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John Katzenbach


Born
in Princeton (New Jersey), The United States
June 23, 1950

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Genre
Mystery & Thrillers


John Katzenbach is a U.S. author of popular fiction. Son of Nicholas Katzenbach, former United States Attorney General, John worked as a criminal court reporter for the Miami Herald and Miami News, and a featured writer for the Herald’s Tropic magazine. He is married to Madeleine Blais and they live in western Massachusetts.

He left the newspaper grind to write books, racking up 12 novels so far, psychological thrillers that have made him an international success. His first, 1982's bestselling *In the Heat of the Summer, became the movie *The Mean Season , filmed partially in The Herald's newsroom ans starring Kurt Russell and MAriel Hemingway.

Two more of his books were made into films in the United States, 1995's *Just Cause and 2002's *Har ...more

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“Acepta la locura. Crea el delirio. Establece la duda. Alimenta la paranoia.”
― John Katzenbach, The Analyst
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“Tememos que nos maten. Pero es mucho peor que nos destruyan.”
― John Katzenbach, The Analyst
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“El mayor lujo de nuestra existencia, por miserable que sea, es que no sabemos los días que nos han tocado en suerte”
― John Katzenbach, El psicoanalista
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