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Orania Papazoglou (July 13, 1951 - July 17, 2019), better known by her
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Jane Haddam, was an
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mystery writer.


Biography

Haddam was born in
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and lived in
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. She was married to mystery writer
William L. DeAndrea William Louis DeAndrea (July 1, 1952 - October 9, 1996) was an American mystery writer and columnist. Biography DeAndrea was born in Port Chester, New York in 1952 and was educated at Syracuse University. During the 1980s his job took him to E ...
until his death in 1996. One of their two sons, Matt DeAndrea, is also a writer; the second is named Gregory DeAndrea.


Writing

Papazoglou worked as a teacher at the college level and as a magazine editor. She began her fiction writing career after attending the 1981 Romantic Times Booklovers' Convention, which she was covering as a journalist. After her article about the conference was rejected, Papazoglou sat down and began to write the first Patience McKenna novel, ''Sweet, Savage Death.'' She would eventually write five McKenna novels, under her real name, between 1984 and 1990. Between 1983 and 1988, Papazoglou wrote six romance novels. Four were published under the name Nicola Andrews for Jove's Second Chance at Love line, and two were published by Pocket Books under the name Ann Paris. She was best known for her series of mysteries written as Jane Haddam featuring Gregor Demarkian, a former
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agent.


Bibliography


As Nicola Andrews

* ''Forbidden Melody'' (1983) * ''Head Over Heels'' (1984) * ''Reckless Desire'' (1984) * ''Rules of the Game'' (1984)


As Ann Paris

* ''Graven Image'' (1987) * ''Arrowheart'' (1988)


As Orania Papazoglou

* ''Sanctity'' (1986) * ''Charisma'' (1993)


Patience McKenna Series

Note: The series was later republished under the name Jane Haddam *''Sweet, Savage Death'' (1984) *''Wicked, Loving Murder'' (1985) *''Death's Savage Passion'' (1986) *''Rich, Radiant Slaughter'' (1988) *''Once And Always Murder'' (1990)


As Jane Haddam


Gregor Demarkian Mysteries

#''Not a Creature Was Stirring'' (1990) #''Precious Blood'' (1991) #''Act of Darkness'' (1991) #''Quoth the Raven'' (1991) #''A Great Day for the Deadly'' (1992) #''A Feast of Murder'' (1992) #''A Stillness in Bethlehem'' (1993) #''Murder Superior'' (1993) #''Dear Old Dead'' (1994) #''Festival of Deaths'' (1994) #''Bleeding Hearts'' (1995) #''Fountain of Death'' (1995) #''And One to Die on'' (1996) #''Baptism in Blood'' (1996) #''Deadly Beloved'' (1997) #''Skeleton Key'' (2000) #''True Believers'' (2001) #''Somebody Else's Music'' (2002) #''Conspiracy Theory'' (2003) #''The Headmaster's Wife'' (2005) #''Hardscrabble Road'' (2006) #''Glass Houses'' (2007) #''Cheating at Solitaire'' (2008) #''Living Witness'' (2009) #''Wanting Sheila Dead'' (2010) #''Flowering Judas'' (2011) #''Blood in the Water'' (2012) #''Hearts of Sand'' (2013) #''Fighting Chance'' (2014) #''One of Our Own'' (2020)


Awards

Haddam was nominated for an
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 ...
in the "Best First Mystery Novel by an American Author" category for her novel ''Sweet, Savage Death'' in 1985. Her novel ''Not a Creature Was Stirring'' also received an Edgar nomination, this time for "Best Paperback Original"; it was also nominated for the
1991 Anthony Award Bouchercon is an annual convention of creators and devotees of mystery and detective fiction. It is named in honour of writer, reviewer, and editor Anthony Boucher; also the inspiration for the Anthony Awards, which have been issued at the con ...
in the same category.


References


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haddam, Jane 1951 births 2019 deaths American crime fiction writers American women novelists Women mystery writers 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers People from Bethel, Connecticut Novelists from Connecticut People from Watertown, Connecticut