# Ed Dee

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{{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](/source/Yonkers%2C_New_York), U.S.
| education = [Fordham University](/source/Fordham_University) ([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))<br>[Arizona State University](/source/Arizona_State_University) ([MFA](/source/Master_of_Fine_Arts))
| genre = [Crime fiction](/source/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](/source/crime_fiction).

Dee was born in [Yonkers, New York](/source/Yonkers%2C_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](/source/Contemporary_Authors)|publisher=[Gale](/source/Gale_(publisher))}}</ref> He graduated from [Sacred Heart High School](/source/Sacred_Heart_High_School_(Yonkers%2C_New_York)), then served two years in the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army). In 1962 in joined the [New York City Police Department](/source/New_York_City_Police_Department) (NYPD). He earned a [BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) from [Fordham University](/source/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](/source/Palgrave_Macmillan)|isbn=978-0-230-10735-9|pages=134|language=en}}</ref>

Dee retired from the NYPD as a [lieutenant](/source/lieutenant) in 1982 and then he began to write.<ref name=":0" /> He earned an [MFA](/source/Master_of_Fine_Arts) in creative writing from [Arizona State University](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/McFarland_%26_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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Publishers_Weekly)|language=en}}
*{{Cite news|last=Stasio|first=Marilyn|date=1994-07-17|title=Crime|language=en-US|work=[The New York Times](/source/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](/source/News_%26_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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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>

== References ==
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