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Susan Dunlap

スーザン・ダンラップ

Sūzan Danrappu

Aliases: Susan D. Sullivan

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1943-06-20 (Kew Gardens, Queens, New York)
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Queens, New York → Baltimore, Maryland → New York City → Contra Costa County, California → Near San Francisco

Career

Occupations
social worker, paralegal, private investigator, yoga teacher, mystery writer
Active Years
1981-2016
Affiliations
Sisters in Crime
Memberships
Sisters in Crime (founding member, president 1990-91)
Nominations
Anthony Award for Best Novel finalist (Pious Deception, 1989), Anthony Award for Best Novel finalist (Rogue Wave, 1991)

Education

Bucknell University
Degree: B.A.
Year of Graduation: 1965
Country: United States
University of North Carolina
Degree: M.A.T.
Year of Graduation: 1966
Country: United States

Awards

Macavity Award
1994
Work: Checkout
Category: 短編小説
Organization: Mystery Readers International
Result: 受賞
Anthony Award
1994
Work: Checkout
Category: 短編小説
Organization: Bouchercon
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Karma

1981 Mystery

First in the Jill Smith series.

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An Equal Opportunity Death

1984 Mystery

First in the Vejay Haskell series.

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Pious Deception

1989 Mystery

Kiernan O'Shaughnessy series.

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A Single Eye

2006 Mystery

First in the Darcy Lott series.

Bibliography

  • Karma
  • An Equal Opportunity Death
  • The Bohemian Connection
  • The Last Annual Slugfest
  • As a Favor
  • Not Exactly a Brahmin
  • Too Close to the Edge
  • A Dinner to Die For
  • Pious Deception
  • Diamond in the Buff
  • Rogue Wave
  • Death and Taxes
  • Time Expired
  • High Fall
  • Sudden Exposure
  • Cop Out
  • No Immunity
  • A Single Eye
  • Hungry Ghosts
  • Civil Twilight
  • Power Slide
  • No Footprints
  • Switchback
  • Out of Nowhere

Style & Themes

Literary Style
combines authenticity in setting with a bizarre sense of humor appropriate for Northern Californiaseries feature radically different heroines

Legacy

American mystery novelist known for four series. Founding member of Sisters in Crime. Won Macavity and Anthony Awards for short story 'Checkout'.