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J.A. Konrath

Biography

J.A. Konrath

Joseph Andrew Konrath was born in Skokie, IL in 1970. He graduated from Columbia College in Chicago in 1992. His first novel, WHISKEY SOUR (2004), introduced Lt. Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels. Others in the series include BLOODY MARY (2005), RUSTY NAIL (2006), DIRTY MARTINI (2007), FUZZY NAVEL (2008), CHERRY BOMB (2009), SHAKEN (2010), and STIRRED (2011). The books combine hair-raising scares and suspense with laugh out loud comedy.

Joe is also the editor of the hitman anthology THESE GUNS FOR HIRE (2006). His short stories have appeared in more than sixty magazines and collections, and his work has been translated into ten languages.

Under the name Jack Kilborn, Joe wrote the horror novels AFRAID (2009), TRAPPED (2010), ENDURANCE (2010), and DRACULAS (2010).

Joe's been nominated for several awards, including the Anthony, Macavity, Gumshoe, Dagger, and Barry, and has won the Derringer, Bob Kellog, EQMM Reader's Choice, and two Lovie awards.

His blog, A Newbie's Guide to Publishing (http://jakonrath.blogspot.com), gets over a million hits a year.

Joe is married, has three children and two dogs, and currently lives in a suburb of Chicago.

J.A. Konrath

Books by J.A. Konrath

by J.A. Konrath - Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

One hundred years later, a team of scientists gather at an underground facility in New Mexico to determine what this being is --- the most amazing discovery in the history of mankind --- and how it has managed to survive. A biologist will analyze its structure. A veterinarian will study its behavior. A linguist will translate its language. But even the greatest minds in the world cannot answer one inescapable question: Could this ancient creature, this mockery of God and nature, actually be the ancient demon known as…the Beast?