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Agatha Award
The Agatha Awards, named for Agatha Christie, are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write in the traditional mystery subgenre: "books typified by the works of Agatha Christie . . . loosely defined as mysteries that contain no explicit sex, excessive gore or gratuitous violence, and are not classified as 'hard-boiled.'" At an annual convention in Washington, D.C., the Agatha Awards are handed out by Malice Domestic Ltd, in six categories: Best Novel; Best First Mystery; Best Historical Novel; Best Short Story; Best Non-Fiction; Best Children's/Young Adult Mystery. Additionally, in some years the Poirot Award is presented to honor individuals other than writers who have made outstanding contributions to the mystery genre, but it is not an annual award. Early meetings of the Malice Domestic Committee occurred in fall 1987, with the first convention held on April 21–23, 1989, in Silver Spring, MD. Malice Domestic Ltd was incorporated in 1992. It is governed by a vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agatha Christie
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery '' The Mousetrap'', which has been performed in the West End since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. ''Guinness World Records'' lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies. Christie was born into a wealthy upper middle class family in Torquay, Devon, and was largely home-schooled. She was initially an unsuccessful writer with si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deanna Raybourn
Deanna Raybourn (born June 17, 1968) is an American author of historical fiction and historical mysteries. Biography Raybourn was born in Fort Worth, Texas, but now lives in Williamsburg, Virginia. She graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio where she majored in English and History. Her first published novel, ''Silent in the Grave'', was nominated for the Agatha Award for best new mystery of 2007. Set in Victorian era England, the acclaimed series has been optioned as a UK television series by Free@Last TV. Bibliography Lady Julia Grey mysteries * ''Silent in the Grave'', 2007 (hardcover , mass market ) * ''Silent in the Sanctuary'', 2008 (paperback , mass market ) * ''Silent on the Moor'', 2009 (paperback , mass market ) * ''Dark Road to Darjeeling'', 2010 (paperback ) * ''The Dark Enquiry'', 2011 (paperback ) * ''Silent Night'', 2012 (paperback ) * "Midsummer Night" novella, 2013 (e-book ) * "Twelfth Night" novella, 2014 (e-book ) * "Bonfire Night" no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Strohmeyer
Sarah Strohmeyer (born December 17, 1962) is an American author of eighteen crime novels and humorous books about relations between men and women. She is best known for her Bubbles Yablonsky series about a Pennsylvania hairdresser who is drawn into solving various crimes and murders. Early life and education Strohmeyer grew up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She attended Tufts University, where she graduated with a degree in international relations. Career After graduation, Strohmeyer began work as a journalist for ''Home News Tribune'' in New Brunswick, New Jersey, ''The Plain Dealer'' in Cleveland, and later ''Valley News''. In 1997, Strohmeyer published ''Barbie Unbound'', which she wrote in response to her seeing several mothers refuse to allow their children to play with the doll due to it being perceived as being a "bimbo". Strohmeyer's work has been book ''The Cinderella Pact'' was reviewed by ''The Roanoke Times''. The book was later turned into a 2010 movie, ''Lying to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lea Wait
Lea Wait was an American author of historical novels and mysteries, many set in Maine. She has written historical and contemporary books for children aged 7 and up, two books of nonfiction, and the Shadows Antique Print Mystery series and Mainely Needlepoint series for adults. Biography Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she grew up in a family where books were an important part of life. Her family summered in Maine.Lea Wait She did her undergraduate work at Chatham College - now Chatham University - in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and her graduate work at New York University, completing all requirements for a doctorate except for the dissertation, a 'DWD', and joining AT&T as a manager. Her grandmother was an antiques dealer, and in 1976 she started an antique print business and decided she should become a writer. She also, as a single parent, adopted four “older” girls born in Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, and India. In 1998, she left corporate life and moved to live in Edgecomb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In The Bleak Midwinter (novel)
''In the Bleak Midwinter'' is a mystery novel written by Julia Spencer-Fleming Julia Spencer-Fleming (born June 26, 1961)page 240, ''Great Women Mystery Writers'', 2nd Ed. by Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay, 2007, publ. Greenwood Press, is an American novelist of Mystery fiction. She has won the Agatha Award, Anthony Award, Mac .... Published in 2002, it won six awards for best first novel, including the Agatha Award. The book introduced the characters of Clare Fergusson, an ex-Army helicopter pilot who has become an Episcopal priest and Russ Van Alstyne, a married police chief who lives in the same town. References {{reflist American mystery novels 2002 American novels Anthony Award-winning works Macavity Award-winning works Barry Award-winning works Dilys Award-winning works Agatha Award-winning works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Spencer-Fleming
Julia Spencer-Fleming (born June 26, 1961)page 240, ''Great Women Mystery Writers'', 2nd Ed. by Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay, 2007, publ. Greenwood Press, is an American novelist of Mystery fiction. She has won the Agatha Award, Anthony Award, Macavity Awards, Dilys Award, Barry Award (for crime novels), the Nero Award, and Gumshoe Awards. She has also been a finalist for the Edgar Award. Her books feature Clare Fergusson, a retired helicopter pilot turned Episcopal priest and Russ Van Alstyne, a police chief. They are set in Millers Kill, a fictional town in upstate New York. Spencer-Fleming was born in Plattsburgh, New York and has degrees from Ithaca College, George Washington University and the University of Maine School of Law. Spencer-Fleming lives in Buxton, Maine Bibliography Rev. Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne series #''In the Bleak Midwinter'' (2002, hardcover , paperback 978-0-312-98676-6) #''A Fountain Filled With Blood'' (2003, hardcover , paperback 978-0-31 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erin Hart
