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Sandra Scoppettone


USA flag (b.1936)

aka Jack Early

Sandra Scoppettone first emerged as one of the best hard-boiled mystery writers using the name Jack Early for her first three novels that included A Creative Kind of Killer (1984) that won the Shamus Award from the Private Eye Writers of America for best first novel. She had started writing seriously since the age of 18 when she moved to New York from South Orange, New Jersey. Scoppettone in the 1960s collaborated with Louise Fitzhuh and in the 1970s wrote important young adult novels. The Late Great Me depicting teenage alcoholism won an Emmy Award in 1976. Her real name was revealed in the 1990s with the start of a series featuring PI Lauren Laurano. Scoppettone shares her life with writer Linda Crawford.
 

Awards: Shamus (1985)  see all

Genres: Mystery
 
Novels
   Trying Hard to Hear You (1974)
   The Late Great Me (1976)
   Some Unknown Person (1977)
   Happy Endings Are All Alike (1978)
   Such Nice People (1980)
   Long Time Between Kisses (1982)
   Innocent Bystanders (1982)
   A Creative Kind of Killer (1984) (as by Jack Early)
   Razzamatazz (1985) (as by Jack Early)
   Playing Murder (1985)
   Bang Bang You're Dead (1986)
   Donato and Daughter (1988) (as by Jack Early)
   Beautiful Rage (2004)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Suzuki Beane (1961)
   Tag Sale (2011)
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Books containing stories by Sandra Scoppettone
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A Prisoner of Memory (2008)
And 24 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories
(Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories, book 3)
edited by
Ed Gorman and Martin H Greenberg
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A Hell of a Woman (2007)
An Anthology of Female Noir
edited by
Megan Abbott

More books 


Awards
1985 Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel : A Creative Kind of Killer

Award nominations
1985 Edgar Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : A Creative Kind of Killer


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