Carolyn Wheat (born August 8, 1946) is an American mystery writer.
Early life and education
Wheat was born on August 8, 1946, in
Green Bay, Wisconsin to librarian Mary (née Sensiba) and engineer Lawrence Wheat.
She studied at the
University of Toledo
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, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1968 and a
Juris Doctor
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in 1971.
Career
Wheat is the author of the Cass Jameson series of mystery novels. She was shortlisted for the 1984
Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel was established in 1946.
Only debut novels written by authors with United States citizenship are eligible and may be published in hardcover, paperback, or e-book. If an American author has published ...
for ''Dead Men's Thoughts''.
In 1996 she won the
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 expli ...
for best short story for "Accidents Will Happen". That story was also won the 1997
Anthony Awards for best short story. She won the 1997
MacAvity Award
The Macavity Awards are a literary award for mystery writers. Nominated and voted upon annually by the members of the Mystery Readers International, the award is named for the " mystery cat" of T. S. Eliot's ''Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats'' ...
for best mystery short story for "Cruel & Unusual" and was shortlisted in 2000 and 2003.
Wheat teaches novel writing at the
University of San Diego
The University of San Diego (USD) is a private Roman Catholic research university in San Diego, California. Chartered in July 1949 as the independent San Diego College for Women and San Diego University (comprising the College for Men and Schoo ...
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Works
Mystery novels
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Short stories
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Non-fiction
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References
1946 births
Living people
University of Toledo alumni
American mystery novelists
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American women writers
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