Michael Koryta
Michael Koryta | |
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 Koryta in 2010 | |
| Born | September 20, 1982 Bloomington, Indiana, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Alma mater | Indiana University |
| Genre | Crime, Supernatural |
| Website | |
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Michael Koryta (pronounced
In addition to winning the
In 2008, Koryta was honored with the Outstanding Young Alumni Award by Indiana University.[3]
Career
Michael Koryta began writing at a very early age. As an eight-year-old boy, he wrote to his favorite writers, and by the age of sixteen he had decided he wanted to become a crime novelist. His novel Tonight I Said Goodbye won the St. Martin's Press/Private Eye Writers of America Best First Novel prize.[4]
Many of Koryta's novels have been optioned for potential film or television production.[5] The first to make it to the screen is Taylor Sheridan's adaptation of Those Who Wish Me Dead.
Personal life
He currently lives in St. Petersburg, Florida, and Bloomington, Indiana. Koryta was born and raised in Bloomington, IN. He graduated from Bloomington High School North.[4]
Bibliography
The Lincoln Perry series
- Tonight I Said Goodbye (2004)
- Sorrow's Anthem (2006)
- A Welcome Grave (2007)
- The Silent Hour (2009)
The Markus Novak series
- Last Words (2015)
- Rise the Dark (2016)
Other novels
- Envy the Night (2008)
- So Cold the River (2010)
- The Cypress House (2011)
- The Ridge (2011)
- The Prophet (2012)
- Those Who Wish Me Dead (2014)
- How It Happened (2018)
- If She Wakes (2019)
- The Chill (2020) (writing as Scott Carson)
- Never Far Away (2021)
- Where They Wait (2021) (writing as Scott Carson)
- An Honest Man (2023)
References
- ^ "The Ridge". michaelkoryta.com. Michael Koryta. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ^ "Michael". www.michaelkoryta.com/. Michael Koryta. Archived from the original on 2015-05-14.
- ^ a b "Awards and Recognition: Outstanding Young Alumni Award 2008". Indiana University. Archived from the original on 4 March 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ^ a b Mechling, Lauren (2010-05-27). "Young P.I. Novelist Goes Gothic". Wall Street Journal, Books & Ideas.
- ^ Shere, Jeremy (10 December 2014). "Feature Story: Bloomington's Literary Lights" (PDF). Bloom Magazine. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
External links
- Fox Acquires Those Who Wish Me Dead Film Rights
- Michael Koryta's Official Web Site
- Michael Koryta at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Michael Koryta at the Internet Book List
