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Jeffrey Marks

ジェフリー・マクス

Jefurī Mākusu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1960-10-08
Nationality
United States
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
author, literary critic, editor, publisher
Active Years
2000-2024
Affiliations
Mystery Scene Magazine (contributing editor), Crippen & Landru (director of development, publisher)

Awards

Anthony Award
2009
Work: Anthony Boucher: A Biobibliography
Category: Best Biographical/Critical Work
Organization: Bouchercon
Result: winner
Anthony Award
2001
Work: Magnolias and Mayhem
Category: Best Anthology/Short Story Collection
Organization: Bouchercon
Result: finalist
Edgar Award
2002
Work: Who Was That Lady? Craig Rice, Queen of the Screwball Mystery
Category: Best Critical/Biographical
Organization: Mystery Writers of America
Result: finalist
Agatha Award
2002
Work: Who Was That Lady? Craig Rice, Queen of the Screwball Mystery
Category: Best Nonfiction
Organization: Malice Domestic
Result: finalist
Anthony Award
2002
Work: Who Was That Lady? Craig Rice, Queen of the Screwball Mystery
Category: Best Critical Work
Organization: Bouchercon
Result: finalist
Macavity Award
2002
Work: Who Was That Lady? Craig Rice, Queen of the Screwball Mystery
Category: Nonfiction/Critical
Organization: Mystery Readers International
Result: finalist
Agatha Award
2003
Work: Atomic Renaissance: Women Mystery Writers of the 1940s/1950s
Category: Best Nonfiction
Organization: Malice Domestic
Result: finalist
Anthony Award
2003
Work: Intent to Sell: Marketing the Genre Novel
Organization: Bouchercon
Result: finalist
Macavity Award
2003
Work: Intent to Sell: Marketing the Genre Novel
Category: Nonfiction/Critical
Organization: Mystery Readers International
Result: finalist
Agatha Award
2008
Work: Anthony Boucher: A Biobibliography
Category: Best Nonfiction
Organization: Malice Domestic
Result: finalist

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Who Was That Lady? Craig Rice: Queen of the Screwball Mystery

2001 non-fiction/mystery criticism

Literary criticism on Craig Rice, queen of the screwball mystery.

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Atomic Renaissance: Women Mystery Writers of the 1940s/1950s

2002 non-fiction/mystery criticism

Study of women mystery writers in the 1940s/1950s.

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Intent to Sell: Marketing the Genre Novel

2003 non-fiction/publishing marketing

Marketing strategies for genre novels.

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Anthony Boucher: A Biobibliography

2008 biobibliography

Biobibliography of Anthony Boucher.

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Bibliography

  • Who Was That Lady? Craig Rice: Queen of the Screwball Mystery (ISBN 0-9663397-1-1)
  • Atomic Renaissance: Women Mystery Writers of the 1940s/1950s (ISBN 0-9663397-7-0)
  • Intent to Sell: Marketing the Genre Novel (ISBN 1-59133-116-1)
  • Anthony Boucher: A Biobibliography (ISBN 978-0-7864-3320-9)

Legacy

Known for literary criticisms on mid-20th century American mystery authors, particularly women writers. Winner of the Anthony Award.