S. J. Rozan

S. J. Rozan

Rozan, left, playing in annual basketball game at '06 Bouchercon. (Kent Krueger also shown)    
Born 1950
Bronx, New York
Pen name Sam Cabot
Occupation Writer
Education B.A., M.Arch.
Alma mater Oberlin College
SUNY at Buffalo
Period 1990 to Present
Genre Detective fiction, thrillers
Notable works Absent Friends
Winter and Night
Notable awards
  • Anthony (1998)
  • Dilys (2012)
  • Edgar (2002, 2003)
  • Macavity (2003)
  • Maltese Falcon-Japan (2009)
  • Nero (2003)
  • Shamus (1996, 2002)
Signature
Website
www.sjrozan.com

S. J. Rozan is an architect and award-winning American writer of detective fiction and thrillers, based in New York City. She also co-writes a paranormal thriller series under the pseudonym Sam Cabot with Carlos Dews.[1]

Life and career

S.J. (Shira Judith) Rozan was born in 1950 in the Bronx, New York. She grew up with two sisters and a brother, and has a passion for basketball. She graduated from Oberlin College with a bachelor's degree, and received a master's in architecture from the State University of New York at Buffalo She is a lifelong New Yorker and currently lives in Lower Manhattan.[2][3][4][5]

Before her career as an architect, Rozan also worked as a janitor, in jewelry sales, painting houses, book sales, bread baking, as an advertising copywriter, and as a self-defense instructor.[6] As an architect, she became project manager for a New York firm[7] working on socially useful projects. She said, "That life was exactly what I wanted, but it wasn't making me happy...So I decided to go back to this idea I'd had of writing a crime novel."[8]

Rozan's books are set in New York City or start out there. Her P.I. series features Lydia Chin and Bill Smith, and the books alternate point of view between the two characters.[9] About them she has revealed, "Lydia is me as I was when I was her age. She’s optimistic and full of energy. She believes that the world can be saved...Bill, on the other hand, is me as I am now—on a bad day. He’s been through enough bad stuff in his life that he knows what can’t be done."[10]

In 2013 she co-authored a book with Carlos Dews under the name Sam Cabot. This book was set in Rome and is the first in a series of historical thrillers.[11] In addition to crime novels, since 2004, Rozan has written haiku that she posts each weekend to her blog. They are composed as she makes observations, but aren't written down until she gets home.[12]

Rozan speaks, lectures, and teaches widely, including in January 2003 as an invited speaker at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland;[13] as a Master Artist at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in Fall 2006;[14] at the 2009 National Book Festival;[13] speaking about "Every Story Is a Mystery" at the Central Library in Indianapolis in October 2009;[15] as keynote speaker at the California Crime Writers Conference in June 2011;[16] in Fall 2011 as an instructor at the New York Crime Fiction Academy;[17] as a Writer-in-Residence at Singapore Management University in February 2014;[18] as Author-in-Residence & Guest Instructor at 2014 Novel-In-Progress Bookcamp;[19] and during summers in Assisi, Italy at Art Workshop International as a Writing Instructor.[20] She gives freely of her time to other writers as shown by acknowledgments in, among others, the following referenced books:[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]

