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(b.Barbara D'Amato has had a checkered career, working in the distant past as an assistant surgical orderly, carpenter for stage magic illusions, assistant tiger handler, stage manager, researcher for attorneys in criminal cases, and recently sometimes teaching mystery writing to Chicago police officers.
"Writing is the greatest job of all," D'Amato says. "I get to hang around with cops, go ask people questions about their jobs that I would be too chicken to ask without a reason, and walk around Chicago looking for good murder locales. Best of all, I get to read mystery and suspense novels and call it keeping up with the field."
She was the 1999-2000 president of Mystery Writers of America. D'Amato is also a past president of Sisters in Crime International.
D'Amato is a playwright, novelist, and crime researcher. Her research on the Dr. John Branion murder case formed the basis for a segment on "Unsolved Mysteries," and she appeared on the program. Her musical comedies, The Magic Man and children's musical The Magic of Young Houdini, written with husband Anthony D'Amato, played in Chicago and London. Their Prohibition-era musical comedy RSVP Broadway, which played in Chicago in 1980, was named an "event of particular interest" by Chicago magazine. A native of Michigan, she has been a resident of Chicago for many years.
"Writing is the greatest job of all," D'Amato says. "I get to hang around with cops, go ask people questions about their jobs that I would be too chicken to ask without a reason, and walk around Chicago looking for good murder locales. Best of all, I get to read mystery and suspense novels and call it keeping up with the field."
She was the 1999-2000 president of Mystery Writers of America. D'Amato is also a past president of Sisters in Crime International.
D'Amato is a playwright, novelist, and crime researcher. Her research on the Dr. John Branion murder case formed the basis for a segment on "Unsolved Mysteries," and she appeared on the program. Her musical comedies, The Magic Man and children's musical The Magic of Young Houdini, written with husband Anthony D'Amato, played in Chicago and London. Their Prohibition-era musical comedy RSVP Broadway, which played in Chicago in 1980, was named an "event of particular interest" by Chicago magazine. A native of Michigan, she has been a resident of Chicago for many years.
Genres: Mystery
Series
Cat Marsala
1. Hardball (1989)
2. Hard Tack (1991)
3. Hard Luck (1992)
4. Hard Women (1993)
5. Hard Case (1994)
6. Hard Christmas (1995)
7. Hard Bargain (1997)
8. Hard Evidence (1997)
9. Hard Road (2001)
1. Hardball (1989)
2. Hard Tack (1991)
3. Hard Luck (1992)
4. Hard Women (1993)
5. Hard Case (1994)
6. Hard Christmas (1995)
7. Hard Bargain (1997)
8. Hard Evidence (1997)
9. Hard Road (2001)
Figueroa and Bennis
1. Killer.app (1996)
2. Good Cop, Bad Cop (1998)
3. Help Me Please (1999)
4. Authorized Personnel Only (2000)
5. Death of a Thousand Cuts (2004)
1. Killer.app (1996)
2. Good Cop, Bad Cop (1998)
3. Help Me Please (1999)
4. Authorized Personnel Only (2000)
5. Death of a Thousand Cuts (2004)
Novels
On My Honor (1989) (as by Malacai Black)
White Male Infant (2002)
Foolproof (2009) (with Jeanne M Dams and Mark Zubro)
Other Eyes (2011)
White Male Infant (2002)
Foolproof (2009) (with Jeanne M Dams and Mark Zubro)
Other Eyes (2011)
Collections
Non fiction show
Barbara D'Amato recommends
Little Face (2006)
(Culver Valley Crime, book 1)
Sophie Hannah
"Little Face is a wonderful work, a brilliant use of mirrors and the writer's magic. Chilling, tantalizing, and ultimately fair and deeply satisfying."
Deadly Kin (2003)
(White Mountains Mysterie, book 2)
Tom Eslick
"DEADLY KIN has it all -- a splendid and perilous setting in the White Mountains, a sympathetic protagonist, and evil emerging from buried family secrets."
Quietly Dead (2001)
(Claudia Hershey Mystery, book 2)
Laura Belgrave
"Quietly Dead is a great read. Highly recommended."
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Books containing stories by Barbara D'Amato
Silent Night, Deadly Night (2016)
Classic Christmas Carols with a Twist of Crime
edited by
Otto Penzler
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