Andrew Klavan, , known also by his pen name Keith Peterson, is an American writer of mystery novels, psychological thrillers, and screenplays for "tough-guy" mystery films. Two of Klavan's books have been adapted into motion pictures: True Crime and Don't Say A Word . He has been nominated for the Edgar Award four times and has won twice. Playwright and novelist Laurence Klavan is his brother. Klavan dropped out of school temporarily to work in local radio news and wrote his first novel, Face of the Earth, in 1977. He then moved to Putnam County, New York, where he worked as a reporter for a... local newspaper. His experience covering local crime later formed the basis for his novel Corruption. Klavan later worked as a script reader for Columbia Pictures and a news writer for WOR Radio and the ABC Radio Network while writing mysteries and freelance book reviews. During this time he adopted the pseudonym "Keith Peterson, "which appeared on The Trapdoor , The Rain , There Fell a Shadow , Rough Justice , and The Scarred Man .The Rain won the 1990 Edgar Award for Best Original Paperback.
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