Grant Michaels

Grant Michaels
Born1947
Lawrence, Massachusetts
DiedJuly 2, 2009 (aged 61–62)
Resting placeWest Roxbury, Massachusetts[1]
OccupationMystery writer
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Years active1990s

Michael Mesrobian (1947 – July 2, 2009),[2][1] better known by the pen name of Grant Michaels, was an American writer of mystery novels.[3] He published six novels with St. Martin's Press in the 1990s, centering on Stan Kraychik, a gay hairdresser turned amateur detective.[2] All six novels were shortlisted Lambda Literary Award finalists in the Gay Mystery category.[4]

Works

  • A Body to Dye For (1990)
  • Love You to Death (1992)
  • Dead on Your Feet (1993)
  • Mask for a Diva (1994)
  • Time to Check Out (1996)
  • Dead as a Doornail (1998)

References

  1. ^ a b "Michael Mesrobian death notice". Current Obituary. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b Drewey Wayne Gunn, The Gay Male Sleuth in Print and Film: A History and Annotated Bibliography. Rowman & Littlefield, 2013. ISBN 9780810885882, pp. 158–160.
  3. ^ "Gay detectives seek own niche in mystery genre". South Coast Today, September 5, 1998.
  4. ^ Judith Markowitz, The Gay Detective Novel: Lesbian and Gay Main Characters and Themes in Mystery Fiction. McFarland & Company, 2004. ISBN 9780786482771.


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