Julie Smith (born )is an American mystery writer, the author of nineteen novels and several short stories. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story The short story is a literary genre of Fictional Prose Narrative that tends to be more concise and to the point than longer works of fiction such She received the 1991 Edgar Award for Best Novel for her sixth book, New Orleans Mourning (1990). The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars) named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America.
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Biography
Smith worked as a journalist for sixteen years, beginning as a reporter for the New Orleans Times-Picayune. A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends A reporter is a type of Journalist who Researches and presents information in certain types of Mass media. The Times-Picayune is a daily Newspaper published in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She then moved on to the San Francisco Chronicle, where she eventually became the first woman hired for the newsroom since World War II and spent the next ten years as a general assignment and court reporter. The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H A newsroom is the Place where Journalists — Reporters editors, and producers along with other staffers—work to gather News World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including She later worked for the Santa Barbara News-Press, for Banana Republic as an advertising and catalogue copy writer, and for the San Francisco District Attorney's office as a public information officer. The Santa Barbara News-Press is a Broadsheet Newspaper based in Santa Barbara California. Banana Republic is a chain of mainly United States based clothing stores founded by Mel and Patricia Ziegler in 1978 as a travel-themed Copywriting is the use of words to promote a Person, Business, Opinion, or Idea. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city A district attorney (DA is in some US jurisdictions the title of the local public official who represents the government in the prosecution of alleged criminals Public Information Officers (PIOs are the communications coordinators or spokespersons of certain governmental organizations (i
She quit the Chronicle to form a freelance writing and editing firm called Invisible Ink with several other aspiring fiction writers, including Marcia Muller. A freelancer, freelance worker, or freelance is a person who pursues a profession without a long-term commitment to any one employer Marcia Muller (born September 28, 1944) is an American author of fictional mystery and thriller Novels. In 1982 Smith published her first novel.
In 1991, she became the first American woman since 1956 to win the Edgar for Best Novel. Her latest novel is P. I. On A Hot Tin Roof (2005), and New Orleans Noir, an anthology she edited, was published in 2007.
She currently lives in the Faubourg Marigny section of New Orleans. The Marigny (often referred to as Faubourg Marigny) is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana
In 2006 she founded Writerstrack. com, a course of writing instruction done through conference calls.
Works
Novels
- Death Turns A Trick (Walker & Co. , 1982)
- The Sourdough Wars (Walker & Co. , 1984)
- True-Life Adventure (Mysterious Press, 1985)
- Tourist Trap (Mysterious Press, 1986)
- Huckleberry Fiend (Mysterious Press, 1987)
- New Orleans Mourning (St. Martin's Press, 1990)
- The Axeman's Jazz (St. Martin's Press, 1991)
- Dead in the Water (Ivy, 1991)
- Other People's Skeletons (Ivy, 1993)
- Jazz Funeral (Fawcett/Columbine, 1993)
- New Orleans Beat (Fawcett/Columbine, 1994)
- House of Blues (Fawcett/Columbine, 1995)
- The Kindness of Strangers (Fawcett/Columbine, 1996)
- Crescent City Kill (Fawcett/Columbine, 1997)
- 82 Desire (Fawcett/Columbine, 1998)
- Louisiana Hotshot (Forge, 2001)
- Louisiana Bigshot (Forge, 2002)
- Mean Woman Blues (Forge, 2003)
- Louisiana Lament (Forge, 2004)
- P. I. On A Hot Tin Roof (Forge, 2005)
Short stories
- "Grief Counselor", Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, 1978; reprinted in Miniature Mysteries: 100 Malicious Little Mystery Stories, edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Joseph D. Olander (Taplinger, 1981), and in Last Laughs: The 1986 Mystery Writers of America Anthology, edited by Gregory McDonald (Mysterious Press, 1986)
- "The Wrong Number", Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, 1979
- "Crime Wave in Pinhole", Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, 1980; reprinted in The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense, edited by Bill Pronzini, Barry N. Malzberg, and Martin H. Greenberg (Arbor House, 1981)
- "Project Mushroom", Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine 1983; reprinted in 101 Mystery Stories, edited by Bill Pronzini and Martin H. Greenbery (Avenel, 1986)
- "Red Rock", Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe: A Centennial Celebration, edited by Byron Preiss (Knopf, 1988)
- "Blood Types", Sisters In Crime, edited by Marilyn Wallace (Berkley, 1989)
- "Cul-de-Sac", Sisters In Crime II, edited by Marilyn Wallace (Berkley, 1990)
- "Montezuma's Other Revenge", Justice for Hire, edited by Robert J. Randisi (Mysterious Press, 1990)
- "A Marriage Made in Hell", Eye of a Woman, edited by Sara Paretsky (Delacorte Press, 1991)
- "Silk Strands", Deadly Allies, edited by Marilyn Wallace and Robert J. Randisi (Bantam, 1992)
- "Strangers on a Plane", Unusual Suspects, edited by James Grady, (Black Lizard Press, 1996)
- "The End of the Earth", Detective Duos, edited by Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini (Oxford University Press, 1997)
- "Where The Boys Are", Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine, September 1998
- "Too Mean to Die", Blue Lightning, edited by John Harvey (Slow Dancer Press, 1998)
- "Fresh Paint", Irreconcilable Differences, edited by Lia Matera (HarperCollins, 1999)
- "Always Othello", Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine, June 1999
- "Let's Go Knock Over Seaside", Murder and Magnolias (HarperCollins 2000)
- "Kid Trombone", Murder And All That Jazz (Signet, 2004)
Essay
- "Splendor in the Mildew", A Place Called Home, edited by Mickey Perlman (St. Martin's Press, 1996)
Progressive novel
- I'd Kill For That, edited by Marcia Talley (St. Martin's, 2004) (With twelve other writers, including Rita Mae Brown, Linda Fairstein, Kathy Reichs, Jennifer Crusie, Anne Perry, and Katherine Neville)
Edited
- New Orleans Noir (Akashic, 2007)
External links
- Casa Mysterioso: Julie Smith's website
- Julie Smith Collection (MUM00414) owned by the University of Mississippi, Archives and Special Collections. Rita Mae Brown (born November 28 1944) is a prolific American Writer. Linda Fairstein (born 1947 is one of America's foremost legal experts on crimes of violence against women and children Kathleen Joan "Kathy" Reichs (ˈraɪks is native of Chicago and works as a Forensic anthropologist, an academic and bestselling writer of mystery novels Jennifer Crusie (born 1949 is a pseudonym for Jennifer Smith, a bestselling and award winning author of contemporary Romance novels. Anne Perry (born Juliet Marion Hulme in Blackheath, London on 28 October 1938 is an English Author of historical Katherine Neville may refer to Katherine Neville (author (born 1945 American author Lady Katherine Neville, (c
- Writerstrack.com
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