Anne Carroll George (1927-2001) was an American

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and

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. A collection of her poetry, ''Some of it is True'' (1993, Curbow Publications), was nominated for the

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in 1993, and her Southern Sisters mystery series was honored with the coveted

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. She graduated from

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page 90, ''Great Women Mystery Writers'', 2nd Ed. by Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay, 2007, publ. Greenwood Press, and was

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's 1994 state poet and cofounder of Druid Press. George died in 2001 of complications during heart surgery.

Bibliography

* ''Dreamer, Dreaming Me'' (1980) * ''Wild Goose Chase'' (1982) * ''Spraying Under the Bed for Wolves'' (1985, Druid Press) * ''Some of it is True'' (1993, Curbow Publications) * ''This One and Magic Life: A Novel of a Southern Family'' (1999) * ''The Map that Lies Between Us'' (2000, Black Belt Press)

Southern Sisters Mysteries

# ''Murder on A Girls' Night Out'' (1996) # ''Murder on A Bad Hair Day'' (1996) # ''Murder Runs in the Family'' (1997) # ''Murder Makes Waves'' (1997) # ''Murder Gets A Life'' (1998) # ''Murder Shoots the Bull'' (1999) # ''Murder Carries A Torch'' (2000) # ''Murder Boogies with Elvis'' (2001)

References

External links

Official Anne George Website

Aunt Sister and The Mouse: an Anne George Fan Site

FantasticFiction - Anne George
{{DEFAULTSORT:George, Anne 1927 births 2001 deaths 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers Agatha Award winners American mystery writers American women novelists Writers from Montgomery, Alabama Samford University alumni Poets from Alabama Women mystery writers American women poets 21st-century American women writers 20th-century American poets Novelists from Alabama