Jump to content

Lisa Lutz

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Nikthestunned (talk | contribs) at 10:14, 27 February 2012 (Filling in 9 references using Reflinks). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Lisa Lutz
OccupationNovelist and Screenwriter
Notable worksThe Spellman Files
Curse of the Spellmans

Lisa Lutz is the American author of a series of novels about a family of private investigators, the Spellmans.

Biography

Lutz was born in Southern California in 1970. She attended UC Santa Cruz, UC Irvine, University of Leeds in England and San Francisco State University, all without attaining a degree.[2] During the 1990s she had many low-paying jobs, including work as a private investigator, and spent a lot of time writing and re-writing a Mob comedy called Plan B.[3] This was eventually made in 2000, and was described by Variety as "torturously unfunny."[4] In 2004 she started work in California on her first novel, The Spellman Files, which she finished holed up in New York while it was snowing. She returned to the west coast to write her second Spellman novel, and now lives in San Francisco.[5]

Writing

Her series of novels are about the Spellmans, a family of private investigators, who, while very close knit, are also intensely suspicious and spend much time investigating each other. The Spellman Files becomes suspenseful when 14-year-old Rae Spellman is kidnapped.

In 2008 The Spellman Files was nominated for three awards for best first novel, the Anthony Award,[6] Macavity Award,[7] and Barry award;[8] was awarded an Alex Award; was nominated for a Dilys Award; and reached #27 on the New York Times Bestseller List[9]

Paramount Pictures has optioned the film rights with Laura Ziskin producing[1] and Barry Sonnenfeld directing.[10]

Her second Spellman book, "Curse of the Spellmans," was nominated for a 2009 Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America for best mystery novel. [11]

Her fifth book in the Spellman series, "Trail of the Spellmans," is expected to be published in early 2012.[12]

Novels

References

  1. ^ a b http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0527588/ Lisa Lutz on IMDB
  2. ^ Lisa Lutz at La Jolla Writer's Conference[dead link‍]
  3. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0249082/ Plan B at IMDB
  4. ^ "Other Works". Lisalutz.com. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
  5. ^ "Lisa Lutz Biography". Lisalutz.com. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
  6. ^ Anthony Awards[dead link‍]
  7. ^ "Macavity awards". Mysteryreaders.org. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
  8. ^ "Barry awards". Deadlypleasures.com. 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
  9. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/08/books/bestseller/0408besthardfiction.html Hardback bestsellers April 8 2008
  10. ^ Fleming, Michael (2009-04-01). "Sonnenfeld takes 'Spellman Files'". Variety. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
  11. ^ "Edgar Nominees". Theedgars.com. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
  12. ^ Wolf, Michael (2011-03-11). "Elitzr Podcast #5: Lisa Lutz". Elitzr.com. Retrieved 2012-02-27.

Template:Persondata

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Lisa_Lutz&oldid=479095605"