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American writer
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Biography
Introduction
Irene Marcuse is an American author of mystery novels. She was a finalist for the Agatha Award in 2000.
Marcuse holds a BA in Literature and Creative Writing and a Master of Social Work from Columbia University. She is the granddaughter of social philosopher Herbert Marcuse.
Books
Marcuse's Anita Servi series includes:
- The Death of an Amiable Child (2000)
- Guilty Mind (2001)
- Consider the Alternative (2002)
- Under the Manhattan Bridge (2004)
Her book "Under the Manhattan Bridge" is set in October 2001, in a city still coping with the impact of 9/11. According to a review in The New York Times of post-9/11 mystery novels, it features "garbage trucks used as barricades and surreally polite New Yorkers."