Stefanie PintoffRights Information

Stefanie Pintoff is the 2008 winner of the St. Martin's Minotaur/ Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel competition.  Her novel, tentatively titled IN THE SHADOW OF GOTHAM, developed from her long-standing interests in criminology and detective fiction.  After undergraduate studies at Duke University, she went on to earn a J.D. from Columbia Law School and a Ph.D. in English Literature from New York University.  She has previously worked as an attorney and has also taught courses in writing and literature at NYU and Penn State.  

Now a full-time writer, she is a member of Mystery Writers of America as well as the New York chapter of Sisters in Crime.  She lives in Westchester County, NY with her husband, daughter, and a big dog.  She is currently at work on her second Detective Ziele novel, VERSED IN MURDER.