Julia Spencer-Fleming (born June 26, 1961)page 240, ''Great Women Mystery Writers'', 2nd Ed. by Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay, 2007, publ. Greenwood Press, Spencer-Fleming, Julia (1961 - )
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novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to ...

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 ...

. She has 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 ...

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 ...

, Macavity Awards,

Dilys Award The Dilys Award was presented every year from 1992 to 2014 by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. It was given to the mystery title of the year which the member booksellers have most enjoyed selling. The Independent Mystery Booksellers ...

Barry Award (for crime novels) The Barry Award is a crime literary prize awarded annually since 1997 by the editors of ''Deadly Pleasures'', an American quarterly publication for crime fiction readers. From 2007 to 2009 the award was jointly presented with the publication ''M ...

, the

Nero Award The Nero Award is a literary award for excellence in the mystery genre presented by The Wolfe Pack, a society founded in 1978 to explore and celebrate the Nero Wolfe stories of Rex Stout Rex Todhunter Stout (; December 1, 1886 – October 27, ...

, and

Gumshoe Awards The Gumshoe Awards are an American award for popular crime fiction literary works. The Gumshoe Awards are awarded annually by the American Internet magazine ''Mystery Ink'' (not to be confused with Mystery Inc.) to recognize the best achievements ...

. She has also been a finalist for the

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 ...

. Her books feature Clare Fergusson, a retired helicopter pilot turned

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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

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and has degrees from

Ithaca College Ithaca College is a private college in Ithaca, New York. It was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music and is set against the backdrop of the city of Ithaca (which is separate from the town), Cayuga Lake, waterfalls, and go ...

George Washington University , mottoeng = "God is Our Trust" , established = , type = Private federally chartered research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.8 billion (2022) , preside ...

and the University of Maine School of Law. Spencer-Fleming lives in Buxton, Maine

Bibliography

Rev. Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne series

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In the Bleak Midwinter "In the Bleak Midwinter" is a poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti, commonly performed as a Christmas carol. The poem was published, under the title "A Christmas Carol", in the January 1872 issue of ''Scribner's Monthly,'' and was first c ...

'' (2002, hardcover , paperback 978-0-312-98676-6) #''A Fountain Filled With Blood'' (2003, hardcover , paperback 978-0-312-99543-0) #''Out of the Deep I Cry'' (2004, hardcover , paperback ) #''To Darkness and To Death'' (2005, hardcover , paperback ) #''All Mortal Flesh'' (2006, hardcover , paperback 978-0-312-93398-2) #''I Shall Not Want'' (2008, hardcover ) #''One Was A Soldier'' (2011, hardcover ) #''Through the Evil Days'' (2013, hardcover , paperbacks 978-1-472-20002-0 and 978-1-472-20000-6, audio 978-1-427-23104-8) #''Hid from Our Eyes'' (2020, hardcover )

Awards

* 2002

for ''In the Bleak Midwinter'' * 2003

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 ''In the Bleak Midwinter'' * 2003

for ''In the Bleak Midwinter'' * 2003 Barry Award for ''In the Bleak Midwinter'' * 2007

Nero Wolfe Award The Nero Award is a literary award for excellence in the mystery genre presented by The Wolfe Pack, a society founded in 1978 to explore and celebrate the Nero Wolfe stories of Rex Stout Rex Todhunter Stout (; December 1, 1886 – October 27, ...

for ''All Mortal Flesh'' * 2007

Gumshoe Award The Gumshoe Awards are an American award for popular crime fiction literary works. The Gumshoe Awards are awarded annually by the American Internet magazine ''Mystery Ink'' (not to be confused with Mystery Inc.) to recognize the best achievements ...

for ''All Mortal Flesh''

References

External links

Official Website

Bookpage Interview, April 15, 2020
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