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Jane Dentinger


Born
Rochester, New York, The United States
Genre
Mystery, Thriller


Jane Dentinger was born and raised in Rochester, New York. She graduated magna cum laude from Ithaca College with a BFA in theatre, then moved to Manhattan, where she still resides. After making her stage debut in Joe Papp’s production of Pericles at the Delacorte Theatre, she acted off Broadway in All My Sons at the Roundabout Theatre and in Jack Heifner’s Vanities for ages.

By the time Vanities finally closed, there were a lot of people she wanted to kill, and hence, she wrote her debut mystery, Murder on Cue, on a grant of sorts from the New York State Department of Labor. It was the first of six novels featuring actress Jocelyn O’Roarke, whom the New Yorker dubbed “an artsy Philip Marlowe.”

While writing her novels, Dentinger managed Murd ...more

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Average rating: 3.67 · 741 ratings · 106 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors
Murder on Cue (Jocelyn O'Ro...
3.52 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 1983 — 17 editions
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First Hit of the Season
3.76 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 1984 — 15 editions
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Who Dropped Peter Pan?: A J...
3.64 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1995 — 9 editions
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The Queen Is Dead (Jocelyn ...
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Dead Pan: A Jocelyn O'Roark...
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Death Mask: A Jocelyn O'Roa...
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Murder on Cue First Hit of the Season Death Mask: A Jocelyn O'Roa... Dead Pan: A Jocelyn O'Roark... The Queen Is Dead Who Dropped Peter Pan?: A J...
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“Only criminals and madmen walk into Central Park after midnight...or, occasionally, an actor. (Dark City Lights)”
― Jane Dentinger
tags: actors, anthologies, central-park, comedy, funny, humor, humorous-quotes, new-york, new-york-city, quirky, short-stories
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