Joseph Andrew Konrath (born March 29, 1970, in Skokie, Illinois)[1] is an American fiction writer working in the mystery, thriller, and horror genres.

[2] Konrath graduated from Columbia College in Chicago in 1992 and spent the next 12 years garnering close to five hundred rejections for nine unpublished novels.

[3] His tenth book, Whiskey Sour, was picked up by Hyperion in 2003 and was the first in a series featuring Lt. Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels of the Chicago Police Department.

He's since published dozens of short stories and articles, been translated into eight languages, and edited an anthology called These Guns for Hire for Bleak House Books.

[citation needed] Konrath is a big advocate of self-publishing and for self-promotion, believing that writers must play a large part in marketing their own books.