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Sujata Massey is an English-American author of mystery, historical fiction and suspense novels. She is best known for her Rei Shimura series. Sujata was born in England to an Indian father and a German mother. She emigrated to the United States when she was 5 and was raised mostly in St. Paul, Minnesota, although she has called Baltimore, Maryland home for over a quarter century. Sujata has a B.A. in the Writing Seminars from the Johns Hopkins University. Prior to becoming a novelist, she worked as a features reporter for the Baltimore Evening Sun. Sujata is an Agatha and Macavity award-winning author.
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The American writer Sujata Massey, who was originally born in Sussex, in the United Kingdom, has been a writer of mystery novels for some time now, with a vast array of titles under her belt, notably the Rei Shimura series for which she has become best known for. Having written twelve books so far and counting, she has managed to create a legacy which has left a lasting impression upon the publishing industry, whilst setting up a whole new approach to the genre in the process. Giving it her own unique take, she has created a style and tone that is all her own, focusing much of her writing career on the character of Rei Shimura in the process.
Born in 1964 in the English county of Sussex, Sujata Massey spent the first five years of her life living in the United Kingdom before moving on to America with both her parents. This is something that has weighed heavily on her career and her writing, allowing her to feed her experience back into her work, providing her narratives and characters with a source of inspiration. Growing up in America she was able to take in what she saw around her, thus building the backstory of her characters that she was to later become famous for.
Educated at the John Hopkins University, she went on to graduate in 1986, giving her the academic grounding she required in taking her career forwards. Taking some time to gain experiential learning as well, she went to work for the Baltimore Evening Sun, where she also spent some time finding her feet and her voice. All of this allowed her to become the writer that she is today, as she took her time to both hone and refine her craft, creating a highly idiosyncratic style and tone.
Writing a vast number of short stories as well, she has managed to prove herself as a fully fledged and extremely versatile writer over the years, something which has taken her time and effort to achieve. With her B.A. in the Writing Seminars from her time at university, along with her role undertaken at the Baltimore Evening Sun, she has come a long way since she first set out on her career path. Knowing what her readers want now, she has managed to find her audience, which ranges world-wide, as readers from all across the globe flock to consume her novels.
Continuing to write to this very day, she continues to be source of inspiration to both her peers and contemporaries, along with any future writers looking to make it in her field. Setting up a line of historical novels in the future as well, she always manages to challenge herself, never sticking to one set label, and always moving forwards. With more books set to come out soon, she always has something new planned on the horizon, which she appears set to continue on in to the foreseeable future.
Originally published in 1999, this was to be the third book in the Rei Shimura series, having already created the set-up in the previous two entries. With the character of Rei Shimura being firmly established, it dives straight into her next case, as the amateur sleuth once again has to deal with yet another mystery. Following on in the same style and tone as before, Sujata Massey manages to recapture the essence of what made the first two books work, giving the readers more of what they want.
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