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Poisoned Pen Press
Poisoned Pen Press is a publisher of mystery fiction based in Scottsdale, Arizona, US. Poisoned Pen Press typically publishes thirty-six new hardcover mysteries per year, thirty-six new large type editions of those hardcovers, and between thirty and forty new trade paperback editions of previously published hardcovers. Audio books of new titles are produced by Blackstone Audio. History Poisoned Pen Press was founded in 1997 by Barbara G. Peters, Robert Rosenwald, and their daughter, Susan Malling. Peters, who had founded Scottsdale Arizona's 'The Poisoned Pen, A Mystery Bookstore' a decade ago, sees consolidations in the publishing industry as a threat to cultural diversity and to the survival of the independent bookstore. Poisoned Pen Press began by selling out-of-print books, but soon expanded to publish original titles. They earned two Edgar Award nominations (1998 and 2000) and many of their books receive positive reviews in trade publications and general press. Poisoned Pen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sourcebooks (publisher)
Sourcebooks LLC is an American book publisher located in Naperville, Illinois. The company publishes books, Ebook, ebooks, and digital products. History The company was founded in 1987 by Dominique Raccah as a business and finance publisher. Raccah cashed in $17,000 from her retirement fund to start the press. The company expanded into other categories of trade publishing. As of 2010, the company had 54 apps in development. By 2015, the publisher had 120 employees. In 2010, they were the largest woman-owned book publisher in the United States. In 2013, the publisher launched a personalized stories creator application and website with its "Put Me In The Story" program. It has brands such as Sesame Street, the Berenstain Bears, and Hello Kitty, in addition to authors and illustrators such as Nancy Tillman. Later additions to "Put Me In The Story" included Curious George and characters from Disney and Nickelodeon, among others. In 2013, Sourcebooks acquired the book publisher Simple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Stanton
Mary Stanton (born 1947 in Winter Park, Florida) is an American author known for her eight-volume children's fantasy series '' Unicorns of Balinor''. Writing under the pseudonym Claudia Bishop, she is also the author of 14 mystery novels in the ''Hemlock Falls'' series published by Berkley Prime Crime, three novels in the ''Casebooks of Dr. Mckenzie'' mystery series, and the senior editor of three mystery story anthologies: ''Death Dines At Eight-Thirty'', ''Death Dines In'', and ''A Merry Band of Murderers''. Biography Stanton is the eldest daughter of William Bishop Whitaker and Carole Whitaker who were both college professors for parts of their career. Her father at the time of her birth was the Dean of Men at Rollins College. When William Whitaker was recruited back into the Navy in the early 1950s he and his family were posted to Japan. Leaving active Naval service for the Reserves and a position in the State Department, Whitaker was posted to Hawaii where he occupied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Miles
Keith Miles (born 1940) is a Welsh writer of historical fiction and mystery novels. He has also written children's books, radio and television dramas and stage plays. He is best known under the pseudonym Edward Marston, and has also written as Martin Inigo and Conrad Allen. Career Miles was born and educated in South Wales. He gained a degree in Modern History from Oxford University and spent three years as a lecturer, before becoming a full-time writer. Miles's early work was as a scriptwriter for television and radio, including series such as '' Crossroads'', '' Z-Cars'' and ''The Archers''. Miles was chairman of the Crime Writers' Association for 1997–98. He was previously married to Rosalind Miles and is now married to another mystery writer, Judith Cutler. Mystery fiction written as Keith Miles Beginning in the mid-1980s, Miles turned to writing mystery fiction. His first series, written under his own name, featured Alan Saxon, a professional golfer-turned-amateur det ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Val McDermid
Valarie McDermid (born 4 June 1955) is a Scottish crime writer, best known for a series of novels featuring clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill and his collaborators in the police department. Her work is considered to be part of a sub-genre known as Tartan Noir. This series was adapted for television, running from 2002 to 2008, and known as '' Wire in the Blood.'' She also has a second series, known as ''Karen Pirie'', adapted from her books featuring the character of the same name. Biography McDermid comes from a working-class family in Fife. She studied English at St Hilda's College, Oxford, where she was the first student to be admitted from a Scottish state school. After graduation, she became a journalist and began her literary career as a dramatist. Her first success as a novelist, ''Report for Murder: The First Lindsay Gordon Mystery'', was published in 1987. McDermid was inducted into the prestigious Detection Club in 2000. In 2010 she won the CWA Diamond Dagg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter May (writer)
