I. J. Parker

{{short description|American novelist}} {{infobox person | name = I. J. Parker | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1936|1|1}} | birth_place = Munich }}

'''Ingrid J. Parker''' (born January 1, 1936) is an American detective/mystery writer. She is best known for creating Sugawara Akitada, who solved crimes in the Heian era of ancient Japan.

==Personal life==

Ingrid Parker was born and raised in Germany.<ref>[http://www.xs4all.nl/~embden11/Engels5/parker.htm Parker related site.]</ref><ref name=parker>[http://www.ijparker.com/ Official IJ Parker web site]</ref>

She was, until retirement, Associate Professor of English and Foreign Languages at Norfolk State University in Virginia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ijparker.com/index.htm|title=IJ Parker Home Page}}</ref> Writing detective mysteries set in ancient Japan was an incidental result of initial research into 11th century Japan out of professional interest in Japanese literature of the era.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark |title=Crime Space profile |access-date=2010-12-30 |archive-date=2010-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214022242/http://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ijparker.com/index.htm|title=IJ Parker Home Page}}</ref> She was also influenced by the Judge Dee mystery series written by the noted orientalist and diplomat Robert van Gulik.<ref>[http://jsydneyjones.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/crime-and-punishment-in-imperial-japan/ IJ Parker review]</ref>

==Bibliography==

===Sugawara Akitada===

See Sugawara Akitada for a complete bibliography.

===Other works===

*''The Hollow Reed vol. I: Dream of a Spring Night'' (September 2012, Ingrid J. Parker Inc.) *''The Hollow Reed vol. II: Dust Before the Wind'' (September 2012, Ingrid J. Parker Inc.,) *''The Sword Master'' (October 2013, 2nd edition, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, {{ISBN|978-1493553549}}) *''The Left-Handed God'' (December 2013, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, {{ISBN|978-1493782192}})

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