Summary
Michael Koryta (pronounced ko-ree-ta) (born September 20, 1982) is an American author of contemporary crime and supernatural fiction.[1] His novels have appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list, and have won or been nominated for prizes and awards such as the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Edgar Award, the Shamus Award, the Barry Award, the Quill Award, and the International Thriller Writers Awards.[2]
Michael Koryta | |
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 Koryta in 2010 | |
| Born | September 20, 1982 Bloomington, Indiana, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Alma mater | Indiana University |
| Genre | Crime, Supernatural |
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In addition to winning the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, his novel Envy the Night was selected as a Reader's Digest Condensed Book. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages. A former private investigator and newspaper reporter, Koryta graduated from Indiana University with a degree in criminal justice.[3]
In 2008, Koryta was honored with the Outstanding Young Alumni Award by Indiana University.[3]
Career edit
Michael Koryta began writing at a very early age. As an eight-year-old boy, he wrote to his favorite writers, and by the age of sixteen he had decided he wanted to become a crime novelist. His novel Tonight I Said Goodbye won the St. Martin's Press/Private Eye Writers of America Best First Novel prize.[4]
Many of Koryta's novels have been optioned for potential film or television production.[5] The first to make it to the screen is Taylor Sheridan's adaptation of Those Who Wish Me Dead.
Personal life edit
He currently lives in St. Petersburg, Florida, and Bloomington, Indiana. Koryta was born and raised in Bloomington, IN. He graduated from Bloomington High School North.[4]
Bibliography edit
The Lincoln Perry series edit
- Tonight I Said Goodbye (2004)
- Sorrow's Anthem (2006)
- A Welcome Grave (2007)
- The Silent Hour (2009)
The Markus Novak series edit
- Last Words (2015)
- Rise the Dark (2016)
Other novels edit
- Envy the Night (2008)
- So Cold the River (2010)
- The Cypress House (2011)
- The Ridge (2011)
- The Prophet (2012)
- Those Who Wish Me Dead (2014)
- How It Happened (2018)
- If She Wakes (2019)
- The Chill (2020) (writing as Scott Carson)
- Never Far Away (2021)
- Where They Wait (2021) (writing as Scott Carson)
- An Honest Man (2023)
References edit
- ^ "The Ridge". michaelkoryta.com. Michael Koryta. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ^ "Michael". www.michaelkoryta.com/. Michael Koryta. Archived from the original on 2015-05-14.
- ^ a b "Awards and Recognition: Outstanding Young Alumni Award 2008". Indiana University. Archived from the original on 4 March 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ^ a b Mechling, Lauren (2010-05-27). "Young P.I. Novelist Goes Gothic". Wall Street Journal, Books & Ideas.
- ^ Shere, Jeremy (10 December 2014). "Feature Story: Bloomington's Literary Lights" (PDF). Bloom Magazine. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
External links edit
- Fox Acquires Those Who Wish Me Dead Film Rights
- Michael Koryta's Official Web Site
- Michael Koryta at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Michael Koryta at the Internet Book List