S. J. Rozan is the multi-award winning master of hardboiled, hardhitting private eye mysteries, most coming from the streets of New York. Included in A Tale of a Tiger are some of her best stories, many centering around the cases of Lydia Chin. Whether going undercover to find a videotape which would prove the guilt of an acquitted murderer, uncovering the truth about a subway rape, or helping a smuggler of Asian artifacts, Chin is not afraid to dig deep into New York s underbelly in pursuit of justice. Also included is the acclaimed short story 'Hoops,' in which an apparent murder-suicide of a local high school basketball star and his girlfriend leaves more to be uncovered.
SJ Rozan was born and raised in the Bronx and is proud of it. She spent over twenty years as an architect in New York City and is kind of proud of that, too. Now she writes and teaches. She's done 10 books in the Lydia Chin/Bill Smith series (the newest, ON THE LINE, comes out Sept. 28, 2010) and two standalones. She's also published three dozen short stories. A collection of her stories, A TALE ABOUT A TIGER, is available, and a second volume is coming.
SJ's work has won the Edgar, Anthony, Shamus, Nero and Macavity Awards, and she's a recipient of the Japanese Maltese Falcon. She's served on the National Boards of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. She's a past President of the Private Eye Writers of America. She's been Guest of Honor at Left Coast Crime (El Paso, 2003), Toastmaster at Bouchercon (Indianapolis, 2009), an invited speaker at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (2003) and as if that weren't enough, she has the key to the city of Fort Worth, Texas.
