John Katzenbach Explained

John Katzenbach
Birth Date:	23 June 1950
Birth Place:	Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation:	Writer and screenwriter
Period:	1987–present
Genre:	Suspense
Spouse:	Madeleine Blais

John Katzenbach (born June 23, 1950) is an American author of popular fiction. Son of Nicholas Katzenbach, former United States Attorney General, Katzenbach worked as a criminal court reporter for the Miami Herald and Miami News and as a featured writer for the Herald's Tropic magazine. He is married to Madeleine Blais, and they live in western Massachusetts.^[1]

He left the newspaper industry to write psychological thrillers. His In the Heat of the Summer (1982) novel^[2] was nominated for an Edgar Award and then became the movie The Mean Season (1985), starring Kurt Russell and Mariel Hemingway.

Two more of his books were made into films in the United States: Just Cause (1995) with Sean Connery and Hart's War (2002) with Bruce Willis. A fourth book, The Wrong Man, was made in 2011 as the French TV film Faux Coupable.

Awards

Awards for Katzenbach's writing^[3] !Year!Title!Award!Result!

1983	In the Heat of the Summer	Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel	Finalist	^[4]
1987	The Traveller	CWA New Blood Dagger	Finalist
1996	The Shadow Man	Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel	Finalist
2000	Hart’s War	Barry Award for Best Novel	Finalist
2004	The Madman's Tale	Hammett Prize	Finalist
2005	The Madman's Tale	Anthony Award for Best Novel	Finalist

Bibliography

• In the Heat of the Summer (1982) Translation: Katzenbach, J, (1982), Al calor del verano, Barcelona, España, Ediciones B, Escoms, N, 1ª edición: Julio 2014
• First Born (1984)
• The Traveler^[5] (1987) Translation: Katzenbach, J, (1987), Retrato en sangre, Barcelona, España, Ediciones B, Martín, C, 1ª ed. Julio 2014
• Day of Reckoning (1989) Translation: Katzenbach, J, (1989), Un asunto pendiente, Barcelona, España, Suma de letras, Vidal, L, 1ª ed. 2011
• Just Cause (1992) Translation: Katzenbach, J, (1992), Juicio final, Barcelona, España, Ediciones B, Alonso, M y Iglesias, B, 1ª ed. Julio 2014
• The Shadow Man (1995; Edgar nominee) Translation: Katzenbach, J, (1995), La sombra, Barcelona, España, Ediciones B, Martín, C, Paredes, L y Solà, R, 1ª ed. Septiembre 2010
• State of Mind^[6] (1997) Translation: Katzenbach, J, (1997), Juegos de ingenio, Barcelona, España, Ediciones B, Abreu, C, 1ª ed. Enero 2011
• Hart's War (1999)Translation: Katzenbach, J, (1997), La guerra de Hart, Barcelona, España, Ediciones B, Batlles, C, 1ª ed. Julio 2007
• The Analyst (2002) Translation: Katzenbach, J, (2002), El psicoanalista, Barcelona, España, Ediciones B, Paredes, L, 1ª ed. Julio 2010
• The Madman's Tale (2004) Translation: Katzenbach, J, (2004), La historia del loco, Barcelona, España, Ediciones B, Paredes, L, 1ª ed. Julio 2014
• The Wrong Man (2007) Translation: Katzenbach, J, (2007), El hombre equivocado, Barcelona, España, Ediciones B, Marín, R, 1ª ed. Julio 2014
• What Comes Next (2010) Translation: Katzenbach, J, (2010), El profesor, Barcelona, España, Ediciones B, Sierra, J, 1ª ed. Marzo 2015
• Red 1-2-3 (2012) Translation: Katzenbach, J, (2012), Un final perfecto, Barcelona, España, Ediciones B, Diago, M y Debritto, A 1ª ed. Noviembre 2012
• The Dead Student (2014) Translation: Katzenbach, J, (2014), El estudiante, Barcelona, España, Ediciones B, Paredes, L, 1ª ed. Noviembre 2014
• By Persons Unknown (2016) Translation: Katzenbach, J, (2016), Personas desconocidas, Barcelona, España, Ediciones B, Moral, G, 1ª ed. Diciembre 2016
• The Analyst II (2018)Translation: Katzenbach, J, (2018), Jaque al psicoanalista, Barcelona, España, Ediciones B, Paredes, L, 1ª ed. Octubre 2019
• Jack's Boys (2024) Translation: Katzenbach, J, (2024), El Club de los Psicópatas, Barcelona, España, Ediciones B, 1ª ed. Noviembre 2021.

Filmography

• The Mean Season (1985) (based on In the Heat of the Summer)
• Just Cause (1995)
• Hart's War (2002)

External links

• Official site

Notes and References

1. News: 'Mean Season' reporter-author is basking and broiling in spotlight . Kelly Scott . . February 22, 1985 . June 7, 2010.
2. Web site: In The Heat Of The Summer. JOHN KATZENBACH . 2024-03-30 . www.buckinghambooks.com . March 30, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240330071337/https://www.buckinghambooks.com/book/in-the-heat-of-the-summer-3/ . live .
3. Web site: John Katzenbach . 2024-05-12 . Stop, You're Killing Me! . May 7, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240507235616/https://stopyourekillingme.com/K_Authors/Katzenbach_John.html . live .
4. News: Curt Schleier . March 1992 . Bull's Eyes (Book reviews) . June 7, 2010 . Orange Coast Magazine.
5. Book: Katzenbach, John . The Traveler . 2013-11-26 . Mysterious Press . 978-0-8021-2263-6 . Reprint . English.
6. Web site: State of Mind . 2024-03-30 . archive.nytimes.com . March 30, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240330071337/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/03/15/bib/980315.rv132112.html . live .