Jean M. Redmann


Jean M. Redmann, known professionally as J. M. Redmann and R. Jean Reid, is an American novelist best known for her Micky Knight mystery series, which has won the Lambda [Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery] three times and been a finalist four times.
Redmann's novels contain similar themes regarding "the protagonist's troubled childhood and how it affects her adult life, discrimination based on sexual orientation and alcoholism. Her novels follow the tradition of hardboiled fiction."
She "is a gay rights activist and works as the director of prevention at NO/AIDS Task Force."
Redmann's work has influenced several Spanish authors, who have also created detective characters and developed crime fiction stories based on lesbian female characters. These authors include Clara Asunción García, Isabel Franc, and Susana Hernández.

Publications

Micky Knight series

  1. Death by the Riverside
  2. Deaths of Jocasta
  3. The Intersection of Law and Desire
  4. Lost Daughters
  5. Death of a Dying Man
  6. Water Mark
  7. Ill Will
  8. The Shoal of Time
  9. The Girl on the Edge of Summer
  10. Not Dead Enough
  11. Transitory
  12. ''The Smallest Day''

Nell McGraw series (as R. Jean Reid)

  1. Roots of Murder
  2. ''Perdition''

Anthology contributions

The Milk of Human Kindness, edited by Lori L. Lake Women of Mystery: An Anthology, edited by Katherine V. Forrest Women in Uniform: Medics and Soldiers and Cops, Oh My!, edited by Pat Cronin Lesbians on the Loose: Crime Writers on the Lam, edited by Narrelle M. Harris The Only One in the World: A Sherlock Holmes Anthology, edited by Narrelle M. Harris

Anthologies edited

Women of the Mean Streets, with Greg Herren Men of the Mean Streets: Gay Noir, with Greg Herren Night Shadows: Queer Horror, with Greg Herren