Chuck Greaves

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Chuck Greaves
Born
Charles Joseph Greaves

(1955-12-14) December 14, 1955 (age 70)
Alma mater
OccupationsAuthor, screenwriter
Notable workJack MacTaggart Mystery Series
SpouseLynda Larsen
Websitechuckgreaves.com

Charles Joseph Greaves (born December 14, 1955) is an American author of both crime fiction (as Chuck Greaves) and general fiction (as C. Joseph Greaves).

Greaves is best known for his Jack MacTaggart series of legal mysteries, which are set in Los Angeles, where Greaves practiced law for 25 years.[1] The Jack MacTaggart series consists of four books: Hush Money (2012), Green-Eyed Lady (2013), The Last Heir (2014), and The Chimera Club (2022).

As of 2023, he has also written three standalone novels: Hard Twisted (2012), Tom & Lucky and George & Cokey Flo (2015), and Church of the Graveyard Saints (2019).

Personal life

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Raised in Levittown, New York, Greaves graduated with honors from both the University of Southern California and Boston College Law School.[2] He currently lives in Cortez, Colorado with his wife, Lynda.

Awards and honors

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In 2015, The Wall Street Journal included Tom & Lucky and George & Cokey Flo on their list of the year's best books.[3]

Awards for Greaves's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
2012 Hush Money New Mexico-Arizona Book Award Finalist [4]
Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel Finalist [5][6]
2013 Audie Award for Mystery Finalist [7]
Left Coast Crime Rocky Award Finalist [5][8]
Hard Twisted Oklahoma Book Award for iction Finalist [9]
2015 The Last Heir Colorado Book Award for Mystery Finalist
2016 Tom & Lucky and George & Cokey Flo Harper Lee Prize Finalist [10][11]
Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award Finalist [5][12]
2023 The Chimera Club Colorado Authors League Award Winner [13]
Colorado Book Award for Mystery Finalist [14]

Publications

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Jack MacTaggart series

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Other novels

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