Marcia Muller (born September 28, 1944) is an American author of fictional
mystery
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and
thriller
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novels
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.
Muller has written many novels featuring her ''Sharon McCone'' female
private detective character. ''Vanishing Point'' won the
Shamus Award
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for ''Best P.I. Novel''. Muller had been nominated for the Shamus Award four times previously.
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In 2005, Muller was awarded the
Mystery Writers of America
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's Grand Master award.
She was born in
Detroit
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,
Michigan
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, and grew up in
Birmingham, Michigan, and graduated in English from the
University of Michigan
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and worked as a journalist at ''
Sunset
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'' magazine.
[page 181, ''Great Women Mystery Writers'', 2nd Ed. by Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay, 2007, publ. Greenwood Press, ] She is married to
detective fiction
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author
Bill Pronzini
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with whom she has collaborated on several novels.
Sharon McCone Series
Other works
Carpenter and Quincannon Mysteries
# ''The Bughouse Affair'' (2013) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
# ''The Spook Lights Affair'' (2013) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
# ''The Body Snatchers Affair'' (2015) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
# ''The Plagues of Thieves Affair'' (2016) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
# ''Dangerous Ladies Affair'' (2017) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
Elena Oliverez series
# ''The Tree of Death'' (1983)
# ''The Legend of the Slain Soldiers'' (1985)
# ''Beyond the Grave'' (1986) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
Joanna Stark series
# ''The Cavalier in White'' (1986)
# ''There Hangs the Knife'' (1988)
# ''Dark Star'' (1989)
Soledad County series
# ''Point Deception'' (2001)
# ''Cyanide Wells'' (2003)
# ''Cape Perdido'' (2005)
Anthologies and collections
* ''The Web She Weaves'' (1983) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
* ''Witches Brew'': Horror and Supernatural Stories by Women (1984) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
* ''Child's Ploy'': An Anthology of Mystery and Suspense Stories (1984) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
* ''She Won the West'': An Anthology of Western and Frontier Stories by Women (1985) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
* ''Dark Lessons'': Crime and Detection on Campus (1985) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
* ''Kill or Cure'': Suspense Stories About the World of Medicine (1985) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
* ''The Deadly Arts'': A Collection of Artful Suspense (1985) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
* ''Chapter and Hearse'': Suspense Stories About the World of Books (1985) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
* ''The Wickedest Show on Earth'': A Carnival of Circus Suspense (1985) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
* ''Lady on the Case'': 21 Stories and 1 Complete Novel Starring the World's Great Female Sleuths (1988) (co-written with Bill Pronzini and Martin H. Greenberg)
* ''Deceptions'' (1991) (short story collection)
* ''Detective Duos'': The Best Adventures of Twenty-Five Crime-Solving Twosomes (1997) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
* ''Duo'' (1998) (short story collection) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
* ''Time of the Wolves'' (2003) (Western short story collection)
* ''Somewhere in the City'' (2007) (short story collection)
* ''Crucifixion River'' (2007) (short story collection) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
Non-fiction
* ''1001 Midnights'': The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction (1986) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
Stand alone novels
* ''The Lighthouse'' (1987) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
References
External links
Marcia Muller's Official Website*
Interview with Marcia Muller ''A DISCUSSION WITH National Authors on Tour'' TV Series, Episode #11 (1991)
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1944 births
Living people
20th-century American novelists
21st-century American novelists
American mystery writers
American women novelists
Anthony Award winners
Edgar Award winners
Macavity Award winners
Shamus Award winners
University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni
Writers from Detroit
Women mystery writers
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American women writers
Novelists from Michigan