Jane Waterhouse

Jane Waterhouse's latest book, "Valor in Action: The Medal of Honor Paintings of Col Charles Waterhouse," was awarded the 2022 Colonel Joseph Alexander Award for the year's most distinguished book of biographical literature by the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation. "Every once in a while, a literary work of both historical importance and graphic splendor appears," said the critic from Proceedings (US Naval Institute), "Such is 'Valor in Action.'" Bestselling author, Jeff Shaara, called it, "a national treasure. . . a marvelous book." Waterhouse is an award-winning playwright and the author of several novels, including the critically acclaimed Garner Quinn trilogy. She has been called “first-rate” (Chicago Tribune), “a bonafide talent” (Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel) whose “prose flows like molten silver” (Cleveland Plain Dealer) and whose stories unfold with such “breathless velocity” (Kirkus Reviews) “readers won’t be able to turn the pages fast enough” (Publisher’s Weekly). Her books have been translated into four languages and appeared on several “Year’s Best” lists. Waterhouse’s first novel, “Playing for Keeps” (Macmillan/Tor), was hailed by Publishers Weekly as “a corker of a mystery” with “a stunning climax.” With the debut of her first Garner Quinn novel, “Graven Images,” Booklist proclaimed: “Make no mistake: Jane Waterhouse is a writer to watch. Readers should fasten their seat belts and be warned: the surprises never stop, and the diabolically clever climax will leave them gasping.” Originally published by G.P. Putnam, “Graven Images” has recently been republished by Brash Books. The adventures of Waterhouse’s true crime writer protagonist continue in “Shadow Walk” and “Dead Letter” (Putnam/Berkley); readers will be interested that Waterhouse is working on a follow-up to the trilogy called “Killer Comeback.” The daughter of renowned military artist Colonel Charles Waterhouse, Jane collaborated with her late father on several of his books, including “Marines and Others,” “The Blue Book Illustrations of Herbert Morton Stoops” and “Steven R. Kidd: Illustrations in Black and White.” Jane has also written and provided creative direction for a wide range of corporate clients and special events. Other credits include “The Falsetti Project” for TruTV… the book to an original musical, “Mikado Inc.” for the Paper Mill Playhouse… and an adaptation of the Ron Hansen novel, “Atticus.” There’s some evidence that Jane is a descendant of Agnes Waterhouse, who was hung as a witch in Tudor England for—among other things—killing her husband and bewitching a rich neighbor to his death. It might just be family lore, but it makes a great story. And, for Waterhouse, that’s always the draw.