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Michael Koryta (pronounced ko-ree-ta)has written nine novels, praised by such authors as Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Michael Connelly and Dennis Lehane, and his most recent novel, THE PROPHET, was called "Friday Night Lights meets In Cold Blood...a flawless performance" by Kirkus. His last three novels, THE RIDGE, THE CYPRESS HOUSE, and SO COLD THE RIVER were all New York Times notable books and nominated for several national and international awards. In addition to winning the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, his novel ENVY THE NIGHT was selected as a Reader's Digest condensed book. Koryta's work has been translated into more than twenty languages.

A former private investigator and newspaper reporter, Koryta graduated from Indiana University w...more



I lost a great friend this week named George Juergens. A retired professor emeritus of history at Indiana University, George was introduced to me years ago by my writing mentor, Bob Hammel. We had regular lunches for years, first in my days at the newspaper in Bloomington, later while I was doing detective work, and then on and along, and now they’ve come to an end, and I’m going to miss George... Read more of this blog post »
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Average rating: 3.67 · 9,039 ratings · 1,764 reviews · 13 distinct works · Similar authors
So Cold the River
3.41 of 5 stars 3.41 avg rating — 2,308 ratings — published 2010 — 23 editions
The Cypress House
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 1,520 ratings — published 2011 — 17 editions
The Prophet
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 1,354 ratings — published 2012 — 14 editions
The Ridge
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 1,112 ratings — published 2011 — 13 editions
Tonight I Said Goodbye (Lin...
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 906 ratings — published 2004 — 16 editions
Envy the Night
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 543 ratings — published 2008 — 10 editions
A Welcome Grave (Lincoln Pe...
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 460 ratings — published 2007 — 15 editions
Sorrow's Anthem (Lincoln Pe...
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 443 ratings — published 2006 — 18 editions
The Silent Hour (Lincoln Pe...
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 384 ratings — published 2009 — 14 editions
Una tumba acogedora (Lincol...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012
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I lost a great friend this week named George Juergens. A retired professor emeritus of history at Indiana University, George was introduced to me y... Read more of this blog post »
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date: October 22, 2012 07:00PM
location: Four Green Fields, 205 West Platt Street, Tampa, FL, The United States
description: A discussion with Dennis Lehane and Michael Koryta. Moderated by Colette Bancroft of the Tampa Bay Times.
Inkwood Books will have books available for purchase at the event being held at Four Green Fields.

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“...what still blew them all away was time itself, the days and months and the years, oh yes, the years. They went faster than anything man had the capacity to invent, so fast that for a while they fooled you into thinking they were slow, and was there any crueler trick than that?”
Michael Koryta, So Cold the River

“You became what you wanted to become. That's what Ezra believe. You could become it if you tried hard enough, could take what you really were and change it, force-feed yourself a new life until it became your old life, too, blurred together until a better self emerged.”
Michael Koryta, Envy the Night

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