Lefty Awards (Left Coast Crime)
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1996) Winner
Alan Russell
アラン・ラッセル
Aran Rasseru
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1956-06-04 （Sunnyvale, California）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Sunnyvale, California → Short Hills, New Jersey → La Jolla, California
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Hospitality industry worker
- Active Years
- 1990-2024
- Nominations
- Anthony Award Best Novel nomination (Multiple Wounds), Macavity Award Best Novel nomination (Multiple Wounds)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, San Diego | — | — | — | — | United States |
University of California, San Diego
Year of Graduation:
1978
Country:
United States
Served as editor-in-chief of student newspaper The Triton Times
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Lefty Award | The Fat Innkeeper | best comedic mystery | Left Coast Crime | winner |
| 1994 | USA Today Critics’ Choice Award | The Hotel Detective | — | USA Today | winner |
Lefty Award
1995
Work:
The Fat Innkeeper
Category:
best comedic mystery
Organization:
Left Coast Crime
Result:
winner
USA Today Critics’ Choice Award
1994
Work:
The Hotel Detective
Organization:
USA Today
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
No Sign of Murder
1990 MysteryThe Fat Innkeeper
1995 Comedic MysteryMultiple Wounds
1996 Psychological ThrillerGuardians of the Night
2015 SuspenseBibliography
- No Sign of Murder (1990)
- The Forest Prime Evil (1992)
- The Hotel Detective (1994)
- The Fat Innkeeper (1995)
- Multiple Wounds (1996)
- Shame (1998)
- Exposure (2002)
- Political Suicide (2003)
- Burning Man (2012)
- St. Nick (2013)
- Guardians of The Night (2015)
- A Cold War (2015)
- Lost Dog (2016)
- Homecoming (2017)
Adaptations
- Several novels have been optioned for film
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Humorous mysteriesPsychological suspenseSuspense
Health
-
Back injury大学時代Quit basketball team late in freshman season, turned to writing for student newspaper
Legacy
American mystery and suspense novelist. Winner of the Lefty Award, with a novel that reached #1 on Amazon bestseller list. Several works set in hospitality industry.
Trivia
- Born youngest of four; father Mark E. Russell was mayor of Sunnyvale.
- Grandfather and great-grandfather were also mayors.
- Mother Carolyn Lois Russell was a Navy flight nurse and member of Ninety-Nines.
- First Triton freshman to make UCSD varsity basketball team.
- Short story 'Married to a Murderer' selected as one of 1997's 25 finest crime/mystery stories.