Andrew Klavan
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Andrew Klavan (born 1954 in New York City) is an award-winning and best-selling American author and screenwriter. Known for his tough-guy mysteries and psychological thrillers, two of Andrew's books have been adapted into major motion pictures - True Crime (1999) and Don't Say A Word (2001). He has been nominated for the Edgar Award four times and has won twice. Playwright and novelist Laurence Klavan is his brother.[1]
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[edit] Biography
Andrew Klavan was born in New York City, New York. His father was Gene Klavan, a popular New York personality and one-half of the radio show "Klavan and Finch."
Andrew attended the University of California at Berkley, where he met his future wife, Ellen Flanagan.[1]
Klavan wrote his first novel, Face of the Earth, in 1977. He then moved to Putnam County, where he worked as a reporter for a local newspaper. His experience covering local crime later formed the basis for his novel Corruption.
After Face of the Earth was published, Klavan returned to New York, where he took a series of jobs (as a reader for Columbia Pictures and a news writer for WOR Radio and ABC Radio Networks) while writing mysteries and freelance book reviews. During this time he wrote The Scarred Man using the pseudonym Keith Peterson. His book, The Rain, won an Edgar Award for Best Original Paperback.
He also began to write supernatural thrillers, publishing such novels as The Animal Hour, Don't Say A Word, which was also nominated for an Edgar, and Corruption, and wrote the screenplay for the film version of Simon Brett's novel A Shock to the System.
Klavan and his family then moved to London, where he wrote True Crime, and two other novels. After seven years, he moved back to the States, settling in Santa Barbara, California, where he completed the novel Man and Wife (currently in motion picture development [1]), and wrote his Weiss/Bishop trilogy: Dynamite Road, Shotgun Alley and Damnation Street.
Andrew's next novel, a political thriller entitled Empire of Lies, will be released on July 14, 2008. [2]
[edit] Bibliography
- Face of the Earth (1980)
- Agnes Mallory (1985)
- Mrs. White (1987) (as Margaret Tracy, with Laurence Klavan)
- There Fell A Shadow (1988) (as Keith Peterson)
- The Rain (1988) (as Keith Peterson)
- Darling Clementine (1988)
- The Trap Door (1988) (as Keith Peterson)
- Son of Man (1988)
- The Scarred Man (1989) (as Keith Peterson)
- Rough Justice (1989) (as Keith Peterson)
- Don't Say a Word (1991)
- The Animal Hour (1992)
- Corruption (1993)
- True Crime (1995)
- Suicide (1995)
- The Uncanny (1998)
- Hunting Down Amanda (1999)
- Man and Wife (2001)
- Dynamite Road (2003)
- Shotgun Alley (2004)
- Damnation Street (2006)
- Empire of Lies (2008)
[edit] Filmography
- White of the Eye (1987)
- A Shock to the System (1990)
- True Crime (1999)
- Don't Say a Word (2001) (Co-Producer)
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- Klavan, Andrew Crime Time Interview
- Apuzzo, Jason Liberty Film Festival [1]
- Curtis, Brian Do You Fear Me Now? Slate Magazine, February 2006
- Klavan, Andrew, "Clinton Doth Protest Too Much" Los Angeles Times, September 2006
