Author Alafair Burke Bio and Signed Books

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Alafair Burke is the New York Times, Edgar Award nominated author of twenty crime novels. Her work has been published in more than twenty languages and her books have been featured on “Best Book” lists from the Today Show, Entertainment Weekly, People, O (Oprah Magazine), The Boston Globe, Washington Post, Sun Sentinel, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and many others.

She is known for her Samantha Kincaid series as well as the Ellie Hatcher series.

Her latest Hatcher novel, Find Me, the NYPD homicide detective is called on by Manhattan defense lawyer Lindsay Kelly to help find her missing friend. Hope Miller has vanished without a trace—the only lead a drop of blood found where she was last seen. Even more ominously, the blood matches a DNA sample with a connection to a notorious Kansas murderer. Ellie’s father was a cop who dedicated his life to hunting the Kansas killer. In pursuit of answers, three women search for the truth beneath long-buried secrets. And when their searches converge, what they find will upend everything they’ve ever known.

Burke published her first novel, Judgement Calls, in 2003, beginning her Samantha Kincaid series. Her writing is known for its authenticity, and her novels draw upon her extensive experience dealing with criminal law.

She is the current president of Mystery Writers of America and the first woman of color to be elected to the position. In addition to writing her own best selling novels, she also collaborated with Mary Higgins Clark on the Under Suspicion series.

Burke earned a bachelors in Psychology from Reed College before going on to study law at Stanford. After doing an externship at the Portland U.S. Attorney's Office, Burke graduated with distinction and became a judicial clerk with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She then accepted an appointment as Deputy District Attorney in Portland. She is now a professor of law at Hofstra University School of Law.

She was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1969 and raised in Kansas. Her mother, Pearl Pai Chu, was a school librarian, and her father, novelist James Lee Burke, was a professor of English. Her fascination with crime sprang from living in Wichita as a child, during the period of time that the area was being terrorized by the infamous serial killer known as BTK.

Burke currently lives in New York City with her husband and their two dogs.

You can find a signed copy of Find Me and other Alafair Burke signed books below.

Alafair Burke Book List
Author's website: alafairburke.com
Similar authors: James Lee Burke, Mary Higgins Clark, Robert Dugoni, Meg Gardiner, Bill Loehfelm