Alex Auswaks

Alex Auswaks is a Jerusalem-based Tienstin, China born writer of Crime Fiction and Man of Letters. Though his work is primarily in shorter Crime Fiction, his novel " A Trick of Diamonds" was featured by Collins Crime Club in 1981. The book was shortlisted that year for the 'British Crime Writers Association 'John Creasy Award' in the 'Debut Dagger' category.

Auswaks edited and wrote from 1990 - 1995 the publication of the 'Tienstin Society' for the community of Russian- exiled Jews who lived in that Chinese city during the Second World War.

Between the years 1989- 1995 Auswaks contributed a weekly column reviewing Crime Fiction for the 'Jerusalem Post'

His articles on the Russian poet Osip Mandelstam and the Israeli detective writer, Batya Gur appear in 'Jewish Writers of the Twentieth Century'(Routledge 2003)

References

*Jewish Writers of the Twentieth Century ed. Sorrel Kerbel Routledge London 2003 695 pp.
*Trick of Diamonds Alex Auswaks Collins Crime Club London 2003
*100 Great Detectives, edited by Maxim Jakubowski Carroll & Graf, New York, 1991. ISBN: 1-85480-025-6
*Contents article by Alex Auswaks on David Williams' "Mark's Treasure"