Susan Dunlap
Susan Dunlap | |
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Born | Susan D. Sullivan June 20, 1943 Kew Gardens, Queens,New York |
Occupation | Mystery writer, social worker |
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Spouses | Newell Dunlap (1970) |
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Susan Dunlap |
Susan Dunlap(born June 20, 1943) is an American writer ofmysterynovels and short stories. Her novels have mostly appeared in one of four series, each with its own sleuthing protagonist: Vejay Haskell, Jill Smith, Kiernan O'Shaughnessy, or Darcy Lott. Through 2020, more than two dozen of Dunlap's book-length mysteries have appeared in print. She has also edited crime fiction and has contributed to anthologies, includingA Woman's Eye(1991), and to periodicals such asEllery Queen's Mystery MagazineandAlfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine.[1]Her short story "Checkout" won aMacavity Awardand anAnthony Awardin 1994.[2][3]
Dunlap was a founding member ofSisters in Crimeand served as its president in 1990–91. Before becoming a full-time writer in 1984, she was asocial workerinBaltimore(1966–67),New York City(1967), andContra Costa County,California (1968–84). She has also worked as aparalegal,private investigator,andyogateacher.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Born inKew Gardens, Queens,New York, Dunlap graduated fromBucknell Universitywith aB.A.in 1965 and from theUniversity of North Carolinawith aMaster of Arts in Teachingin 1966. She married Newell Dunlap in 1970.[1]In 2020, the Dunlaps live near San Francisco.[4]
Critical reception
[edit]Reviews
[edit]Carol M. Harper inSt. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writerssaid in 1996 that "Dunlap has coupled authenticity in setting with a bizarre sense of humor appropriate for Northern California. Her series feature radically different heroines (amateur detective, police officer and licensed private detective) from three different backgrounds (rural northern California, urban northern California, and East Coast transplant to urban Southern California) to create three eminently readable series." Harper also praised Dunlap for her abilities as a writer of short stories and an editor of crime-story anthologies.[5]
Kirkus ReviewspraisesTime Expired,featuringBerkeley, California,homicide detective Jill Smith, as "an adroitly plotted, consistently interesting police procedural."[6]
Awards
[edit]Pious Deception(1989) andRogue Wavewere finalists for theAnthony Award for Best Novel.[7]
Bibliography
[edit]Mystery series
[edit]Vejay Haskell
- An Equal Opportunity Death(1984)
- The Bohemian Connection(1985)
- The Last Annual Slugfest(1986)
Jill Smith
- Karma(1981)
- As a Favor(1984)
- Not Exactly a Brahmin(1985)
- Too Close to the Edge(1987)
- A Dinner to Die For(1987)
- Diamond in the Buff(1990)
- Death and Taxes(1992)
- Time Expired(1993)
- Sudden Exposure(1996)
- Cop Out(1997)
Kiernan O'Shaughnessy
- Pious Deception(1989)
- Rogue Wave(1991)
- High Fall(1994)
- No Immunity(1998)
Darcy Lott
- A Single Eye(2006)
- Hungry Ghosts(2008)
- Civil Twilight(2009)
- Power Slide(2010)
- No Footprints(2012)
- Switchback(2015)
- Out of Nowhere(2016)
Short story collections
[edit]- The Celestial Buffet and Other Morsels of Murder(2001)
- Karma and Other Stories(2002)
- No Safety and Other Short Stories(2014)
Other
[edit]- Deadly Allies II: Private Eye Writers of America and Sisters in Crime Collaborative Anthology,editor, withRobert J. Randisi(1994)
- Fast Friends(novel) (2004)
References
[edit]- ^abc"Susan Dunlap".Contemporary Authors Online.Gale. 2011.Archivedfrom the original on May 10, 2024.RetrievedJanuary 17,2020.
- ^"Macavity Awards".Mystery Readers International. 2020.Archivedfrom the original on April 5, 2019.RetrievedJanuary 26,2020.
- ^"Past Bouchercons".2019.RetrievedJanuary 26,2020.
- ^"Susan Dunlap: About Susan".Interbridge.Archivedfrom the original on May 11, 2021.RetrievedJanuary 30,2020.
- ^Harper, Carol M. (1996). "Dunlap, Susan (D.)". In Pederson, Jay P. (ed.).St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers(4th ed.). Detroit: St. James Press. pp. 323–24.ISBN1-55862-178-4.
- ^"Time Expired".Kirkus Media. May 20, 2010.RetrievedJanuary 27,2020.
- ^"Susan Dunlap".Stop, You're Killing Me!.Archivedfrom the original on 2024-05-09.Retrieved2024-05-10.