Jim Huang

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Jim Huang is an American author and editor of crime fiction, as well as the owner and operator of Crum Creek Press and The Mystery Company imprint. [1]

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Personal life

Huang has a wife named Jennie. [2] Together, they have lived in Boston, Massachusetts; Kalamazoo, Michigan; Carmel, Indiana; Gambier, Ohio; and Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. [2]

Education

Huang received an undergraduate degree in Political Science from Swarthmore College in 1982. [2] While there, he edited the student newspaper and helped found Swarthmore Warders of Imaginative Literature, a science-fiction/fantasy club. [2]

Career

Huang began editing and publishing The Drood Review of Mystery in 1982, a job he held until 2005. His work with Drood ultimately led to the creation of The Crum Creek Press, a small book publishing company Huang established in 1989. [1]

He began his bookselling career in 1987 at Spenser's Mystery Bookshop in Boston, where he worked for four years before moving to Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1992. [3] There, he opened the Deadly Passions Bookshop, which specialized in mystery, romance, and science-fiction/fantasy books. [3] The store closed in 2000. [2] Three years later, Huang opened The Mystery Company in Carmel, Indiana. [4] [5] [6] [3] The store closed in 2010. [6] [3] Following this closure, Huang began managing the Kenyon College bookstore in Gambier, Ohio. [6] [3] Five years later, he moved to Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, where he now serves as the Director of the Bryn Mawr College Bookshop. [2]

During his time working at bookshops, Huang decided an imprint, which he named after his store in Carmel, Indiana: The Mystery Company. [4] The first title was sold in 2003, and the first original text, In a Teapot by Terence Faherty, was sold in 2005. [2]

Huang co-founded the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. [3] He also served as a board member and president for the Carmel Clay Public Library's Friends, a board member for Sisters in Crime (2006-2011), [7] [8] and program director of Magna Cum Murder (2000-2008). In addition to these service roles, he was a subject matter expert on mystery for Cengage Gale's "What Do I Read Next?" (2007-2009).

Awards

YearTitleAwardResult
2000100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century Agatha Award for Best NonfictionWinner [9] [10]
2001 Macavity Award for Best NonfictionNominee
Anthony Award for Best Critical WorkWinner [11] [12]
2002 The Died in Vain Agatha Award for Best NonfictionWinner [9] [10]
2003 Anthony Award for Best Critical WorkWinner [11] [12]
Macavity Award for Best Critical/Biographical Mystery WorkWinner
2006 Mystery Muses , with Austin Lugar Agatha Award for Best NonfictionShortlist [9]
2007 Macavity Award for Best Critical/Biographical Mystery WorkWinner
Anthony Award for Best Critical WorkWinner [11] [12]
Anthony Award for Special ServiceWinner [11] [12]

Publications

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "About". Stately Huang Manor. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
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  5. ↑ "Notes: Store Moves, Openings; Distribution Changes". Shelf Awareness. 2006-10-10. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  6. 1 2 3 "Three Stores Near Closing". Shelf Awareness. 2010-01-26. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
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