Steph Cha (born 1986) is a Korean American novelist and fiction writer, who has released three novels in the crime fiction genre about her detective protagonist Juniper Song: Follow Her Home (2013), Beware Beware (2014), and Dead Soon Enough (2015). Her most recent book, stand-alone crime fiction novel Your House Will Pay (2019), won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery.
Steph Cha | |
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 Cha at the 2019 Texas Book Festival | |
| Born | 1986 (age 37–38) |
| Occupation | Writer, novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Stanford University Yale Law School (JD) |
| Genre | Crime fiction |
| Website | |
| bystephcha | |
Background
editCha was born in Van Nuys, California in 1986.[1] She subsequently grew up in Encino, California with her mother, father and two younger brothers. She attended Harvard-Westlake School in Studio City.[2] Cha graduated from Stanford University, where she studied English and East Asian Studies, and also completed a Juris Doctor degree from Yale Law School.[3]
Work
editNovels
editIn 2013, Cha published her first Juniper Song mystery, Follow Her Home (2013) with Minotaur Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press and Macmillan Publishers. The book has received positive reviews from the Los Angeles Times, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Hyphen, KoreAm Journal, and other publications.[4] The sequel Beware Beware (2014) was published the following year in 2014, also by Minotaur Books.[5] The third novel in the series, Dead Soon Enough was published by Minotaur Books in 2015.[6]
Other Writing
editCha also has published freelance book reviews and food writing for the Los Angeles Times (serving as a restaurant scout and a protégé of sorts for LA Times' Pulitzer Prize winning food critic Jonathan Gold),[7] humor pieces for Trop Magazine and a short story entitled "Treasures in Heaven" in the Winter 2013 Fiction Issue of the Los Angeles Review of Books.[8][9]
Cha has also written more than 2,400 reviews on Yelp, according to a Los Angeles Times interview,[10][9] and has held the "Elite" reviewer title for more than six years in a row, according to an interview with The Rumpus.[7]
Bibliography
editNovels
editJuniper Song mysteries
edit- —— (2013). Follow Her Home (hardcover 1st ed.). Minotaur Books. pp. 1–288. ISBN 978-1250009623.
- —— (2014). Beware Beware (hardcover ed.). Minotaur Books. pp. 1–304. ISBN 978-1250049018.
- —— (2015). Dead Soon Enough (hardcover 1st ed.). Minotaur Books. pp. 1–292. ISBN 978-1250065315.
Other novels
edit- —— (2019). Your House Will Pay (hardcover 1st ed.). Ecco. pp. 1–304. ISBN 978-0062868855.
Short stories
edit- "Treasures in Heaven" (Los Angeles Review of Books, Winter 2013)
Awards
edit| Year | Title | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Your House Will Pay | Anthony Awards | Anthony–Novel | Nominated | [11][12][13][14] |
| Aspen Words Literary Prize | — | Longlist | [15] | ||
| Barry Award | Barry–Novel | Nominated | [11][16] | ||
| Dagger Award | New Blood Dagger Award | Nominated | [11] | ||
| Lefty Award | Lefty–Novel | Nominated | [11] | ||
| Los Angeles Times Book Prize | LAT–Mystery/Thriller | Won | [17][18][19] | ||
| Macavity Award | Macavity–Novel | Nominated | [11] | ||
| Young Lions Fiction Award | — | Nominated | [20][21] |
References
edit- ^ "Bio". Steph Cha Official Site.
- ^ Id.
- ^ "Authors: Steph Cha". Macmillan Publishers.
- ^ Macmillan Publishers, Follow Her Home, Macmillan
- ^ Macmillan Publishers, Beware Beware, Macmillan
- ^ Macmillan Publishers, Dead Soon Enough, Macmillan
- ^ a b Sabra Embury, THE RUMPUS INTERVIEW WITH STEPH CHA, The Rumpus, January 2, 2015, Therumpus.net
- ^ Steph Cha, Official Site, Bio, supra n.1
- ^ a b Steph Cha, Other Writing, Bystepcha.wordpress.com
- ^ Ivy Pochoda, Steph Cha talks about the L.A. immigrant noir of 'Dead Soon Enough', August 11, 2015, Los Angeles Times
- ^ a b c d e "Steph Cha". www.stopyourekillingme.com. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
- ^ patti (2020-10-17). "2020 Anthony Awards -". Nightstand Book Reviews. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
- ^ Glyer, Mike (2020-06-09). "2020 Anthony Award Nominees". File 770. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
- ^ "Anthony Award Nominees 2020". poisonedpen.com. 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
- ^ "2020 PRIZE". Aspen Words. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
- ^ patti (2020-10-17). "Barry Awards (Crime Fiction) - 2020 -". Nightstand Book Reviews. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
- ^ "Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Winners Announced". Los Angeles Times. 2020-07-13. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
- ^ "The L.A. Times announces its 2019 Book Prize finalists and a new award for science fiction". Literary Hub. 2020-02-19. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
- ^ "Los Angeles Times Book Prizes 2019". Book Reporter. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
- ^ "Bryan Washington Wins The New York Public Library's 2020 Young Lions Fiction Award". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ^ "NYPL 2020 Young Lions Fiction Award Finalists Announced". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2021-07-15.