Michael Koryta (pronounced ) (born September 20, 1982) is an American

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of contemporary crime and

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. His novels have appeared on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list, and have won or been nominated for prizes and awards such as the ''Los Angeles Times'' Book Prize, the

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, the Shamus Award, the Barry Award, the

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, and the

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. In addition to winning the ''Los Angeles Times'' Book Prize, his novel ''Envy the Night'' was selected as a '' Reader's Digest Condensed Book''. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages. A former

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and

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, Koryta graduated from

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with a degree in criminal justice. In 2008, Koryta was honored with the Outstanding Young Alumni Award by

Career

Michael Koryta began writing at a very early age. As an eight-year-old boy, he wrote to his favorite writers, and by the age of sixteen he had decided he wanted to become a crime novelist. His novel ''Tonight I Said Goodbye'' won the St. Martin's Press/Private Eye Writers of America Best First Novel prize. Many of Koryta's novels have been

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for potential film or television production. The first to make it to the screen is Taylor Sheridan's adaptation of ''

Those Who Wish Me Dead ''Those Who Wish Me Dead'' is a 2021 American action thriller film directed by Taylor Sheridan with a screenplay by Michael Koryta, Charles Leavitt, and Sheridan, based on Koryta's novel of the same name. The film follows a boy (Finn Little) w ...

''.

Personal life

He currently lives in St. Petersburg, Florida, and

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.Koryta was born and raised in Bloomington, IN. He graduated from Bloomington High School North.

Bibliography

The Lincoln Perry series

*''Tonight I Said Goodbye'' (2004) *''Sorrow's Anthem'' (2006) *''A Welcome Grave'' (2007) *''The Silent Hour'' (2009)

The Markus Novak series

*''Last Words'' (2015) *''Rise the Dark'' (2016)

Other novels

*''Envy the Night'' (2008) *''So Cold the River'' (2010) *''The Cypress House'' (2011) *''The Ridge'' (2011) *''The Prophet'' (2012) *''

'' (2014) *''How It Happened'' (2018) *''If She Wakes'' (2019) *''The Chill'' (2020) (writing as Scott Carson) *''Never Far Away'' (2021) *''Where They Wait'' (2021) (writing as Scott Carson)

References

External links

Fox Acquires ''Those Who Wish Me Dead'' Film Rights

Michael Koryta's Official Web Site
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Koryta, Michael American crime writers Writers of books about writing fiction Writers from Bloomington, Indiana Writers from St. Petersburg, Florida Indiana University alumni Living people 21st-century American novelists 1982 births American male novelists 21st-century American male writers Novelists from Indiana Novelists from Florida Barry Award winners