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John Lutz

ジョン・ルッツ

Jyon Ruttusu

Aliases: John Thomas Lutz

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1939-09-11 （Dallas, Texas）
Died
2021-01-09 （Chesterfield, Missouri） age 81
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Dallas, Texas → St. Louis, Missouri → Sarasota, Florida → Chesterfield, Missouri

Career

Occupations
mystery writer, novelist
Active Years
1971-2021
Affiliations
Mystery Writers of America (MWA), Private Eye Writers of America (PWA)
Memberships
Mystery Writers of America, Private Eye Writers of America
Nominations
1985 Nightlines Shamus Award for Best Novel Finalist, 1987 Tropical Heat Anthony Award for Best Novel Finalist, 1988 Ride the Lightning Shamus Award for Best Novel Finalist, 2003 The Night Watcher Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original Finalist, 2010 Urge To Kill International Thriller Writers Award for Best Paperback Finalist, 2011 Mister X Shamus Award for Best Paperback Original Finalist, 2012 Serial Shamus Award for Best Paperback Original Finalist, 2013 Pulse Shamus Award for Best Paperback Original Finalist

Awards

Shamus Award
1989
Work: Kiss
Category: Best Novel
Organization: Private Eye Writers of America
Result: Winner
Life Achievement Award
1995
Organization: Private Eye Writers of America
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Single White Female

1990 Mystery fiction

A psycho-thriller about a single woman terrorized by her new roommate.

StalkingObsessionMadness
Adaptations
  • [Film] Single White Female / Barbet Schroeder (1992)

The Ex

1996 Thriller

Suspense involving an ex-wife.

RevengeFamily
Adaptations
  • [TV movie] The Ex (1997)

Kiss

1989 Mystery

Shamus Award-winning mystery novel.

CrimeDetective

Bibliography

  • The Truth of the Matter (1971)
  • Bonegrinder (1977)
  • Lazarus Man (1979)
  • Jericho Man (1980)
  • The Shadow Man (1981)
  • Exiled (1982)
  • The Eye (1984)
  • Shadowtown (1988)
  • Single White Female (1990)
  • Dancing with the Dead (1992)
  • The Ex (1996)
  • Final Seconds (1998)

Translations of Works

  • Translated into many languages including French

Style & Themes

Literary Style
political suspenseprivate eye novelsurban suspensecrime caperpolice proceduralthriller

Health

  • Lewy body dementia
    晩年
    Complications contributing to death
  • Parkinson's disease
    晩年
    Complications contributing to death
  • COVID-19
    2021年
    Complications contributing to death

Legacy

Prolific American mystery writer with over 40 novels and 200 short stories/articles. Won Edgar Award, Shamus Award (twice), and others. Served as president of Mystery Writers of America and Private Eye Writers of America. Works adapted into films.

Trivia

  • Wrote stories for jigsaw puzzles.
  • Split time with wife Barbara between St. Louis and Sarasota; had three children and eight grandchildren.