Author and Novelist
San Francisco Bay Area
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- Crime Writer and Novelist at Kelli Stanley
- Publications Director at San Francisco State University
- Past
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- Owner/Manager at The Funny Papers
- Education
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- San Francisco State University
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Kelli Stanley’s Summary
Kelli Stanley is an award-winning author of crime fiction (novels and short stories). She makes her home in Dashiell Hammett’s San Francisco, a city she loves to write about.
Kelli’s second novel CITY OF DRAGONS will be released by Minotaur on February 2, 2010. Next Valentine's Day, you'll leave more than your heart behind in 1940 San Francisco ...
February, 1940. In San Francisco's Chinatown, fireworks explode as the city celebrates Chinese New Year with a Rice Bowl Party, a three day-and-night carnival designed to raise money and support for China war relief. Stuck in the crowd, Miranda Corbie, 33-year old private investigator, stumbles upon the fatally shot body of Eddie Takahashi. The Chamber of Commerce wants it covered up. The cops acquiesce. All Miranda wants is justice--whatever it costs.
From Chinatown tenements, to a tattered tailor's shop in Little Osaka, to a high-class bordello draped in Southern Gothic, she shakes down the city--her city--seeking the truth.
"Children's Day", a short story prequel to CITY OF DRAGONS, will be published by Tor in the upcoming International Thriller Writers Anthology FIRST THRILLS, featuring twelve stories from the bestsellers of today paired with twelve from the bestsellers of tomorrow.
Kelli's debut novel, NOX DORMIENDA (A Long Night for Sleeping) (Five Star; July, 2008), won the Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award and was nominated for a Macavity Award. It draws upon her academic background in Classics for its first century Roman Britain setting.
The book broke new genre ground as the first "Roman noir", a pun on its unique combination of Chandler-esqe hardboiled style and rich historical texture.
NOX DORMIENDA is currently in its third printing. Italian rights have been sold to Mondadori; Greek rights have been purchased by Periplous. CURSED (Maledictus), the sequel to NOX, will be published by Thomas Dunne/Minotaur in 2011.
Kelli Stanley’s Specialties:
Noir, historical
Kelli Stanley’s Experience
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Crime Writer and Novelist
Kelli Stanley
(Writing and Editing industry)
January 2007 — Present (3 years 2 months)
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Publications Director
San Francisco State University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
2007 — Present (3 years )
Publications Director for the Center for Teaching and Faculty Development (half-time)
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Owner/Manager
The Funny Papers
(Retail industry)
1989 — 1997 (8 years )
With my family, owned and operated a pop culture/comic book retail shop in San Francisco.
Kelli Stanley’s Education
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San Francisco State University
Master's , Classics
Additional Information
Kelli Stanley’s Websites:
Kelli Stanley’s Interests:
Writing, reading, traveling, research
Kelli Stanley’s Groups:
Mystery Writers of America
International Thriller Writers
Sisters in Crime
International Association of Crime Writers
Private Eye Writers of America
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International Thriller Writers -
Mystery Writers of America (MWA)
Kelli Stanley’s Honors:
2009 Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award for Best Historical Novel of 2008 (Nox Dormienda)
Macavity Award Nomination (Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery Award) for Nox Dormienda
Kelli Stanley’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- reference requests
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