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Barbara D'Amato

Born: 04/10/1938 Grand Rapids, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Parents: Harold A. and Yvonne Steketee
Spouse: Anthony A. D'Amato
Children: Brian, Paul
Address(es):
Permanent:
860 N. Lakeshore Drive #5K
Chicago, IL 60611
USA
Contact Information:
Phone: (312) 587-8997
Website: http://www.barbaradamato.com/index.html
Email: [email protected]

Writings

Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
Other eyes	Fiction, Mystery	Adult	New York : Forge	2011
Foolproof - with Jeanne M. Dams and Mark Richard Zubro.	Fiction, Suspense/Thriller	Adult	New York : Forge	2009-2013
Death of a thousand cuts	Fiction, Mystery	Adult	New York : Tom Doherty Associates	2004
White male infant	Fiction	Adult	New York : Forge	2002
Hard Road: A Cat Marsala Mystery - The story begins at a big centennial Oz festival in Chicago's Grant Park. Investigative reporter Cat Marsala rediscovers the wonderful world of Oz when she takes her six-year-old nephew Jeremy to meet Dorothy and the Tin Man and to explore the Yellow Brick Road, the Emerald City, and all the other Oz-inspired creations to be found at the summer festival celebrating a century of Oz books.	Fiction, Mystery	Adult	New York, NY: Scribner	2001-2007
Authorized Personnel Only - For Chicago cop Suze Figueroa, home is a sanctuary, a quiet refuge from the crime, corruption, and tragedy she encounters on the job. The creaky old Victorian house she shares with her little boy, her invalid sister, and her sister's family seems far removed from the threats and dangers of the mean city streets.. . . or so she believes. The truth is far more terrifying, for, unknown to Suze, a stranger has moved into the house: an intruder who waits in the attic by day and prowls her home at night, spying on both the unsuspecting adults and the defenseless children. While Suze spends her work day tracking down an elusive serial killer, she has no idea that a much more personal danger lives under her own roof, eating her food, handling her gun, and watching her loved ones.... Strips of yellow tape may keep curious bystanders away from crime scenes, but nothing so simple can protect Suze and her family from the menace that has invaded the privacy--and the safety--of their own home.	Fiction, Mystery	Adult	New York: Forge	2000
Hard Evidence (Cat Marsala)	Fiction, Mystery	Adult	New York, NY: Scribner	1999
Help Me Please	Fiction, Mystery	Adult	New York: Forge	1999
Good Cop, Bad Cop - A beat cop dumped back into uniform twice for screwing up on the job, Aldo Bertolucci is consumed by jealousy and resentment of his older brother Nick -- Superintendent of the the Chicago Police. Aldo finally gets his chance at revenge when he discovers suppressed records concerning an illegal raid on a Black Panther stronghold back in 1969. But his scheme to connect his brother to the scandal may bring down the entire Chicago Police Department and tear apart his whole family from the inside out.	Fiction, Mystery	Adult	New York: Forge	1998
Hard Bargain (Cat Marsala) - Freelance Chicago journalist Cat Marsala celebrates the quaint idea that what somebody writes in a newspaper or a magazine can have some effect, can make a difference, can even tip the scales of justice from time to time. We all know how ludicrous this idea is, but we find the feisty Cat involved in linked cases of spousal abuse and high-level police department dirty pool, all doubts are happily suspended	Fiction, Mystery	Adult	New York, NY: Scribner	1997
Killer.app - SJR Computer Systems is the largest, most powerful corporation of its kind. With secret tentacles that reach into all kinds of business, political, and government institutions, its power is mammoth. To Chicago cop Suze Figueroa, cyberspy is not in her job description - until a mysterious accident lands her computer engineer sister in a coma. Did her sister's "accident" have anything to do with the secret database at SJR Systems that she had just uncovered? With help from her beat partner, Suze investigates SJR and uncovers a greedy computer genius's horrific plan to commandeer the world's power centers. And he has the means to do it, using a method so insidious that even the presidency of the United States is vulnerable. Targeted by a network of on-line henchmen, as well as ruthless flesh-and-blood assassins, Suze must race to save her sister, herself - and the President of the United States.	Fiction, Mystery	Adult	New York: Forge	1996
Hard Christmas (Cat Marsala) - Journalist-turned-sleuth Cat Marsala finds dirty dealings on the DeGraaf Christmas tree farm. Could the family closet be rife with skeletons? When a fresh corpse turns up, Cat's sure of it.	Fiction, Mystery	Adult	New York, NY: Scribner	1995
Hard Case (Cat Marsala)	Fiction, Mystery	Adult	New York, NY: Scribner	1994
Hard Women (Cat Marsala) - While investigating prostitution in the Windy City, Chicago journalist Cat Marsala befriends a young escort named Sandra, whose murder she must soon unravel.	Fiction, Mystery	Adult	New York, NY: Scribner	1993
Hard Luck (Cat Marsala) - Chicago journalist Cat Marsala decides to investigate the inception of a new Central States Lottery, and when the man she is about to interview falls from a high-rise window and lands at her feet, she suspects foul play.	Fiction, Mystery	Adult	New York, NY: Scribner	1992
The Doctor, the Murder, the Mystery: The True Story of the Dr. John Branion Murder Case - The book led to the reopening of the case and eventual pardon and release of Branion.	Non Fiction	Adult	Notable Press	1992
Hard Tack (Cat Marsala) - Aboard the Easy Girl, a sixty-two-foot sloop, for a high-society party, Cat Marsala is soon investigating a murder when one of the party's high-profile guests is found murdered.	Fiction, Mystery	Adult	New York, NY: Scribner	1991
Hardball (Cat Marsala) - A bomb explodes, taking the life of Louise Sugarman and injuring reporter Cat Marsala. As a controversial advocate for the decriminalization of drugs and for treating addiction as a medical problem, Sugarman has many enemies. Outraged by the attack, Cat resolves to find the killer. The investigation forces Cat to confront the issue and the people on both sides of the debate.	Fiction, Mystery	Adult	New York, NY: Scribner	1990

What is the aim or goal of your writing: Work every day.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Education:

Degree	Institution	Location	Date
High School Diploma	Cooley High School	Detroit, MI	1950

Career:

Position	Organization	Location	Date
- D'Amato is a playwright, novelist, and crime researcher. Her research on the Dr. John Branion murder case formed the basis for a segment on Unsolved Mysteries, and she appeared on the program. Her musical comedies, The Magic Man and the children's musical The Magic of Young Houdini, written with husband Anthony D'Amato, played in Chicago and London. Their Prohibition-era musical comedy RSVP Broadway, which played in Chicago in 1980, was named "an event of particular interest" by Chicago magazine. A native of Michigan, she has been a resident of Chicago for many years. D'Amato has been a columnist for the Sisters in Crime newsletter and Mystery Scene magazine. She has worked as an assistant surgical orderly, carpenter for stage magic illusions, assistant tiger handler, stage manager, researcher for attorneys in criminal cases, and occasionally teaches mystery writing to Chicago police officers.

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