J. L. Abramo

Actor, Author and Theatre Director

Denver, Colorado

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About J.

J.L. Abramo was born in the seaside paradise of Brooklyn, New York on Raymond Chandler's fifty-ninth birthday. Abramo is the author of "Catching Water in a Net" , winner of the St. Martin's Press/Private Eye Writers of America prize for Best First Private Eye Novel; the subsequent Jake Diamond novels "Clutching at Straws" , "Counting to Infinity" and "Circling the Runway" ; "Chasing Charlie Chan" , a prequel to the Jake Diamond series; and the stand-alone thrillers "Gravesend" , "Brooklyn Justice" and "Coney Island Avenue" .

Abramo's short fiction has appeared in the anthologies "Unloaded: Crime Writers Writing Without Guns" , "Mama Tried: Crime Fiction Inspired by Outlaw Country Music" and "Murder Under the Oaks" , winner of the Anthony Award for Best Anthology of 2015.

"Circling the Runway" won the Shamus Award for Best Original Paperback Novel of 2015 presented by the Private Eye Writers of America.

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