Iris Johansen

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Iris Johansen
Born (1938-04-07) April 7, 1938 (age 86)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Occupation Novelist
Period1983–present
Genre Romance fiction, suspense fiction, crime fiction
Children2
Website
www.irisjohansen.com

Iris Johansen (born April 7, 1938 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American writer of crime fiction, suspense fiction, and romance novels.

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Career

Iris Johansen left a job as an airline reservations agent in the early 1980s to begin writing romance novels. [1] She changed direction slightly and began writing historical romantic suspense novels in 1991 with the publication of The Wind Dancer. She settled in to suspense writing as her main genre with the crime fiction thriller Ugly Duckling, published in 1996 [2] and soon after became a New York Times bestselling author.

Film adaptation

In 2011, the second novel in Johansen's Eve Duncan series was made in to a Lifetime film adaptation, The Killing Game , starring Laura Prepon as forensic sculptor Eve Duncan. This film adaptation was directed by Bobby Roth. [3]

Awards

Personal life

Johansen lives in Georgia, and is married. Her son, Roy Johansen, is an Edgar Award-winning screenwriter and novelist. Iris and Roy have written the Kendra Michaels books series together. [7] [8] [9] Her daughter, Tamara, contributes as her research assistant. [10] [11]

Works

Contemporary romance novels

Historical romance

Sedikhan Series

List of series [12]

Delaney Series

List of series [13]

The Delaneys of Killaroo Series

List of series [14]

The Shamrock Trinity Series

List of series [15]

Lion's Bride Series

List of series [16]

The Wind Dancer series

Featuring Eve Duncan

  1. The Face of Deception (October 1998)
  2. The Killing Game (September 1999)
  3. The Search (June 2000)
  4. Body of Lies (March 2002)
  5. Dead Aim (April 2003)
  6. Blind Alley (September 2004)
  7. Countdown (May 2005)
  8. Stalemate (December 2006)
  9. Quicksand (April 2008)
  10. Blood Game (October 2009)
  11. Eight Days to Live (April 2010)
  12. Chasing the Night (October 2010)
  13. Eve (April 2011)
  14. Quinn (July 2011)
  15. Bonnie (October 2011)
  16. Sleep No More (October 2012)
  17. Taking Eve (April 2013)
  18. Hunting Eve (July 2013)
  19. Silencing Eve (October 2013)
  20. Shadow Play (September 2015)
  21. Hide Away (April 2016)
  22. Night and Day (July 2016)
  23. Mind Game (October 2017)
  24. Shattered Mirror (April 2018)
  25. Vendetta (October 2018)
  26. Dark Tribute (March 2019)
  27. Smokescreen (July 2019)
  28. The Persuasion (June 2020)
  29. The Bullet (June 2021)
  30. A Face to Die For (June 2022)
  31. Captive (September 2022)
  32. The Survivor (June 2023)

Featuring Catherine Ling

  1. Chasing the Night (October, 2010)
  2. What Doesn't Kill You (April, 2012)
  3. Live to See Tomorrow (April, 2014)
  4. Your Next Breath (April, 2015)
  5. Vendetta (October, 2018)

Standalone novels

With Roy Johansen

Standalone

  • Storm Cycle (July, 2009)

Featuring Hannah Bryson

  1. Silent Thunder (July, 2008)
  2. Shadow Zone (July, 2010)

Featuring Kendra Michaels

  1. With Open Eyes (June, 2012) [e-book short story]
  2. Close Your Eyes (July, 2012)
  3. Sight Unseen (July, 2014)
  4. The Naked Eye (July, 2015)
  5. Night Watch (October, 2016)
  6. Look Behind You (July, 2017)
  7. Double Blind (July, 2018)
  8. Hindsight (January, 2020)
  9. Blink of an Eye (February 2, 2021)
  10. Killer View (2022) (written by Roy Johansen with a foreword by Iris Johansen)
  11. More Than Meets The Eye (2023)
  12. Flashback (2024) [7]

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References

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  2. ↑ Anonymous. "This Week's Bestsellers: April 29, 2013". Publishers Weekly. ProQuest   1347611735.
  3. ↑ "Iris Johansen's The Killing Game - Official Movie Site - myLifetime.com". 22 October 2011. Archived from the original on 22 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "Historical Romance". RT Book Reviews.
  5. ↑ "Suspense". RT Book Reviews.
  6. ↑ "Career Achievement - Thriller". RT Book Reviews.
  7. 1 2 3 Mystery Sequels website, Iris Johansen Eve Duncan Series in Order
  8. ↑ Omni Mystery website, Authors section, Johansen, Roy
  9. ↑ Mystery Scene Magazine website, Iris Johansen & Roy Johansen on Their Favorite Childhood Books, interview dated 2014
  10. ↑ GoodReads website, Iris Johansen, retrieved 2024-06-06
  11. ↑ Fiction DB website, Iris Johansen, retrieved 2024-06-06
  12. ↑ "Sedikhan". PenguinRandomhouse.com.
  13. ↑ "The Delaneys". PenguinRandomhouse.com.
  14. ↑ "The Delaneys of Killaroo". PenguinRandomhouse.com.
  15. ↑ "The Shamrock Trinity". PenguinRandomhouse.com.
  16. ↑ "Lion's Bride". PenguinRandomhouse.com.
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