Rochelle Krich

Website : http://www.rochellekrich.com
Residence : Los Angeles, CA

Biographical information

In a little over ten years, Rochelle Krich has established herself as a key player in the field of mystery literature. In 1990, Krich made her writing debut with Where's Mommy Now? which won an Anthony Award and was adapted as the TV movie Perfect Alibi. Since then, Krich has published ten other critically acclaimed novels, including the national best seller Shadows of Sin, Dead Air (RT Reviewers Choice Award Winner for Best Suspense Novel), Blood Money, and Fertile Ground. Krich's most recent novel, Blues in the Night, has been nominated for an Agatha and an RT Reviewers Choice Award, and has been optioned by Lindy DeKoven Productions. "Think Harry Kemelman's 'Friday the Rabbi Slept Late' series with the rabbi's significant other as sleuth," says Krich. "Think Nick and Nora Charles. Then meet Molly Blume, a Modern Orthodox true crime writer/tabloid journalist with a large mishpacha and a passion for social justice."

The daughter of Holocaust survivors, Rochelle Krich was born in Germany and lived in New Jersey and New York before she moved with her family to Los Angeles in 1960. With a master's degree in English from U.C.L.A. she taught high school English for eighteen years and chaired the English department at Yeshiva University of Los Angeles High Schools. She was a 1993 recipient of the Milken Families Foundation Award for Distinguished Educator of the Year and the 1993 Samuel Belkin Memorial Award for professional achievement. Past Editor of the national Sisters in Crime newsletter and a former director of the Mystery Writers of America, Krich remains active in both organizations and is a member of the American Crime Writers League.

Her novel, GRAVE ENDINGS, recently won the Mary Higgins Clark Award. Read all about it on Rochelle's blog News, Views, and Shmooze at www.rochellekrich.typepad.com

Discussion topics
As an Orthodox Jewish woman who writes crime fiction, Rochelle Krich can share her experiences in both her "worlds." From speaking to groups around the country, she has found that audiences are eager to hear about the social issues she explores within the framework of a mystery. People are also fascinated by the writing process and how she juggles being an observant Jew with her career and family.

Rochelle Krich generally adapts her lectures around the subject of her current book. She's done extensive research into social issues: neo-Nazis and Holocaust denial (Angel of Death); Swiss bank accounts and Holocaust survivors (Blood Money); date rape and the criminal justice system (Speak No Evil); infertility (Fertile Ground); domestic violence (Dead Air); teen violence (Shadows of Sin); postpartum illness (Blues in the Night); forthcoming: historic preservation versus individual property rights, and elder abuse (Dream House). Her lectures include:

• The Art of Writing Kosher Mysteries: What are the challenges and pleasures of writing mysteries with Jewish themes and characters?
• Mysteries and Tikun Olam - what Judaism and mysteries have in common
• Mysteries: the modern morality play
• Why do people read mysteries?
• Career and family-can you have it all?

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