Jeffrey Marks

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Jeffrey Marks (born October 8, 1960) is an American author.

Career[edit]

Marks is best known for the series of literary criticisms he has written on American mystery authors of the middle twentieth century. His first work, Who Was That Lady? Craig Rice; Queen of the Screwball Mystery, was nominated for every major mystery award including the Edgar, the Agatha, the Anthony and the Macavity.[1]

Marks' next work was Atomic Renaissance: Women Mystery Writers of the 1940s/1950s, which again was nominated for an Agatha.[2]

Marks then wrote Intent to Sell: Marketing the Genre Novel. He became the moderator of Murder Must Advertise, a website and email group that discusses the best ways to market genre fiction in a changing marketplace.

His next work, Anthony Boucher: A Biobibliography, won an Anthony Award in 2009 for Best Biographical/Critical work.[3]

He has completed a biography of mystery writer Erle Stanley Gardner, the author who created Perry Mason among other characters and has published a monograph on the pulp fiction works of Gardner, entitled Pulp Icons.

Marks is also a contributing editor to Mystery Scene Magazine and was the director of development for the mystery book publisher Crippen & Landru, taking over the role of publisher in 2018 from Douglas G. Greene.

Bibliography[edit]

  • ISBN 0-9663397-1-1 "Who Was That Lady? Craig Rice: Queen of the Screwball Mystery"
  • ISBN 0-9663397-7-0 "Atomic Renaissance: Women Mystery Writers of the 1940s/1950s'
  • ISBN 1-59133-116-1 "Intent to Sell: Marketing the Genre Novel"
  • ISBN 978-0-7864-3320-9 "Anthony Boucher: A Biobibliography"

Awards[edit]

Year Title Award Result Ref.
2001 Maganolias and Mayhem Anthony Award for Best Anthology/Short Story Collection Finalist [4]
2002 Who Was That Lady? Craig Rice, Queen of the Screwball Mystery Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical Finalist [5]
Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction Finalist [6][circular reference]
Anthony Award for Best Critical Work Finalist [7]
Macavity Award for Nonfiction/Critical Finalist [8][circular reference]
2003 Atomic Renaissance: Women Mystery Writers of the 1940s and 1950s Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction Finalist [9][circular reference]
Intent to Sell: Marketing the Genre Novel Anthony Award Finalist [7]
Macavity Award for Nonfiction/Critical Finalist [10][circular reference]
2008 Anthony Boucher: A Biobibliography Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction Finalist [11][circular reference]
Anthony Award Winner [12]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ [1][permanent dead link], Mystery Reader's Journal, accessed December 30, 2010.
  2. ^ [2][permanent dead link], Malice Domestic, accessed December 30, 2010.
  3. ^ "History of Bouchercon". Archived from the original on 2007-09-25. Retrieved 2014-07-05.
  4. ^ "Winners of the Bouchercon Best Ciritcal or Nonfiction Announced". Boucehrcon World Mystery Convention. 2003-06-04. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  5. ^ "Winners of the Edgars Best Critical Biographical Announced". Edgar Awards. 2002-06-04.
  6. ^ "Winners of the Malice Domestic Best Nonfiction Announced". Wikipedia. 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  7. ^ a b "Winners of the Bouchercon Best Critical or Nonfiction Announced". Bouchercon World Mystery Convention. 2003-06-04. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  8. ^ "Winners of the Macavity Best Nonfiction Critical Announced". Wikipedia. 2003-06-04. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  9. ^ "Winners of the Malice Domestic Best Nonfiction Announced". Wikipedia. 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  10. ^ "Winners of the Macavity Best Nonfiction Critical Announced". Wikipedia. 2003-06-04. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  11. ^ "Winners of the Malice Domestic Best Nonfiction Announced". Wikipedia. 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  12. ^ "Winners of the Bouchercon Best Critical or Nonfiction Announced". Bouchercon World Mystery Convention. 2003-06-04. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
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