Michael Jahn

Author Information for Michael Jahn

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No novelist has roots that run deeper in New York than Michael Jahn. When he writes about New York, he draws on several hundred years of colorful family history. Among his forebears in the City that Never Sleeps were a Spanish-American sailor (who lived in Brooklyn and, appropriately, was gunner aboard the USS Brooklyn during the Civil War); a Manhattan Irishman who drove a horse-drawn trolley; a personal maid to a branch of the Roosevelt family; a sportswriter at the legendary Brooklyn Eagle newspaper who later became editorial page editor of the Queens-based Long Island Press; and, appropriately for the author of Murder on the Waterfront, the German-American proprietor of a landmark waterfront hotel, saloon, and eventual speakeasy.

Michael Jahn began his daily newspaper career at The New York Times before turning to fiction. After winning the Edgar Award for The Quark Maneuver, he began the Bill Donovan Mysteries with Night Rituals. His newest, Murder on Coney Island is the ninth Donovan. He is a former editor of The Third Degree, the Mystery Writers of America newsletter. To learn more about Michael Jahn and the Bill Donovan Mysteries, visit Michael Jahn's New York at http://www.geocities.com/michaeljahn/.

His email address is donovanbooks@hotmail.com. He likes to correspond with readers and will answer all letters.

Homepage : http://www.geocities.com/michaeljahn/
Also Known As: John Darby , John Michaels

Residence: New York City
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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    Books In Classes: [Science Fiction] [Mystery] [Military] [Non-Fiction] [Romance] [Fiction]
    Books In Genres: [Supernatural] [Historical] [Police Procedural] [Biography] [TV Tie In] [Serial Killer]
    Books In Database: 30
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