{{Short description|American novelist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Use American English|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox writer | name = Ed Dee | birth_name = Edward J. Dee Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|2|3}} | birth_place = Yonkers, New York, U.S. | education = Fordham University (BA)<br>Arizona State University (MFA) | genre = Crime fiction | notable_works = ''14 Peck Slip'' (1994) | years_active = 1990s–2000s }} '''Edward J. Dee Jr.''' (born February 3, 1940), publishing as '''Ed Dee''', is an American author of crime fiction.
Dee was born in Yonkers, New York on February 3, 1940.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2020|title=Dee, Ed 1940–|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/dee-ed-1940|access-date=2020-09-06|website=Contemporary Authors|publisher=Gale}}</ref> He graduated from Sacred Heart High School, then served two years in the United States Army. In 1962 in joined the New York City Police Department (NYPD). He earned a BA from Fordham University.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Murphy|first=Bruce F.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B5SGDAAAQBAJ|title=The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery|date=1999-12-09|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-0-230-10735-9|pages=134|language=en}}</ref>
Dee retired from the NYPD as a lieutenant in 1982 and then he began to write.<ref name=":0" /> He earned an MFA in creative writing from Arizona State University in 1992.<ref name=":0" /> His first novel, ''14 Peck Slip'', was named a notable book of the year in 1994 by ''The New York Times''.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1994-12-04|title=Notable Books of the Year: 1994|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/04/books/notable-books-of-the-year-1994.html|access-date=2020-09-06|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Panek|first=Leroy Lad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9pk7n2-p8nEC|title=The American Police Novel: A History|date=2015-09-17|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-7864-8137-8|pages=237|language=en}}</ref> ''Bronx Angel'' (1995), ''Little Boy Blue'' (1997), ''Nightbird'' (1999), and ''The Con Man's Daughter'' (2003) followed.
Panek identifies nostalgia for police traditions as a major theme of Dee's oeuvre.<ref name=":1" />
==Works== * {{Cite book|last=Dee|first=Ed|url=https://archive.org/details/14peckslip0000deee|title=14 Peck Slip|date=1994|publisher=Warner Books|isbn=0-446-51770-4|location=New York|oclc=28631889|url-access=registration}}<ref>Reviews of ''14 Peck Slip'': *{{Cite web|title=Review of ''14 Peck Slip''|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-446-51770-6|access-date=2020-09-06|website=Publishers Weekly|language=en}} *{{Cite news|last=Stasio|first=Marilyn|date=1994-07-17|title=Crime|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/17/books/crime-599646.html|access-date=2020-09-06|issn=0362-4331}} *{{Cite web|last=Hellmuth|first=Ann|date=August 13, 1994|title=Review of ''14 Peck Slip''|url=https://greensboro.com/thrillers-for-waning-summer-days/article_864a6958-7364-5c61-87f8-932e833d486c.html|access-date=2020-09-06|website=News & Record|language=en}}</ref> * {{Cite book|last=Dee|first=Ed|url=https://archive.org/details/bronxangel00deee|title=Bronx Angel|date=1995|publisher=Warner Books|isbn=0-446-51774-7|location=New York|oclc=32014140|url-access=registration}}<ref>Reviews of ''Bronx Angel'': *{{Cite web|date=June 15, 1995|title=Review of ''Bronx Angel''|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ed-dee/bronx-angel/|access-date=September 6, 2020|website=Kirkus Reviews}} *{{Cite web|last=Hellmuth|first=Ann|date=September 24, 1995|title=Down-to-Earth Realism Fused with Twists, Intrigue|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1995-09-24-9509220408-story.html|access-date=2020-09-06|website=Orlando Sentinel|language=en-US}}</ref> * {{Cite book|last=Dee|first=Ed|url=https://archive.org/details/littleboyblue00deee|title=Little Boy Blue|date=1997|publisher=Warner Books|isbn=0-446-60522-0|location=New York|oclc=38233001|url-access=registration}} * {{Cite book|last=Dee|first=Ed|url=https://archive.org/details/nightbird00deee|title=Nightbird|date=1999|publisher=Warner Books|isbn=0-446-52039-X|location=New York|oclc=40954016|url-access=registration}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Review of ''Nightbird''|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-446-52039-3|access-date=2020-09-06|website=Publishers Weekly}}</ref> * {{Cite book|last=Dee|first=Ed|title=Cop Tales 2000|date=2000|publisher=38 Special Press|isbn=0-9675749-0-0|location=Indianapolis|chapter=The Tailman|oclc=44156262}} * {{Cite book|last=Dee|first=Ed|url=https://archive.org/details/conmansdaughter00deee|title=The Con Man's Daughter|date=2003|publisher=Mysterious Press|isbn=0-89296-794-3|location=New York|oclc=52055941|url-access=registration}}<ref>Reviews of ''The Con Man's Daughter'': *{{Cite web|title=Starred review of ''The Con Man's Daughter''|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-89296-794-0|access-date=2020-09-06|website=Publishers Weekly}} *{{Cite web|date=September 15, 2003|title=Review of ''The Con Man's Daughter''|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ed-dee/the-con-mans-daughter/|access-date=September 6, 2020|website=Kirkus Reviews}} *{{Cite news|date=2004-01-18|title=An Old Gym, a Scary Subway Car and a Russian Big Shot|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/18/nyregion/new-york-bookshelf-crime-an-old-gym-a-scary-subway-car-and-a-russian-big-shot.html|access-date=2020-09-06|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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