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Richard Montanari | |
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| Born | December 6, 1952 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1995–present |
| Genre | Crime fiction, mystery, thriller |
| Notable works | Deviant Way, The Violet Hour, Kiss of Evil, The Rosary Girls, The Skin Gods, Merciless, Badlands, The Devil's Garden, The Echo Man |
| Notable awards | Online Mystery Award – Best First Mystery 1995 Deviant Way |
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Richard Montanari (born December 6, 1952) is an American crime writer who debuted with his novel Deviant Way, published by Simon & Schuster, in 1995. It won the Online Mystery Award (OLMA) for Best First Mystery. He has since published seven more novels, which are now available in almost 30 languages.
In 2005 he began his Philadelphia crime series with The Rosary Girls, a police procedural thriller set inside the homicide unit of the Philadelphia Police Department, introducing detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano.
Montanari was born in Northeast Ohio, where he still resides.