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Jason Starr

ジェイソン・スター

Jeison Sutā

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1966-11-22 （Brooklyn, New York）
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Brooklyn, New York City

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Screenwriter, Comics writer
Active Years
1997-2024
Influenced By
Ken Bruen, Daniel Woodrell, Wallace Stroby, Ed Brubaker, Lee Child
Nominations
2004 Anthony Award Best Paperback Original (Tough Luck), 2008 Anthony Award Best Paperback Original (Slide)

Education

Midwood High School
Year of Graduation: 1984
Country: United States
Binghamton University
Country: United States
Began writing plays and fiction in college.

Awards

Barry Award
2003
Work: Tough Luck
Category: Best Paperback Original
Organization: Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine
Result: Winner
Anthony Award
2005
Work: Twisted City
Category: Best Paperback Original
Organization: Bouchercon
Result: Winner
Anthony Award
2011
Work: The Chill
Category: Best Graphic Novel
Organization: Bouchercon
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Cold Caller

1997 Crime fiction

Starr's first crime novel.

New YorkCrime

Tough Luck

2003 Crime

A young guy in Brooklyn gets in deep with a mob figure.

GamblingMob

Twisted City

2004 Thriller

A financial journalist faces devastating consequences trying to recover a stolen wallet.

Urban lifeCrime
Adaptations
  • [Film] Twisted City / John David Coles (2024)

The Follower

2007 Thriller

Thriller about stalking.

StalkingFear
Adaptations
  • [TV] The Follower (2024)

The Chill

2010 Graphic Novel

First graphic novel published by Vertigo Crime.

CrimeNoir

Bibliography

  • Cold Caller
  • Nothing Personal
  • Fake I.D.
  • Hard Feelings
  • Tough Luck
  • Twisted City
  • Lights Out
  • The Follower
  • Panic Attack
  • The Pack

Adaptations

  • The Bully (short film, 2010)

Translations of Works

  • German (Diogenes Verlag), French, etc. in 9 languages

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Satirical urban crime novelsNoir
Recurring Motifs
New York CityCrime and moral decay

Legacy

American crime novelist winner of Anthony and Barry Awards. Prolific in comics and tie-ins.

In Popular Culture

  • Wrote tie-in novels for FOX's Gotham

Trivia

  • Works translated into 9 languages
  • Considers New York City his series character