Daniel Stashower is an American author and editor of
mystery fiction
Mystery is a genre fiction, fiction genre where the nature of an event, usually a murder or other crime, remains wiktionary:mysterious, mysterious until the end of the story. Often within a closed circle of suspects, each suspect is usually prov ...
and historical nonfiction. He lives in Maryland.
Awards and honors
Stashower has received awards and recognition for several of his works.
Fiction
The mystery novel ''
The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man
''The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man'' is a 1985 mystery pastiche novel written by Daniel Stashower, featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson teaming up with famous magician Harry Houdini.
Titan Books republished the book in 2009, as p ...
'' was a 1986 Edgar Award nominee for best first novel.
The short story "A Deliberate Form of Frenzy" was nominated for the 1998 Agatha Award for best short story.
Nonfiction
''Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle'' was the 1999
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 ...
winner for best nonfiction, the 2000
Edgar Award
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, popularly called the Edgars, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America, based in New York City. Named after American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), a pioneer in the genre, the awards honor the bes ...
winner for best critical/biographical work, a 2000
Anthony Award
The Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention since 1986. The awards are named for Anthony Boucher (1911–1968), one of the founders of the Mystery Writers of America. Among the m ...
nominee for best critical nonfiction work, and a 2000
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'' ...
nominee for best nonfiction.
''The Beautiful Cigar Girl'' was a 2006 Agatha Award nominee for best nonfiction and a 2007 Edgar Award nominee for best fact crime.
''Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters'' was the 2007 Agatha Award winner for best nonfiction, the 2008 Edgar Award winner for best critical/biographical work, and the 2008 Anthony Award winner for best critical work.
''The Hour of Peril'' was the 2013 Agatha Award winner for best nonfiction, the 2014 Edgar Award winner for best fact crime, a 2014 Anthony Award nominee for best critical or nonfiction work, was a
''New York Times'' best seller and editors' choice, and was on the ''Washington Posts list of Notable Nonfiction of 2013.
Books
Fiction
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Anthologies
* ''Meanwhile, Far Across the Caspian Sea'' ... (Aug 2010) in Death's Excellent Vacation
Nonfiction
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References
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1960 births
Living people
People from Cleveland
American male writers
Writers from Maryland
Agatha Award winners
Anthony Award winners