Jason Starr is a New York City-based author, comic book writer, and screenwriter. Starr is the author of a number of crime fiction and thriller novels. “Tough Luck,” a novel written by Starr and published in 2003, won a Barry Award for Best Paperback Original and was nominated for an Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original in 2004. Twisted City won the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original in 2005. In addition, “The Chill” earned the first-ever Anthony Award for Best Graphic Novel in 2011. Starr is most known for his satirical urban crime novels set primarily in the New York City area, in which the city takes on a life of its own.
Starr’s first crime fiction was called, “Cold Caller.” Bookends named Starr’s second novel, “Nothing Personal,” the finest novel of the year. This was followed by “Fake I.D.” His fourth novel, “Hard Feelings,” was a “Penzler Pick.” “Twisted City,” Starr’s sixth novel, was a Barry Award nominee and an Anthony Award winner. Barnes & Noble.com and Bookreporter.com named Starr’s work “Lights Out” one of the greatest crime novels of the year in 2006. In the same year, Vintage Books released “Bloodlines: A Horse Racing Anthology,” a collection of stories and essays about horse racing.
Vertigo Crime published Starr’s first graphic novel, “The Chill,” in 2010. It was nominated for an Anthony Award for Best Graphic Novel, making Starr one of only nine writers to win multiple awards. Starr would go on to write a slew of DC Comics titles and has written a number of best-selling tie-in books like “Ant-Man: Natural Enemy,” and “Gotham: Dawn of Darkness,” a prequel to the hit FOX TV show Gotham.
