Person Detail: Dorothy Uhnak

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General Information:
Full Name: Dorothy Uhnak
Biography: (1930-2006) Novelist. Dorothy Uhnak was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Greenport, New York. She lived in Shelter Island, New York, and was the author of crime novels and had served several years as a detective for the New York City Transit Authority.
Author's Timeline:
1930		Bronx County Dorothy Uhnak was born Dorothy Goldstein in the Bronx, New York, on April 24, 1930.
2006		Suffolk County Ms. Uhnak lived in Shelter Island, New York, at the time of her death.
1953		(Unknown) County Ms. Uhnak served as a detective from 1953 until 1967 for the New York City Transit Authority.
2006		Suffolk County Dorothy Uhnak died in Greenport, New York, on July 8, 2006.
1993		Bronx County The Ryer Avenue Story (Pub: St. Martin's Press ISBN: 0312088884 / 978-0312088880 ) Novel based in the neighborhood where Ms. Uhnak grew up.
1973		(Unknown) County Law And Order (Pub: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 0671215051 / 978-0671215057 ) Novel.
1968		(Unknown) County The Bait (Pub: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 0671065319 / 978-0671065317 ) Ms. Uhnak's first novel. Winner of the Edgar Award as the best first mystery novel of 1968.
1969		(Unknown) County The Witness (Pub: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 0671201921 / 978-0671201920 ) Novel.
1971		(Unknown) County The Ledger (Pub: London : Hodder and Stoughton ISBN: 0340148845 / 978-0340148846 ) Novel.
1977		(Unknown) County The Investigation (Pub: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 0671226177 / 978-0671226176 ) Novel.
1967		New York County Ms. Uhnak left the police force in 1967 in order to complete her education at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
1965		(Unknown) County Policewoman (Pub: McFadden Books ISBN: ) Memoir.
1986		(Unknown) County Victims (Pub: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 0671452371 / 978-0671452377 ) Novel.
1981		(Unknown) County False Witness (Pub: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 067123076X / 978-0671230760 ) Novel.
1997		(Unknown) County Codes of Betrayal (Pub: St. Martin's Press ISBN: 0312155824 / 978-0312155827 ) Novel.
1950		New York County Ms. Uhnak attended City College of New York in around 1950.