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Jean M. Redmann

Jean M. Redmann

American novelist (born 1955)

Jean M. Redmann (born June 9, 1955 in Mississippi, US), known professionally as J. M. Redmann and R. Jean Reid, is an American novelist best known for her Micky Knight mystery series, which has won the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery three times and been a finalist four times.

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Redmann's novels contain similar themes regarding "the protagonist's troubled childhood and how it affects her adult life, discrimination based on sexual orientation and alcoholism. Her novels follow the tradition of hardboiled fiction."[1]

She "is a gay rights activist and works as the director of prevention at NO/AIDS Task Force."[1]

Published works

Micky Knight series

  1. Death by the Riverside (1990)
  2. Deaths of Jocasta (1992)
  3. The Intersection of Law and Desire (1995)
  4. Lost Daughters (1999)
  5. Death of a Dying Man (2009)
  6. Water Mark (2010)
  7. Ill Will (2012)
  8. The Shoal of Time (2013)
  9. The Girl on the Edge of Summer (2017)
  10. Not Dead Enough (2019)
  11. Transitory (2023)

Nell McGraw series (as R. Jean Reid)

  1. Roots of Murder (2016)
  2. Perdition (2017)

Anthology contributions

  • The Milk of Human Kindness, edited by Lori L. Lake (2004)
  • Women of Mystery: An Anthology, edited by Katherine V. Forrest (2006)
  • Women in Uniform: Medics and Soldiers and Cops, Oh My!, edited by Pat Cronin (2010)
  • Lesbians on the Loose: Crime Writers on the Lam, edited by Narrelle M. Harris (2015)
  • The Only One in the World: A Sherlock Holmes Anthology, edited by Narrelle M. Harris (2021)

Anthologies edited

Awards

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References

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    "J.M. Redmann". Goodreads. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
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    Boureau, Ella (March 6, 2018). "30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced". Lambda Literary. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
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    "25th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced!". Lambda Literary. June 4, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
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    Yates, Ryan (June 4, 2013). "2013 Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced". Autostraddle. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
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    "2012 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners". The Shirley Jackson Awards. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
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    "Award Winners of 2011". Golden Crown Literary Society. Archived from the original on January 18, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
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    Valenzuela, Tony (May 10, 2010). "22nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
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