States The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the Official residence William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States
Novels
- Featuring newspaper reporter Irene Kelly;
- Goodnight, Irene (1993)
- Sweet Dreams, Irene (1994)
- Dear Irene (1995)
- Remember Me, Irene (1996)
- Hocus (1997)
- Liar (1998)
- Bones (2000)
- Bloodlines (2005)
- Kidnapped (2006)
Other novels
- Flight (2001)
- Nine (2002)
- 18 (2003) collection of short stories
Contributions
Burke edited the first edition of Breaking and Entering [1], a Sisters in Crime's guide to getting published. She served as an Associate Editor on Writing Mysteries: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America [2], edited by Sue Grafton. She is a longtime member of Sisters in Crime and has served on the national boards of Mystery Writers of America and the American Crime Writers League. Mystery Writers of America is an organization for mystery writers based in New York.
Burke is the founder and director of the Crime Lab Project, an organization working to raise awareness of the problems facing crime labs and the need to obtain better funding for forensic science. She is a past president of the Southern California Chapter of Mystery Writers of America (MWA) and has served on MWA's National Board.
Awards and Nominations
- 1999 Best Novel Bones. The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars) named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America.
Edgar nomination [3]
- 2001 Best Short Story The Abbey Ghosts
- 2001 Best Short Story The Man in the Civil Suit
Agatha Nominations [5]
- 1997 Best Novel - Hocus
- 1998 Best Novel - Liar
- 2002 Best Short Story Devotion
- 2002 Best Non-fiction, Writing Mysteries (Sue Grafton and Barry Zeman)
- 1995 Best Short Story Unharmed
- Best Mystery Short Story: "The Abbey Ghosts"
Macavity nominations [6]
- 1998 Best Novel Liar
- 1997 Best Novel Hocus
- 2003 Best Mystery Novel Nine
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Reader's Award. The Agatha Awards are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write mystery novels in the traditional method exemplified by Agatha Christie The Macavity Awards are a literary award for mystery writers Nominated and voted upon annually by the members of the Mystery Readers International, the award is named for the
Romantic Times's Career Achievement Award for Contemporary Suspense
Anthony Award nominations
- 1994 Best First Novel Goodnight, Irene
- 1999 Best Short Story Two Bits
- 2002 Best Novel Flight
- 2000 Best Novel Bones
- 2006 Best Novel Bloodlines
Barry Nominations [7]
- 2006 Best Novel, Bloodlines
- 1998 Best Novel Hocus
References
- ^ "Inside The Cover Book Reviews", Mysteryreaders. The Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention since 1986 com. Retrieved on 2006-08-24. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River
- ^ "Jan Burke, interviewed by T. Jefferson Parker", Absolutewrite. com. Retrieved on 2006-08-24. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River
- ^ "Edgar Award Winners and Nominees", ThrillingDetective. com. Retrieved on 2006-08-30. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and
- ^ "Past Award Winners & Nominees", Malice Domestic Ltd. Retrieved on 2006-08-24. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River
- ^ "Past Award Winners & Nominees", Malice Domestic Ltd. Retrieved on 2006-08-24. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River
- ^ "Macavity Award Winners & Nominees", Mystery Readers Interlational. Retrieved on 2006-08-24. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River
- ^ "The Barry Awards", DeadlyPleasures. com. Retrieved on 2006-08-30. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and
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