Dave White (writer, born 1979)

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Dave White (born 1979) is a mystery author and educator. White, an eighth grade teacher for the Clifton Public Schools, has written two novels featuring former New Brunswick, New Jersey police detective turned private investigator Jackson Donne. The novels take place in locations around northern New Jersey.

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White grew up in Clifton, New Jersey, [1] and graduated from Clifton High School in 1997. [2] He attended Rutgers University and received his MAT from Montclair State University [3]

White's two novels follow the characters established in his 2002 short story "Closure," which won the Derringer Award for Best Short Mystery Story the following year. [4] Publishers Weekly has given both novels starred reviews calling When One Man Dies an "engrossing, evocative debut novel" [5] and writing that his second novel "fulfills the promise of his debut." [6] Roland Person writes in his Library Journal review that "his first novel is awkwardly written and marred by contradictions and improbable events." [7]

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  1. ↑ Theodore, Jeff (August 4, 2008). "Keeping tabs on Jersey's 'Evil'". The Jersey Journal .
  2. ↑ "Who Says Print is Dead? Not These Clifton Storytellers.", Clifton Merchant Magazine, p. 4, April 2023. Accessed September 3, 2025. "One was Dave White, who in 2007 was an English teacher at Christopher Columbus Middle School... White grew up in Clifton, attending School 3 and CCMS before graduating CHS in 1997."
  3. ↑ "The Write Stuff: Alumni Authors". Montclair State University . Retrieved August 4, 2008.
  4. ↑ "Derringer Awards". The Short Mystery Fiction Society. Retrieved August 6, 2008.
  5. ↑ "Fiction". Publishers Weekly . July 9, 2007.
  6. ↑ "Fiction Reviews: Week of 4/28/2008". Publishers Weekly . April 28, 2008.
  7. ↑ "Mystery". Library Journal . August 15, 2007. Archived from the original on July 16, 2008.


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