John Lutz (mystery writer)

John Thomas Lutz (September 11, 1939^[1] – January 9, 2021)^[2] was an American writer who mainly wrote mystery novels.

Career

Lutz's work included political suspense, private eye novels, urban suspense, humor, occult, crime caper, police procedural, espionage, historical, futuristic, amateur detective, thriller; virtually every mystery sub-genre. He was the author of more than forty novels and over 200 short stories and articles. His novel Single White Female was the basis for the 1992 film starring Bridget Fonda^[3][4][5][6] and his novel The Ex was made into the HBO original movie of the same title, for which he co-authored the screenplay. Lutz's novels and short fiction have been translated into almost every language and adapted for almost every medium.

Lutz served as president of both

• The Truth of the Matter (1971)
• Bonegrinder (1977)
• Lazarus Man (1979)
• Jericho Man (1980)
• The Shadow Man (1981)
• Exiled (1982) (with Steven Greene)
• The Eye (1984) (with Bill Pronzini)
• Shadowtown (1988)
• Single White Female (1990; original title: SWF Seeks Same; see also movie page Single White Female)
• Dancing with the Dead (1992)
• The Ex (1996) (adapted into a film — see The Ex (1997 film))
• Final Seconds (1998) (with David August)

References