Michael Mesrobian (1947 – July 2, 2009),Drewey Wayne Gunn, ''The Gay Male Sleuth in Print and Film: A History and Annotated Bibliography''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2013. , pp. 158–160. better known by the pen name of Grant Michaels, was an American writer of

mystery novels Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—whether professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder. The detective genre began around the same time as s ...

. He published six novels with

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in the 1990s, centering on Stan Kraychik, a

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hairdresser turned amateur detective. All six novels were shortlisted

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finalists in the Gay Mystery category.Judith Markowitz, ''The Gay Detective Novel: Lesbian and Gay Main Characters and Themes in Mystery Fiction''. McFarland & Company, 2004. .

Works

*''A Body to Dye For'' (1990) *''Love You to Death'' (1992) *''Dead on Your Feet'' (1993) *''Mask for a Diva'' (1994) *''Time to Check Out'' (1996) *''Dead as a Doornail'' (1998)

References

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