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Lisa Lutz

Lisa Lutz
Lisa Lutz grew up in Southern California. Although she attended the University of California, Santa Cruz, the University of California, Irvine, the University of Leeds in England, and San Francisco State University, she still does not have a bachelor’s degree. Lisa spent most of the 1990s hopping through a string of low-paying odd jobs while writing and rewriting the screenplay Plan B, a mob comedy.

After the film was made in 2000, she vowed that she would never write another screenplay. She began working on her first novel, The Spellman Files in January of 2004. The Spellman series is about a family of private investigators, who, while very close knit, are also intensely suspicious and spend much time investigating each other. She also once worked for a private detective agency, an experience which no doubt informed her writing of the series! Film rights to the Spellman series have been optioned by Paramount Pictures.

"Those in the market for mayhem and mirth will revel in Lutz's irresistible blend of suspense, irony, and wit."
Booklist, Allison Block
Lisa Lutz will be appearing in:

Philp McLaren, Lisa Lutz, Debi Enker and Garry Disher rate countries by how they write about crime.
Philp McLaren, Lisa Lutz, Debi Enker and Garry Disher rate countries by how they write about crime.
Can women be sassy and solve crime?
Izzy Spellman is a total original. Meet her creator, US author and scriptwriter, Lisa Lutz.
Izzy Spellman is a total original. Meet her creator, US author and scriptwriter, Lisa Lutz.
Izzy Spellman is a total original. Meet her creator, US author and scriptwriter, Lisa Lutz.
Izzy Spellman is a total original. Meet her creator, US author and scriptwriter, Lisa Lutz.
Izzy Spellman is a total original. Meet her creator, US author and scriptwriter, Lisa Lutz.
Izzy Spellman is a total original. Meet her creator, US author and scriptwriter, Lisa Lutz.
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