Michael Jahn

Michael Jahn has roots that run deeper in New York than any other novelist. When he writes about New York, he draws on several hundred years of colorful family history. Among his forebears in the City That Never Sleeps were a Spanish-American sailor (who lived in Brooklyn and, appropriately, was a gunner aboard the USS "Brooklyn" during the Civil War); a Manhattan Irishman who drove a horse-drawn trolley; a personal maid to a branch of the Roosevelt family; a sportswriter at the legendary ...See more

Michael Jahn has roots that run deeper in New York than any other novelist. When he writes about New York, he draws on several hundred years of colorful family history. Among his forebears in the City That Never Sleeps were a Spanish-American sailor (who lived in Brooklyn and, appropriately, was a gunner aboard the USS "Brooklyn" during the Civil War); a Manhattan Irishman who drove a horse-drawn trolley; a personal maid to a branch of the Roosevelt family; a sportswriter at the legendary "Brooklyn Eagle" newspaper who later became the editorial page editor of the Queens-based" Long Island Press"; and, appropriately for the author of "Murder on the Waterfront," the German-American proprietor of a landmark waterfront hotel, saloon, and eventual speakeasy. Michael Jahn began his daily newspaper career at "The New York Times "before turning to fiction. After winning the Edgar Award for "The Quark Maneuver," he began the Bill Donovan mysteries with "Night Rituals," His newest, "Murder in Coney Island," is the ninth Donovan novel. See less