Iris Johansen

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Born (1938-04-07) April 7, 1938 (age 87)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
OccupationNovelist
Period1983–present
Iris Johansen
Born (1938-04-07) April 7, 1938 (age 87)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
OccupationNovelist
Period1983–present
GenreRomance fiction, suspense fiction, crime fiction
Children2
Website
www.irisjohansen.com

Iris Johansen (born April 7, 1938 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American writer of crime fiction, suspense fiction, and romance novels.

Iris Johansen left a job as an airline reservations agent in the early 1980s to begin writing romance novels.[1] She changed direction slightly and began writing historical romantic suspense novels in 1991 with the publication of The Wind Dancer. She settled in to suspense writing as her main genre with the crime fiction thriller Ugly Duckling, published in 1996[2] and soon after became a New York Times bestselling author.

Film adaptation

In 2011, the second novel in Johansen's Eve Duncan series was made in to a Lifetime film adaptation, The Killing Game, starring Laura Prepon as forensic sculptor Eve Duncan. This film adaptation was directed by Bobby Roth.[3]

Awards

  • 1996 Romantic Times Historical Romance Winner[4]
  • 1999 Romantic Times Suspense Winner[5]
  • 2016 Romantic Times Career Achievement - Thriller Winner[6]

Personal life

Johansen lives in Georgia, and is married. Her son, Roy Johansen, is an Edgar Award–winning screenwriter and novelist. Iris and Roy have written the Kendra Michaels books series together.[7][8][9] Her daughter, Tamara, contributes as her research assistant.[10][11]

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