by Francine Levitov
Thu, Jul 01, 2010
Barbara Vine, which is a pseudonym for Ruth Rendell, is the author of Blood Doctor, Asta's Book, The Brimstone Wedding, A Dark-Adapted Eye, A Fatal Inversion, The House of Stairs, King Solomon's Carpet and many more. She is the winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award. She is also the recipient of three Edgars from the Mystery Writers of America and four Gold Daggers from Great Britain's Crime Writers Association. In 1997, she was named a life peer in the House of Lords. A Dark Adapted Eye is the most famous book. She lives in England.
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by Sue Rosenzweig
Thu, Jul 01, 2010
Stuart M. Kaminsky was the author of more than 60 novels and an Edgar Award winner for his Rostnikov novel, A Cold Red Sunrise. He was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. In addition to the Rostnikov series, he was the author of the Toby Peters, Abe Lieberman, and Lew Fonesca series. He died in 2009.
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by Susan Allison
Thu, Jul 01, 2010
Andrea Camilleri, a bestselling author in Italy and Germany, is the author of the Montalbano mystery series and several historical novels set in nineteenth-century Sicily. His books have been translated into seven languages.
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by Mary Purucker
Thu, Jul 01, 2010
Born in South Africa, Peter Temple is one of Australia's most acclaimed writers, and has worked as a journalist, magazine editor, and teacher. He is the author of eight novels, four of which have received the Ned Kelly Award for crime fiction. Black Tide is the second title in his celebrated Jack Irish series.
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by Bette Ammon
Thu, Jul 01, 2010
J.D. Robb is the pseudonym for Nora Roberts, New York Times-bestselling author of more than 150 novels, including the futuristic suspense In Death series. There are more than 300 million copies of her books in print.
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by Janet Julian
Thu, Jul 01, 2010
Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, her husband and coauthor, wrote ten Martin Beck mysteries. Mr Wahlöö, who died in 1975, was a reporter for several Swedish newspapers and magazines and wrote numerous radio and television plays, film scripts, short stories, and novels. Maj Sjöwall is also a poet.
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by Mary Purucker
Thu, Jul 01, 2010
M.C. Beaton lives in the Cotswolds with her husband. In addition to the Hamish Macbeth series, she writes the Agatha Raisin mystery series.
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by Debbie Henderson
Thu, Jul 01, 2010
Denise Mina is the author of Slip of the Knife, The Dead Hour, Field of Blood, Deception, and the Garnethill trilogy, the first installment of which won her the John Creasey Memorial Prize for best first crime novel. She lives in Glasgow.
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by Mary Purucker
Thu, Jul 01, 2010
Richard A. Thompson is a former civil engineer and construction manager who traded his hard hat for a laptop and now writes full time.
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by Janet Julian
Thu, Jul 01, 2010
Elizabeth Peters (aka Barbara Mertz aka Barbara Michaels) earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago's famed Oriental Institute. She was named Grand Master at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986 and Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 1998. In 2003, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Malice Domestic Convention. She lives in an historic farmhouse in western Maryland.
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by Kristen Gallagher
Thu, Jul 01, 2010
Dana Stabenow, New York Times bestseller and Edgar Award winner, is the author of sixteen previous Kate Shugak novels, four Liam Campbell mysteries, three science-fiction novels, and two thrillers. She was born, raised, and lives in Alaska, where she was awarded the Governor's Award for the Humanities.
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by Mary Purucker
Thu, Jul 01, 2010
Mark de Castrique grew up in the mountains of western North Carolina. Mark is a veteran of the television and film production industry, and he serves as an adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Mark and his wife, Linda, live in Charlotte.
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by Gina Wells
Thu, Jul 01, 2010
Lauren Willig is the author of five previous Pink Carnation novels. She received a degree in English history from Harvard University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School, though she now writes full time.
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by Sue Rosenzweig
Thu, Jul 01, 2010
Andrea Camilleri is the author of many books, including the Montalbano series, which has been translated into eight languages. He lives in Rome
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