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Janet Dawson


USA flag (b.1949)

Janet Dawson has written nine novels featuring Oakland private investigator Jeri Howard. Her first, Kindred Crimes, won the St. Martin's Press/Private Eye Writers of America contest for best first private eye novel. It was nominated in the best first category for three mystery awards, the Shamus, the Macavity and the Anthony.

In the past, Dawson was a newspaper reporter in Colorado, and her stint as a U.S. Navy journalist took her to Guam and Florida. As an officer in the Navy, she was stationed in the San Francisco Bay Area. After leaving the Navy, Dawson worked in the legal field. She is now on the staff at the University of California in Berkeley, and resides in Alameda, California.
 

Awards: Macavity (2003)  see all

Genres: Mystery
 
Series
Jeri Howard
   1. Kindred Crimes (1990)
   2. Till the Old Men Die (1993)
   3. Take a Number (1993)
   4. Don't Turn Your Back On the Ocean (1994)
   5. Nobody's Child (1995)
     aka The Missing Child
   6. A Credible Threat (1996)
   7. Witness to Evil (1997)
   8. Where the Bodies Are Buried (1998)
   9. A Killing at the Track (2000)
   10. Bit Player (2011)
   Candles On The Corner (2011)
   Blue Eyes (2011)
   Little Red Corvette (2011)
   Slayer Statute (2011)
   11. Cold Trail (2015)
   12. Water Signs (2017)
   13. The Devil Close Behind (2019)
   14. The Things We Keep (2023)
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Novels
   What You Wish For (2012)
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Collections
   Scam and Eggs (2002)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   By The Book (2011)
   Pack Rat (2011)
   Voice Mail (2011)
   Invisible Time (2011)
   Mrs. Lincoln's Dilemma (2011)
   What The Cat Dragged In (2011)
   Witchcraft (2011)
   But Not Forgotten (2018)
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Books containing stories by Janet Dawson
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San Francisco Noir 2 (2009)
The Classics
(Akashic Noir)
edited by
Peter Maravelis
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Murder Most Feline (2001)
Cunning Tales of Cats and Crime
(Murder Most...)
edited by
Ed Gorman, Martin H Greenberg and Larry Segriff

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Awards
2003 Macavity Award for Best Mystery Short Story : Voice Mail

Award nominations
2012 Lefty Awards: Golden Nugget Award (nominee) : Bit Player
2004 Shamus Award for Best PI Short Story (nominee) : Slayer Statute
1991 Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel (nominee) : Kindred Crimes
1991 Macavity Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Kindred Crimes
1991 Anthony Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Kindred Crimes


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