Edward J. Dee, Jr. (born February 3, 1940), publishing as Ed Dee, is an American author of

crime fiction Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, crime novel, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives or fiction that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professiona ...

. Dee was born in

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on February 3, 1940. He graduated from Sacred Heart High School, then served two years in the

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. In 1962 in joined the

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(NYPD). He earned a BA from

Fordham University Fordham University is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit research university in New York City, United States. Established in 1841, it is named after the Fordham, Bronx, Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx in which its origina ...

. Dee retired from the NYPD as a

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in 1982 and then he began to write. He earned an MFA in creative writing from

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in 1992. His first novel, ''14 Peck Slip'', was named a notable book of the year in 1994 by ''

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''. ''Bronx Angel'' (1995), ''Little Boy Blue'' (1997), ''Nightbird'' (1999), and ''The Con Man's Daughter'' (2003) followed. Panek identifies

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for police traditions as a major theme of Dee's oeuvre.

Works

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References

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