Jean M. Redmann

Novelist, Author

1955 –

70

Who is Jean M. Redmann?

Jean M. Redmann is an American novelist best known for her mystery series featuring New Orleans private investigator Micky Knight.

Main themes of Redmann's novels are the protagonist's troubled childhood and how it affects her adult life, discrimination based on sexual orientation and alcoholism. Her novels follow the tradition of hardboiled fiction.

Redmann has won the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery three times: in 1996 for The Intersection of Law and Desire, in 2010 for Death of a Dying Man and in 2013 for Ill Will.

Redmann is a gay rights activist and works as the director of prevention at NO/AIDS Task Force.

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Born
Jun 9, 1955
Mississippi
Also known as
  • J. Redmann
  • J.M. Redmann
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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