Teri Peitso-Holbrook (born Teri Jill Peitso) (Atlanta Native) is an American mystery writer living in Atlanta with her husband and two children. She is the author of four mysteries and has been nominated for several literary awards. She currently teaches at
Georgia State University
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and is pursuing multimodal and digital writing.
Since December 7, 1985, Holbrook has been married to
Bill Holbrook. They have two daughters, Chandler and Haviland.
Awards
Holbrook's
début novel
A debut novel is the first novel a novelist publishes. Debut novels are often the author's first opportunity to make an impact on the publishing industry, and thus the success or failure of a debut novel can affect the ability of the author to pu ...
, ''A Far and Deadly Cry'', was nominated for "Best Paperback Original" at the
1996 Anthony Awards and for the "Best First Novel"
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 ...
in the same year.
The following year, her second novel, ''The Grass Widow'', was nominated for "Best Paperback Original" at the
1997 Anthony Awards,
Barry Awards and the
Edgar Awards
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 ...
;
as well as "Best Novel" at the Agatha Awards also.
Her 2001 novel, ''The Mother Tongue'', was also nominated for the 2002 Edgar Award for "Best Paperback Original".
Publications
*''A Far and Deadly Cry'' (1995)
*''The Grass Widow'' (1996)
*''Sad Water'' (1999)
*''The Mother Tongue'' (2001)
References
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20th-century American writers
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American writers
21st-century American women writers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Writers from Atlanta