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]
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Columbia College in Chicago in 1992 and spent the next 12 years garnering close to five hundred rejections for nine unpublished novels.[3] His tenth book, Whiskey Sour, was picked up by Hyperion in 2003 and was the first in a series featuring Lt.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
Afraid (2008) - Under the pseudonym Jack Kilborn
A Shot of Tequila (2010) - A Jack Daniels Thriller
Endurance (2010) - Under the pseudonym Jack Kilborn
"Mr. Pull Ups" (Tales from the Red Lion, edited by Tina L. Jens and John Weagley)
"Punishment" (Like a Chinese Tattoo, edited by Bill Breedlove)
"The Confession" (Like a Chinese Tattoo, edited by Bill Breedlove)
"Them's Good Eats" (Gratia Placenti, edited by Jason Sizemore & Gill Ainsworth)
"Lying Eyes" (Twisted Tongue #2)
"The Sound of Blunder" co-written with F. Paul Wilson (Blood Lite, edited by Kevin J. Anderson)
"S.A." (Wolfsbane & Mistletoe, edited by Charlaine Harris & Toni L.P. Kelner)
Other self-published fiction
Origin - A thriller about Satan being studied in a secret government compound (Kindle edition April 2009; paperback November 2010).
The List - A thriller about a cop who discovers he, and several others, are clones of famous historical figures (Kindle edition April 2009; paperback July 2010).
Disturb - A thriller about a new legal insomnia drug with deadly side effects (Kindle edition April 2009; paperback November 2010).
65 Proof - A collection of short stories (Kindle edition April 2009; paperback March 2011).
Self-published non-fiction
The Newbie's Guide to Publishing (Everything a Writer Needs to Know) – Kindle edition April 2010.
Be the Monkey - Ebooks and Self-Publishing: A Dialog Between Authors Barry Eisler and Joe Konrath – Co-written with Barry Eisler (Kindle edition June 2011).
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