J. A. Konrath Joseph Andrew Konrath is a fiction writer working in the mystery , thriller , and horror genres. He writes as J. A. Konrath and Jack Kilborn. In 2011 Konrath was named one of the "5 eBook Authors To Watch" by Mediabistro.com's Dianna Dilworth .Biography Konrath graduated from Columbia College in Chicago in 1992 and spent the next 12 years garnering close to five hundred rejections for nine unpublished novels. His tenth book, Whiskey Sour , was picked up by Hyperion in 2003 and was the first in a series featuring Lt. Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels of the Chicago Police Department . He's since published dozens of short stories and articles, been translated into eight languages, and edited an anthology called These Guns for Hire for Bleak House Books . In 2010 the seventh book in the Jack Daniels series was picked up for publication by AmazonEncore . Konrath currently lives in Schaumburg, Illinois , a western suburb of Chicago. J.A. Konrath teaches writing at Dupage College, Illinois.Awards Konrath has won the 2006 Bob Kellog Humanitarian Award and the 2004 Derringer Award for Flash Fiction .Writing Konrath is a big advocate of self-publishing and for self-promotion, believing that writers must play a large part in marketing their own books. He's also known for having an outspoken view on the publishing industry , blogging about topics such as 2012 accusations by some industry pundits that Amazon endangered book sales .Novels "Afraid" - Under the pseudonym Jack Kilborn "A Shot of Tequila" - A Jack Daniels Thriller "Endurance" - Under the pseudonym Jack Kilborn "Trapped" - Under the pseudonym Jack KilbornJack Daniels series "Whiskey Sour" "Bloody Mary" "Rusty Nail" "Dirty Martini" "Fuzzy Navel" "Cherry Bomb" "Shaken" "Stirred" Lady 52 "Rum Runner" Last Call White Russian Shot Girl Chaser Old Fashioned Tie-in stories "On the Rocks" "With a Twist" "Body Shots" "Whelp Wanted" "Taken to the Cleaners" "Street Music" "Epitaph" "Suffer" "Bereaved" "Potshot" "The One That Got Away" "The Necro File" "Last Request" "Overproof" "School Daze" The above are all collected in the book "Jack Daniels Stories" ."Suckers" novella co-written by Jeff Strand "Truck Stop" "Floaters" "Planter's Punch" "Burners" "Banana Hammock" "Babe on Board" Other short stories "The Agreement" "Symbios" "Forgiveness" "Light Drizzle" "The Shed" "Finicky Eater" "The Screaming" "Don’t Press That Button!" "The Bag" "The Big Guys, He Bites, A Matter of Taste" "Appalachian Lullabye" "Lying Eyes" "Redux" "The Conversation" "A Fistful of Cozy" "Mr. Pull Ups" "Punishment" "The Confession" "Them's Good Eats" "Lying Eyes" "The Sound of Blunder" co-written with F. Paul Wilson The Newbie's Guide to Publishing "S.A." Other self-published fiction "Origin" - A thriller about Satan being studied in a secret government compound."The List" - A thriller about a cop who discovers he, and several others, are clones of famous historical figures ."Disturb" - A thriller about a new legal insomnia drug with deadly side effects ."65 Proof" - A collection of short stories .Self-published non-fiction Non-fiction works about the publishing industry, self-publishing and the writing process: "The Newbie's Guide to Publishing " - Kindle edition April 2010 . "Be the Monkey - Ebooks and Self-Publishing: A Dialog Between Authors Barry Eisler and Joe Konrath" - Co-written with Barry Eisler.
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