You are here: Home > Our Authors > Katzenbach, John

VJ Books Presents Author John Katzenbach!

Author John Katzenbach John Katzenbach's previous novels include two Edgar nominees, In the Heat of the Summer, adapted for the screen as ñThe Mean Season,î and The Shadow Man, as well as the New York Times bestseller The Traveler, Day of Reckoning, Just Cause, which was made into a movie by Warner Brothers, and State of Mind.

He has been a criminal court reporter for The Miami Herald and Miami News and a feature write for the Herald's Tropic magazine. His work has appeared in many other newspapers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Katzenbach takes pride in having established new standards for academic and disciplinary restrictions and probation during his years at The Phillips Exeter Academy. He takes even greater credit for helping to create the school's 9th Rule. That is, when he arrived, there were eight existing rules that could get you kicked out. He, along with two others got busted by school authorities engaging in a practice that was clearly a violation of something _ although, at that time, there wasn't a clear-cut and well-defined rule against it. Suffice it to say it had something to do with significantly altered mental states. So, without the necessary rule to give school officials the sort of petty quasi-legal support they needed _ they couldn't kick him and his friends out. This might have been his first lesson in unintended irony.

He graduated and went on to Bard College in the late 60's. He later took a job on the night city desk of the Trenton Times in Trenton, New Jersey for three years, covering everything from town meetings concerned with leash laws to bloody prison riots, mental hospitals to murders until an unfortunate falling out with an editor resulted in him being summarily fired. Despite numerous Page One stories, the editor informed him: ñThe only thing you are capable of writing is the weather earƒ.î That's the little forecast that adorns the upper right hand corner on the front page _ Cloudy Today, Sunny Tomorrow. Katzenbach has successfully proven that particular editor to be mistaken.

He went on to the Miami News, where he covered crime and punishment, won awards and gained notoriety for his reporting. After that, he quit to write his first novel, In The Heat of the Summer, which became a bestseller published in nearly 20 countries and was made into the movie The Mean Season. He returned to the Miami Herald, where he also covered crime and punishment with similar distinction. "It was, parenthetically, a wonderful time to be a reporter in Miami. Everything that could go wrong did. Everything that could be bizarre was. And everything that might be outrageous, well, outraged".

He followed up his novel with his only non-fiction book, First Born. After that, he devoted himself to fiction. Two of his other books have been filmed _ Just Cause and Hart's War. Katzenbach finally left newspapers in 1987 after publishing the New York Times bestseller The Traveler _ a favorite of thriller buffs worldwide and the occasional serial killer.

Katzenbach has been published all over the world and has received many awards. Although no longer a reporter, he still longs for the wonderful sensation of excitement that accompanies pursuing a big story. Now lives in Western Massachusetts, an incredibly reasonable place except in the winter. He is married to the writer/journalist/professor Madeleine Blais, whom he met in Trenton.

Day of Reckoning
Signed First Edition

Signed Day of Reckoning by John Katzenbach

The Traveler
Signed First Edition

Signed Traveler by John Katzenabach

Hart's War
Signed First Edition

Signed Hart's War by John Katzenbach

Just Cause
Signed UK Edition

Signed Just Cause by John Katzenbach

Madman's Tale
Signed First Edition

Signed Madman's Tale by John Katzenbach

The Wrong Man
Signed First Edition

Signed The Wrong Man by John Katzenbach

Sort By:
Page of 1
State of Mind | Katzenbach, John | Book - Advance Reading Copy Katzenbach, John | State of Mind | Book - Advance Reading Copy

Advance Reading Copy 1997 NY: Ballantine Advance reading copy, mint, new/unread in flawless pictorial wraps.

Usually Ships in 3 to 5 Business Days
John Katzenbach - Signed Bookplate (Signed Bookplate) Signed Bookplate | Katzenbach, John | Signed Bookplate

Author Signed Bookplate.  Self-adhesive label, approximately 3" x 4" (though sizes may vary slightly), signed by the author.

Usually Ships in 3 to 5 Business Days
VJ Books Price $19.99
End of an Era $1.79
You save $18.20!
Wrong Man, The | Katzenbach, John | Signed First Edition Book Katzenbach, John | Wrong Man, The | Signed First Edition Copy

Author Signed Hardcover Book.  2006 NY:  Random House.  First edition, first printing, fine in a fine dust jacket, signed by the author.  This is a collectible book free from material defects.  Jacket covering services are available for a small fee..

Usually Ships in 3 to 5 Business Days