American novelist
Rebecca Cantrell is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author.[1] She has published nine novels in over ten different languages. Her novels have won the ITW Thriller,[2] the Macavity,[3] and the Bruce Alexander[4] awards. They have been nominated for the GoodReads Choice award,[5] the Barry,[6] the RT Reviewers Choice,[7] and the APPY award.[8] She and her husband and son live in Berlin.
Works
Cantrell is the author of the series of novels featuring Hannah Vogel, a crime reporter in 1930s Berlin. The first novel in the series, A Trace of Smoke, won the 2010 Sue Feder Historical Mystery Macavity Award[9] and the 2010 Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award.[10] The fourth novel in the series, A City of Broken Glass, was nominated for the 2013 Mary Higgins Clark Award[11] and the 2013 Sue Feder Historical Mystery Macavity Award.[12]
Cantrell collaborated with novelist James Rollins to write the Order of the Sanguines trilogy. The first novel in the series, The Blood Gospel, was a New York Times best seller.[13]
Cantrell is also the author of a series of novels featuring Joe Tesla, an agoraphobic millionaire who is confined to Grand Central Terminal and the tunnels under New York City. The first novel in the series, The World Beneath, won the 2014 Best Ebook Original award from International Thriller Writers.[14]
