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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

University of California, San Diego
Year of Graduation: 1978
Country: United States
Served as editor-in-chief of student newspaper The Triton Times

Awards

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 Mystery

The Fat Innkeeper

1995 Comedic Mystery

Multiple Wounds

1996 Psychological Thriller

Guardians of the Night

2015 Suspense

Bibliography

  • 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.