J. A. Konrath

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J. A. Konrath
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BornJoseph Andrew Konrath
(1970-03-29) March 29, 1970 (age 54)
Skokie, Illinois, U.S.
OccupationNovelist
Alma mater Columbia College Chicago
Genre Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Website
jakonrath.com

Joseph Andrew Konrath (born March 29, 1970, in Skokie, Illinois) [1] is an American fiction writer working in the mystery, thriller, and horror genres. He writes as J. A. Konrath and Jack Kilborn. In 2011 Konrath was named one of the "5 eBook Authors To Watch" by Mediabistro.com's Dianna Dilworth. [2]

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Biography

Konrath graduated from Columbia College in Chicago in 1992 and spent the next 12 years garnering close to five hundred rejections for nine unpublished novels. [3] His tenth book, Whiskey Sour, was picked up by Hyperion in 2003 and was the first in a series featuring Lt. Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels of the Chicago Police Department. He's since published dozens of short stories and articles, been translated into eight languages, and edited an anthology called These Guns for Hire for Bleak House Books. [4] In 2010 the seventh book in the Jack Daniels series was picked up for publication by AmazonEncore. [5]

He currently lives in Schaumburg, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago teaches writing at Dupage College, Illinois.

Awards

Konrath has won the 2005 Derringer Award for Flash Fiction [6] and the 2006 Bob Kellog Humanitarian Award.[ citation needed ]

Writing

Konrath is a big advocate of self-publishing and for self-promotion, believing that writers must play a large part in marketing their own books. [7] He's also known for having an outspoken view on the publishing industry, blogging about topics such as the 2012 accusations by some industry pundits that Amazon has endangered book sales. [8]

Bibliography

Novels

Jack Daniels series

  1. Whiskey Sour (2004)
  2. Bloody Mary (2005)
  3. Rusty Nail (2006)
  4. Dirty Martini (2007)
  5. Fuzzy Navel (2008)
  6. Cherry Bomb (2009)
  7. Shaken (2010)
  8. Stirred (with Blake Crouch (2012))
  9. Lady 52 (with Jude Hardin (2014))
  10. Rum Runner (2016)
  11. Last Call (2016)
  12. White Russian (2017)
  13. Shot Girl (2019)
  14. Chaser (2019)
  15. Old Fashioned (2020)

Tie-in stories

The above are all collected in the book Jack Daniels Stories.

Other short stories

Other self-published fiction

Self-published non-fiction

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References

  1. "J. A. Konrath". Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors (Collection). Gale. 2010. ISBN   9780787639952 . Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  2. 5 eBook Authors To Watch Mediabistro.com
  3. BookExpo America 2010: The Changing DIY Ethos Publishers Weekly
  4. These Guns for Hire Google Books
  5. Konrath Moves 'Jack Daniels' Series to AmazonEncore Publishers Weekly
  6. "DERRINGER AWARDS BEST FLASH STORY | Cozy Mystery List". cozy-mystery.com. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  7. Self-published authors find e-success USA Today
  8. Scott Turow, J.A. Konrath, Barry Eisler Respond To DOJ Investigation Mediabistro.com