Chuck Greaves

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Chuck Greaves
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Born
Charles Joseph Greaves

(1955-12-14) December 14, 1955 (age 68)
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Author, screenwriter
Notable workJack MacTaggart Mystery Series
SpouseLynda Larsen
Website chuckgreaves.com

Charles Joseph Greaves (born December 14, 1955) is an American author of both crime fiction (as Chuck Greaves) and general fiction (as C. Joseph Greaves).

Contents

Greaves is best known for his Jack MacTaggart series of legal mysteries, which are set in Los Angeles, where Greaves practiced law for 25 years. [1] The Jack MacTaggart series consists of four books: Hush Money (2012), Green-Eyed Lady (2013), The Last Heir (2014), and The Chimera Club (2022).

As of 2023, he has also written three standalone novels: Hard Twisted (2012), Tom & Lucky and George & Cokey Flo (2015), and Church of the Graveyard Saints (2019).

Personal life

Raised in Levittown, New York, Greaves graduated with honors from both the University of Southern California and Boston College Law School. [2]  He currently lives in Cortez, Colorado with his wife, Lynda.

Awards and honors

In 2015, the Wall Street Journal included Tom & Lucky and George & Cokey Flo on their list of the year's best books. [3]

Awards for Greaves's writing
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
2012Hush MoneyNew Mexico-Arizona Book AwardFinalist [4]
Shamus Award for Best First PI NovelFinalist [5] [6]
2013 Audie Award for Mystery Finalist [7]
Left Coast Crime Rocky Award Finalist [5] [8]
Hard TwistedOklahoma Book Award for ictionFinalist [9]
2015The Last Heir Colorado Book Award for MysteryFinalist
2016Tom & Lucky and George & Cokey FloHarper Lee PrizeFinalist [10] [11]
Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award Finalist [5] [12]
2023The Chimera ClubColorado Authors League AwardWinner [13]
Colorado Book Award for MysteryFinalist [14]

Publications

Jack MacTaggart series

Other novels

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  4. ↑ "New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards |Awards by Author, 2007-2016". New Mexico Book Co-op. Archived from the original on 2023-08-03. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
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  10. ↑ "Harper Lee Prize Books 2016". University of Alabama School of Law . Archived from the original on 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  11. ↑ Rawles, Lee (2016-05-12). "Help select the winner of the 2016 Harper Lee prize for Legal Fiction". ABA Journal. Archived from the original on 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
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  19. ↑ "HUSH MONEY by Chuck Greaves Read by Dan Butler | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine . 2012. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
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  27. ↑ "Hard Twisted by C Joseph Greaves, Greaves". Publishers Weekly . 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
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