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P.J. Parrish is the New York Times bestselling author of ten Louis Kincaid and Joe Frye thrillers. The author is actually two sisters, Kristy Montee and Kelly Nichols. The series has garnered 11 major crime-fiction awards, and an Edgar® nomination. Parrish has won two Shamus awards, one Anthony and one International Thriller competition. Her books have been published throughout Europe and Asia.
Parrish's short stories have also appeared in many anthologies, including two published by Mystery Writers of America. Their stories have also appeared in Detroit Noir and Ellery Queen Magazine. Most recently, they contributed an essay to a special edition of Edgar Allan Poe's works edited by Michael Connelly. They are now at work on their first stand-alone thriller, set in Miami and Paris.
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Why the pseudonym? Reading "About the Author" -- which
so artfully avoided any gender references -- had me thinking "P.J." is
a female who feels (or for whom research proved) that male authors sell better.
-- Peg Snyder.
I am, indeed, a woman. Or to be more precise, two women (we are
sisters who collaborate) and it was pretty much an editorial decision: not
enough room on a cover for two names and a title. So we decided to use a nom
de plume. As for it being "neuter," that, too, was
calculated. Male authors do not sell "better" but
unfortunately, there is lingering bias among some, shall we say, less
enlightened readers. Indeed, I have had people at signings tell me "I
don't read women." It's extremely difficult to break into the
competitive mystery genre and our editors also felt that given the gritty,
realistic tone of our stories, our books might find a broader audience if
readers did not have any preconceived notions of "male" versus
"female" books. As an avid mystery reader, you undoubtedly know
there are countless wonderful women crime novelists, most of whom have equal
male-female audiences. (My own current fave is Minette Walters). Quite a ...
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