John Katzenbach
American author of popular fiction (born 1950)
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John Katzenbach (born June 23, 1950) is an American author of popular fiction. Son of Nicholas Katzenbach, former United States Attorney General, Katzenbach worked as a criminal court reporter for the Miami Herald and Miami News and as a featured writer for the Herald's Tropic magazine. He is married to Madeleine Blais, and they live in western Massachusetts.[1]
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Katzenbach in the Buenos Aires International Book Fair | |
| Born | June 23, 1950 Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer and screenwriter |
| Period | 1987–present |
| Genre | Suspense |
| Spouse | Madeleine Blais |
| Website | |
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He left the newspaper industry to write psychological thrillers. His In the Heat of the Summer (1982) novel[2] was nominated for an Edgar Award and then became the movie The Mean Season (1985), starring Kurt Russell and Mariel Hemingway.
Two more of his books were made into films in the United States: Just Cause (1995) with Sean Connery and Hart's War (2002) with Bruce Willis. A fourth book, The Wrong Man, was made in 2011 as the French TV film Faux Coupable.[3]
Awards
| Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | In the Heat of the Summer | Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel | Finalist | [5] |
| 1987 | The Traveller | CWA New Blood Dagger | Finalist | |
| 1996 | The Shadow Man | Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel | Finalist | |
| 2000 | Hart’s War | Barry Award for Best Novel | Finalist | |
| 2004 | The Madman's Tale | Hammett Prize | Finalist | |
| 2005 | The Madman's Tale | Anthony Award for Best Novel | Finalist |
Published works
- In the Heat of the Summer (1982)
- First Born (1984)
- The Traveler[6] (1987)
- Day of Reckoning (1989)
- Just Cause (1992)
- The Shadow Man (1995; Edgar nominee)
- State of Mind[7] (1997)
- Hart's War (1999)
- The Analyst (2002)
- The Madman's Tale (2004)
- The Wrong Man (2007)
- What Comes Next (2010)
- Red 1-2-3 (2012)
- The Dead Student (2014)
- By Persons Unknown (2016)
- The Analyst II (2018)
- The Architect
- Jack's Boys (2021)
- The Analyst III (2024)
Film adaptations
- The Mean Season (1985) (based on In the Heat of the Summer)
- Just Cause (1995)
- Hart's War (2002)
- Faux Coupable (2011) (based on The Wrong Man)
