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Jan Burke
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Jan Burke

National bestseller Jan Burke is the author of a dozen novels and a collection of short stories. Among the awards her work has garnered are Mystery Writers of America's Edgar® for Best Novel, Malice Domestic's Agatha Award, Mystery Readers International's Macavity, and the RT Book Club's Best Contemporary Mystery. She is the founder of the Crime Lab Project (www.crimelabproject.com) and is a member of the board of the California Forensic Science Institute. She lives in Southern California with her husband and two dogs. Learn more about her at www.janburke.com.

Disturbance will be released on May 29, 2012 in Mass Market Paperback
about 17 hours ago
Bones will be released on August 14, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Feb 11, 2012
Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from Disturbance
Sep 21, 2011
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from REMEMBER ME, IRENE
Aug 11, 2011
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from DEAR IRENE,
Jul 28, 2011
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from SWEET DREAMS, IRENE
Jul 28, 2011
Disturbance will be released on June 21, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
Jun 21, 2011
Disturbance is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Jun 21, 2011
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Disturbance
Jun 10, 2011
LIAR will be released on June 07, 2011 in eBook
Jun 07, 2011
LIAR is now available in eBook
Jun 07, 2011
Author Appearances have been announced:
Find Jan Burke appearances
May 25, 2011
Bones will be released on April 26, 2011 in eBook
Apr 26, 2011
Bones is now available in eBook
Apr 26, 2011
The Messenger will be released on February 22, 2011 in Mass Market Paperback
Feb 22, 2011
The Messenger is now available in Mass Market Paperback
Feb 22, 2011

Authors on the Web

Examiner.com, January 31, 2012
...Crime Fiction Examiner + Subscribe Jan Burke jokes that she a simple goal, “I want readers to lose sleep and stop doing housework.” She added, “I don't take my fans for granted, and I genuinely...
Examiner.com, January 30, 2012
...Crime Fiction Examiner + Subscribe Not many authors get a career boost from a sitting President, but Jan Burke was lucky enough to have President Bill Clinton say that he was reading Goodnight, Irene shortly after taking office. Since that time, Burke...
San Francisco Examiner, November 7, 2011
...St., S.F.] PUBLIC LIBRARIES ‘A Study in Sherlock’: Authors Laurie King, Les Klinger, Tony Broadbent and Jan Burke share original stories and perspectives on Sherlock Holmes. [6 p.m., Main Library, Latino/Hispanic Room, 100 Larkin St., S.F.] Homework...
Chronicle Herald, August 7, 2011
...genius or disaster area." Adamsberg himself probably couldn’t answer the question. But fans can. Disturbance by Jan Burke (Simon & Schuster, $28.99) A phone call from a colleague puts Irene Kelly, an investigative reporter in southern California, on...
Advertiser Democrat, July 26, 2011
..." Benjamin Black; "The Storm at the Door," Stefan Merrill Block; "Long Gone," Alafair Burke; "Disturbance," Jan Burke; "Overbite," Meg Cabot; "Carte Blanche," Jeffery Deaver; "Infernal Angels," Loren D. Estleman; "Smokin’ Seventeen," Janet Evanovich;...
Fremont Tribune, July 20, 2011
...Charles West Escape by Barbara Delinsky Mystery, Science Fiction and Western The ranger by Ace Atkins Disturbance by Jan Burke The quest for Anna Klein by Thomas H. Cook Smokin' seventeen: A Stephanie Plum novel by Janet Evanovich Devil's food cake...
STLtoday.com, July 10, 2011
...Kelly got the best of serial killer Nick Parrish. He went off to a prison hospital. Now, author Jan Burke brings Parrish back into reporter Kelly's life, which has hit some bumps. Kelly's out of a job when the paper in her Southern California coastal...
Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the Living Room, September 24, 2011
...official conference day, and I was nervous about it - my panel consisted of Deborah Crombie, Erin Hart, Jan Burke and Hank Phillippi Ryan, an unlikely combo but a thoughtful and dynamic one.  The panel was over before I knew it (it never hurts to...
Jungle Red Writers, August 7, 2011
...Anne of Green Gables.And I'm a little peeved that I didn't grow up with Harry.JAN BURKE: I got hooked on Little Women and Eight Cousins. I was never big on magic, sci-fi, or fantasy. My fantasy was always got in a historical world. Celia Garth...
Writing well is the best revenge, July 22, 2011
...waiting on my Kindle for when I escape to Hawaii next month are Kate Morton's Rivington Street, Jan Burke's Deliverance and Connie Willis's Blackout. I don't know about you but I can't read fiction when I'm writing so my bedtime book is currently...
Writing well is the best revenge, July 16, 2011
...RHYS: Jan Burke was supposed to be my Wednesday guest, but alas, various factors, including my disappearing internet, did not cooperate, so I'm giving her the whole weekend to shine. So...
All articles at Blogcritics, June 20, 2011
...Jan Burke has written another thriller, one so good that it was messing about my schedule. I should explain that I think there’s a few different type of readers: 1...
Bookin' with Bingo, June 1, 2011
...Nelson DeMille) 28.  Editor in Chief of the College Paper Eve Diamond (Denise Hamilton) v. Irene Kelly (Jan Burke) 29. Manners Maisie Dobbs (Jacqueline Winspear) v. Inspector Lynley (Elizabeth George) 30.  Parent/Child Duo Most Likely to Fight if Stuck...
Omnimystery News, May 28, 2011
...italics ) this month: Hal Ackerman (Harry Stein, 2nd) — Clive Cussler and Grant Blackwood (Fargo Adventure, 3rd) — Jan Burke (Irene Kelly, 11th) — Linda Castillo (Kate Burkholder, 3rd) — Rory Clements (John Shakespeare, 2nd) — Sandra Carey Cody...