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Tracy Clark

Tracy Clark
Tracy Clark is the author of RUNNER: A Chicago Mystery (June 29, 2021; Kensington) and three additional novels in the Cassandra Raines series. She is the winner of the 2019 Sue Grafton Memorial Award, an Anthony and Lefty Award finalist, and her books have been shortlisted for the American Library Association's RUSA Reading List, named a CrimeReads Best New PI Book of 2018, a Midwest Connections Pick, and a Library Journal Best Books of the Year selection. A native of Chicago, she works as an editor in the newspaper industry and roots for the Cubs, Sox, Bulls, Bears, and Blackhawks equally. She is a board member-at large of Sisters in Crime, Chicagoland, a member of International Thriller Writers, and a Mystery Writers of America Midwest board member. She is currently a finalist for the Agatha Award for Best Mystery of the Year. You can visit Tracy online at tracyclarkbooks.com


The PI of Color: When It’s About More Than the Crime

"I had to acknowledge that diverse characters, in whatever genre, straddle a fence. One side of the fence represents who they are, the other represents how society sees and accepts them."

June 29, 2021  By Tracy Clark
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8 Fictional Divas in Desperate Need of a Reality Check

Everybody loves a good diva (well, maybe not everybody)

May 26, 2020  By Tracy Clark
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On Chicago, and the Joys and Agonies of Choosing a Setting for Your Crime Novel

Hop off the double decker bus and get lost in the Windy City....

May 29, 2019  By Tracy Clark
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Growing Up In the Golden Era
of Hard-Boiled Dames

Reading V.I. Warshawski on the South Side of Chicago, 1982

May 30, 2018  By Tracy Clark
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