5/21/2023 0 Comments The little death michael nava![]() ![]() ![]() This April marked a vindication of sorts for Nava. “Give them a good mystery, and they’ll take the rest.” “Mystery readers tend to be a bit more intelligent and tolerant than average,” says Nava. ![]() Nava’s thrillers are faithful to the conventions of the mystery genre, but they are set apart by their insight, compassion and sense of social justice. Rios’ secretary, Emma Austen, is black his lover, Josh Mandel, is Jewish and his clients run the gamut from WASP wastrels to tough street kids. His Henry Rios is a kinder, gentler Philip Marlowe, the perfect mystery protagonist for the multicultural and multiracial Los Angeles of the ‘90s. Since his first book, “The Little Death,” was published in 1986, Nava’s tight prose, sharply etched characters and fast-paced plots have won him the reputation of a rising star and captured a growing following among both straights and gays. His advance for a two-book contract from Harper & Row was just $15,000 per book.īut the payoff in critical acclaim could hardly have been sweeter. From the beginning, it was a financial and artistic roll of the dice even now, with four books in print, Nava, 35, pays his bills by working days as a research attorney for Appellate Court Justice Arleigh Woods. ![]()
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