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Harley Jane Kozak

ハーレイ・ジェーン・コザック

Harei Jēn Kozakku

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1957-01-28 (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Farm east of Lincoln, Nebraska → New York City → Los Angeles

Career

Occupations
Actress, Author
Active Years
1981-2024

Education

University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Drama
Period: 3学期
Country: United States
Attended for three semesters before moving to New York
New York University
Tisch School of the Arts / Graduate Acting Program
Degree: MFA
Period: 1970年代後半-1980
Year of Graduation: 1980
Country: United States

Awards

Agatha Award
2004
Work: Dating Dead Men
Category: 最優秀新人小説
Organization: Malice Domestic
Result: 受賞
Anthony Award
2005
Work: Dating Dead Men
Category: 最優秀新人小説
Organization: Bouchercon
Result: 受賞
Macavity Award
2005
Work: Dating Dead Men
Category: 最優秀新人ミステリー小説
Organization: Mystery Readers International
Result: 受賞
Soap Opera Digest Award
1987
Work: Santa Barbara
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Dating Dead Men

2004 Mystery

Greeting-card designer and amateur sleuth Wollie Shelley navigates eccentric friends and family in a mystery.

DatingMurderAmateur Sleuth

Bibliography

  • Dating Dead Men
  • Dating Is Murder
  • Dead Ex
  • A Date You Can't Refuse
  • Keeper of the Moon

Style & Themes

Literary Style
HumorousLight-hearted mystery
Recurring Motifs
Eccentric friends and familyGreeting-card designer

Legacy

American actress turned author who won major mystery awards for her debut novel.

Trivia

  • Her name 'Harley' came from an ex-boyfriend's Harley-Davidson motorcycle, and she legally changed it.
  • She has three children.