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Rochelle Majer Krich

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Rochelle Majer Krich

Aliases: Rochelle Krich

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1947 (Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany)
Died
2025-09-14 age 78
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Los Angeles

Career

Occupations
Writer, Teacher
Active Years
1990-2025

Education

Stern College for Women
English
Country: United States
Graduated in English
University of California, Los Angeles
Graduate
Degree: Master's
Country: United States
Studied for master's

Awards

Anthony Award
1991
Work: Where's Mommy Now?
Category: Best Paperback Original
Organization: Bouchercon
Result: Winner
Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award
2005
Work: Now You See Me...
Organization: Simon & Schuster
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Where's Mommy Now?

1990 Mystery

A mystery involving a missing mother.

FamilySecrets
Adaptations
  • [Film] Perfect Alibi (1995)

Bibliography

  • Where's Mommy Now?
  • Till Death Do Us Part
  • Nowhere to Run
  • Speak No Evil
  • Fertile Ground
  • Fair Game
  • Angel of Death
  • Blood Money
  • Dead Air
  • Shadows of Sin
  • Blues in the Night
  • Dream House
  • Grave Endings
  • Now You See Me...

Adaptations

  • Where's Mommy Now? adapted into Perfect Alibi (1995 film)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Mystery fiction styleIncorporating Jewish cultural elements
Recurring Motifs
Family relationshipsHolocaust shadowsOrthodox Judaism

Legacy

Mystery novelist who won Anthony Award and Mary Higgins Clark Award. Known as a Jewish-American author.

Trivia

  • Her parents were Holocaust survivors.
  • She had six children.
  • She taught for many years at an orthodox Jewish high school in Los Angeles.