S. J. Rozan (born 1950) is an American architect and writer of detective fiction and thrillers, based in New York City.

She graduated from Oberlin College with a bachelor's degree, and received a master's in architecture from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

series features Lydia Chin and Bill Smith, and the books alternate point of view between the two characters.

[12] Rozan speaks, lectures, and teaches widely, including in January 2003 as an invited speaker at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland;[13] as a Master Artist at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in Fall 2006;[14] at the 2009 National Book Festival;[13] speaking about "Every Story Is a Mystery" at the Central Library in Indianapolis in October 2009;[15] as keynote speaker at the California Crime Writers Conference in June 2011;[16] in Fall 2011 as an instructor at the New York Crime Fiction Academy;[17] as a Writer-in-Residence at Singapore Management University in February 2014;[18] as Author-in-Residence & Guest Instructor at 2014 Novel-In-Progress Bookcamp;[19] and during summers in Assisi, Italy at Art Workshop International as a Writing Instructor.

[22] Sam Cabot books are co-written with Carlos Dews In 2022, Rozan was recognized with the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer for Lifetime Achievement by the Short Mystery Fiction Society.