Bibliography

Lydia Chin / Bill Smith Series

Standalone novels/chapters

Writing as Sam Cabot

Sam Cabot books are co-written with Carlos Dews

Short story collections

Short stories

Poetry

Non-fiction essays and articles

References

  1. ↑ "Cabot, Sam (3)". Library of Congress. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
  2. ↑ Siegel, Micki (April 19, 2012). "Air of suspense". New York Post. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  3. ↑ Ashley, Mike (Ed.) Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction, Constable & Robinson, 2002, p. 424. ISBN 1-84119-287-2
  4. ↑ Lindsay, Elizabeth Blakesley "Great Women Mystery Writers" (2nd ed.), Greenwood Press, 2007, p. 227. ISBN 0-313-33428-5
  5. ↑ "Crime Fiction Academy Faculty". The Center for Fiction. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  6. ↑ Jordan, Jon (January 5, 2002). "Interview with S. J. Rozan". Books 'n' Bytes. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  7. ↑ "S.J. Rozan Builds Her Case". CBS News. November 25, 1998. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  8. ↑ Talley, Marcia (Winter 1999). "Crime and Publishing". Oberlin Alumni Magazine. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  9. ↑ Nichols, Victoria & Thompson, Susan (Eds.) Silk Stalkings: More Women Write of Murder, Scarecrow Press, 2000, p. 247. ISBN 1-57886-012-1
  10. ↑ "Talking with S.J. Rozan". AudioFile Magazine. Aug/Sep 99. Retrieved May 15, 2014. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ↑ Murphy, L. Dean (July 31, 2013). "Blood of the Lamb by Sam Cabot". The Big Thrill. International Thriller Writers. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  12. ↑ Cohen, Gabriel (May 29, 2005). "Snaring Her Muse in the Drift of the Hudson". New York Times. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  13. 1 2 "S.J. Rozan: 2009 National Book Festival". Library of Congress (incl. video link). September 26, 2009. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Master Artist-in-Residence Program History/Residency #120". Atlantic Center for the Arts. October 2–22, 2006. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  15. ↑ "S. J. Rozan Lecture: Every Story is a Mystery". The Indianapolis Public Library (incl. video link). November 12, 2009. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  16. ↑ Ash, Elaine (June 12, 2011). "Keynote Speech from The California Crime Writers Conference". Spinetingler Magazine. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Events (history)". The Center for Fiction. Fall 2011. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Beat Writer's Block with SJ Rozan". Singapore Management University. February 6, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  19. ↑ Martin, Philip (January 30, 2014). "New Featured Author-in-Residence: SJ Rozan". Novel-in-Progress BookCamp. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Faculty". Art Workshop International. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  21. ↑ Kaufman, Thomas Steal the Show, St. Martin's Minotaur, 2011. ISBN 978-0-312-54632-8
  22. ↑ Knutson, Andrea American Spaces of Conversion: The Conductive Imaginaries of Edwards, Emerson, and James, Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-19-537092-8
  23. ↑ Zelvin, Elizabeth Death Will Help You Leave Him, Minotaur, 2009. ISBN 978-0-312-58266-1
  24. ↑ Cohen, Gabriel. Storms Can't Hurt the Sky: A Buddhist Path Through Divorce, Da Capo Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1-60094-050-7
  25. ↑ Harris, Charlaine All Together Dead, Ace, 2007. ISBN 978-0-441-01494-1
  26. ↑ Qiu Xiaolong A Case of Two Cities, St. Martin's Minotaur, 2006. ISBN 978-0-312-35985-0
  27. ↑ Torres, Steven. Missing in Precinct Puerto Rico: Book Four, St. Martin's Minotaur, 2006. ISBN 978-0-312-32111-6
  28. ↑ Hughes, Robert J. Late and Soon: A Novel, Carroll & Graf, 2005. ISBN 0-7867-1588-X
  29. ↑ Santlofer, Jonathan Color Blind: A Novel of Suspense, William Morrow, 2004. ISBN 0-06-054104-0
  30. ↑ Bowen, Rhys For the Love of Mike, St. Martin's Minotaur, 2003. ISBN 0-312-31300-4
  31. ↑ Raphael, Lawrence W. Criminal Kabbalah, Jewish Lights Pub, 2001. ISBN 1-58023-109-8
  32. ↑ Savage, Tom The Inheritance, Dutton Adult, 1998. ISBN 0525944230
  33. ↑ Sobin, Roger M. (Ed.) The Essential Mystery Lists: For Readers, Collectors, and Librarians (2007 ed.), Poisoned Pen Press, 2007, p. 59. ISBN 978-1-59058-457-6
  34. ↑ "S.J. Rozan E-books". Resources for S. J. Rozan. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  35. ↑ ""Golden Chance" (short story)". PodOmatic. April 1, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  36. ↑ "Falconer (short story)". Akashic Books: Mondays Are Murder. May 6, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  37. ↑ Rozan, S.J. (September 22, 2012). "More haiku for you". Rozan's Blog. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
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