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J.A. KonrathJoseph Andrew Konrath has sold more than two million books in twenty countries. He's written over thirty novels and over a hundred short stories in the mystery, thriller, horror, and sci-fi genres. Known for combining incredible action, hair-raising scares, and big laughs, Konrath has received over 10,000 Amazon reviews for his work, averaging 4.2 stars out of 5. He's been a #1 Amazon bestseller on three different occasions, and has been in the Top 100 bestseller lists over twenty times. He's twice won the Love is Murder Award for best thriller, and has also won the Derringer Award, and the Ellery Queen Readers Choice Award, and has been nominated for many others including the Anthony, Macavity, and Gumshoe. Konrath edited the collection These Guns For Hire, and his fiction has appeared in dozens of magazines and anthologies including Ellery Queen, Alfred Hitchcock, Cemetery Dance, The Strand, Thriller edited by James Patterson, and Wolfsbane & Mistletoe edited by Charlaine Harris (True Blood).

He's considered a pioneer in self-publishing. His blog, A Newbie's Guide to Publishing, gets several million hits per year, and Konrath has been featured in Forbes, Entertainment Weekly, Newsweek, Playboy, USA Today, Time, Woman's World, the LA Times, and the NY Times among many other periodicals. He also blogs for the Huffington Post.

J.A. Konrath Book List
His website: jakonrath.com
Similar authors: Russell Blake, Blake Crouch, Meg Gardiner, Phillip Margolin
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Serial
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Serial by Blake Crouch and Jack Kilborn

J.A. Konrath Partial Bibliography*

*To view Konrath's complete bibliography, see his website at jakonrath.com/bibliography.php


Jack Daniels Thrillers

  1. Whiskey Sour (2004)
  2. Bloody Mary (2005)
  3. Rusty Nail (2006)
  4. Dirty Martini (2007)
  5. Fuzzy Navel (2008)
  6. Cherry Bomb (2009)
  7. Shaken (2010)
  8. A Shot of Tequila (2011)
  9. Stirred (with Blake Crouch) (2012)
  10. Last Call (with Blake Crouch) (Coming 2015)
  11. Lady 52 (with June Hardin)

Other Thrillers

  • Afraid (as Jack Kilborn) (2008 US; 2009 UK)
  • Serial (with Blake Crouch) (2009)
  • Trapped (as Jack Kilborn) (2010)
  • Endurance (as Jack Kilborn) (2010)
  • Killers Uncut (with Blake Crouch) (2011)
  • Floaters (with Henry Perez)
  • Burners (with Henry Perez)

Short Story Collections and Novellas

  • Suckers (with Jeff Strand) (2008)
  • Jack Daniels Stories (2010)
  • Planter's Punch (with Tom Schreck) (2010)

J.A. Konrath Awards and Honors

  • Murder Award for best thriller
  • 2004 Derringer Award for Flash Fiction
  • Ellery Queen Readers Choice Award
  • 2006 Bob Kellog Humanitarian Award

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