Erin Hart (born September 1, 1958) is an American author of crime fiction. Life and career Hart was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, and raised in Rochester, Minnesota. She is the daughter of Robert Hart, a mechanical engineer, and Nancy VanSteenhuyse Hart, a medical laboratory technician. She attended high school in Rochester, where she was involved in music and theater. Hart's early career was in arts administration, at the Affiliated Arts Agencies of the Upper Midwest, now Arts Midwest, and the Minnesota State Arts Board. She also worked as a freelance journalist, contributing theater reviews and arts features at the ''Saint Paul Pioneer Press'', ''Minnesota Monthly'', the Minneapolis '' Star Tribune'', and '' Skyway News'', among other publications. She also served as the on-air theater critic for Minnesota Public Radio's ''Midmorning'' program. Hart lives in Saint Paul with her husband, Irish accordion player Paddy O'Brien, creator of the ''Paddy O'Brien Tune Collection: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maisie Dobbs (novel)
''Maisie Dobbs'' is a 2003 mystery novel by Jacqueline Winspear. Set in England between 1910 and 1929, it features the title character Maisie Dobbs, a private investigator building her business in the aftermath of the First World War. Generally well received by critics, mostly because of Maisie's quirky character, the novel was nominated for several awards and received the 2003 Agatha Award for Best First Novel. It is the first in the series of Maisie Dobbs novels. Plot Maisie becomes a maid at the Belgravia Mansion of Lady Rowan Compton in 1910 at thirteen years old, after her mother dies, and she must help her father make ends meet. Soon after getting caught in Lady Compton's library fulfilling her joy of reading and learning, Maisie is introduced to Maurice Blanche, close friend of the Comptons, and becomes his pupil. Blanche, a discreet investigator, teaches Maisie as much as he can about psychology, science, and anything else Maisie is willing to learn. When Maisie bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline Winspear
Jacqueline Winspear (born 30 April 1955) is a mystery writer, author of the ''Maisie Dobbs'' series of books exploring the aftermath of World War I. She has won several mystery writing awards for books in this popular series. Personal life and career Winspear was born on 30 April 1955, and raised in Cranbrook, in Kent. She was educated at the University of London's Institute of Education and then worked in academic publishing, higher education and in marketing communications. She emigrated to the United States in 1990. Winspear stated that her childhood awareness of her grandfather's suffering in World War I led to an interest in that period. Maisie Dobbs series Maisie Dobbs is a private investigator who untangles painful and shameful secrets stemming from war experiences. A gifted working class girl in class-conscious England, she receives an unusual education thanks to the patronage of her employer, who had taken her on as a housemaid. She interrupts her education to work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Kandel
Susan Kandel is an American author of a series of mystery books set in Los Angeles featuring sleuth CeCe Caruso, a vintage clothing fashionista and biographer of mystery writers. Kandel's background is in art history, having been an art critic, university teacher and editor of an art journal. Books *''I Dreamed I Married Perry Mason'' *''Not a Girl Detective'' *''Shamus in the Green Room'' *''Christietown'': a novel about Vintage clothing, Romance, Mystery and Agatha Christie *''Dial H for Hitchcock'' See also *List of female detective/mystery writers *List of female detective characters This is a list of fictional female investigators from novels, short stories, radio, television, films and video games. A * Abigail Adams, future first lady, detects in 1770s Massachusetts in a series by Barbara Hambly (as Barbara Hamilton) ... References External linksOfficial website Living people American mystery writers American women novelists American art critics Year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Salisbury Davis
Dorothy Margaret Salisbury Davis (April 25, 1916 − August 3, 2014) was an American crime fiction writer. Life and career Davis, an adopted child, was born in Chicago in 1916 and raised in Illinois by Margaret (Greer) and Alfred J. Salisbury. She worked in Chicago in advertising as a research librarian and as an editor of The Merchandiser, prior to taking up fiction writing. She was married to Harry Davis, the character actor, from 1946 until his death in 1993. She published many novels and short stories. Among them are two sets of series novels, but she mainly wrote stand alone novels. Her novels explore psychological suspense, as was popular for many decades, and has 'an especially strong way of sharing with readers the minds of female characters confronting hazards and crisis'. She was nominated for an Edgar Award eight times, served as President of the Mystery Writers of America in 1956 and was declared a Mystery Writers of America, Grand Master by that organization in 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Clemens
Judy Clemens is a successful American novelist. She lives in rural Ohio and is married with two children. Clemens is best known for the Stella Crown and Grim Reaper mystery series. Her first novel was nominated for the Agatha and Anthony Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, derived from the '' Antonii'', a ''gens'' ( Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, ... Awards for Best First Novel. In 2009-10 she served as president of the international literary organization Sisters in Crime. Clemens became a reviewer at New York Journal of Books in 2018. Works The Grim Reaper series: *''Embrace the Grim Reaper'' (2006) *''The Grim Reaper's Dance'' (2010) *''Flowers for Her Grave'' (2011) *''Dying Echo'' (2012) Stella Crown series: *''Till the Cows Come Home'' (2004) *''Three Can Keep A Secret'' (2005) *''To Thine Own Self Be True'' (2006) *''The Day Will Come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