Peter May (born 20 December 1951) is a Scottish television screenwriter, novelist, and crime writer. He is the recipient of writing awards in Europe and America. ''The Blackhouse'' won the U.S. Barry Award for Crime Novel of the Year and the national literature award in France, the Cezam Prix Litteraire. ''The Lewis Man'' won the French daily newspaper ''Le Télégramme''s 10,000-euro Grand Prix des Lecteurs. In 2014, ''Entry Island'' won both the Deanston's Scottish Crime Novel of the Year and the UK's ITV Crime Thriller Book Club Best Read of the Year Award. May's books have sold more than two million copies in the UK and several million internationally. Early life Peter May was born in Glasgow. From an early age he was intent on becoming a novelist, but took up a career as a journalist as a way to start earning a living by writing. He made his first serious attempt at writing a novel at the age of 19, which he sent to Collins where it was read by Philip Ziegler, who wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Marston
Edward is an English male name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortunate; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Saxon England, but the rule of the Norman and Plantagenet dynasties had effectively ended its use amongst the upper classes. The popularity of the name was revived when Henry III named his firstborn son, the future Edward I, as part of his efforts to promote a cult around Edward the Confessor, for whom Henry had a deep admiration. Variant forms The name has been adopted in the Iberian peninsula since the 15th century, due to Edward, King of Portugal, whose mother was English. The Spanish/Portuguese forms of the name are Eduardo and Duarte. Other variant forms include French Édouard, Italian Edoardo and Odoardo, German, Dutch, Czech and Romanian Eduard and Scandinavian Edvard. Short forms include Ed, Eddy, Eddie, Ted, Teddy a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Kuhlken
Ken Kuhlken was born and grew up in San Diego, played semi-pro baseball in Tijuana, and attended San Diego State University, first as a philosophy and then as an English major. After college, he wrote, played guitar and sang in a rock and blues band, and taught high school, before relocating to attend the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. His stories have appeared in Esquire and dozens of other magazines and anthologies, been honorably mentioned in Best American Short Stories, and earned a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. During the 1980s, his fascination with novels of crime, punishment, and redemption, led him to conceive of the Hickey family series, which he continues to write. He has also been a frequent contributor of fiction and feature articles and a columnist for the San Diego Reader. He has taught Creative Writing at the University of Arizona; California State University, Chico; and San Diego State University. With his wife Pam, he founded Perela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurie R
Laurie may refer to: Places * Laurie, Cantal, France, a commune * Laurie, Missouri, United States, a village * Laurie Island, Antarctica Music * Laurie Records, a record label * ''Laurie'' (EP), a 1992 album by Daniel Johnston * "Laurie (Strange Things Happen)", a 1965 tragic ballad by Dickey Lee People and fictional characters * Laurie (surname) * Laurie (given name), a list of people and fictional characters Other uses * Laurie baronets, three titles, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom * Tillandsia 'Laurie', a hybrid cultivar of '' Tillandsia schiedeana'' * "Laurie" (short story), a 2018 short story by Stephen King See also * Lawrie * Lauri (other) * Lauria (other) * Lori * Lorrie * Lourie * Lurie * Lorry {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libby Fischer Hellmann
Libby Fischer Hellmann is an American crime fiction Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, crime novel, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives or fiction that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professiona ... writer who currently resides in Chicago, Illinois. Most of her novels and stories are set in Chicago; the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' notes that she "grew up in Washington, D.C., but she has embraced her adopted home of Chicago with the passion of a convert." Early years Raised in Washington D.C., Hellmann attended the National Cathedral School, followed by the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating with a BA in History, she enrolled in New York University's Graduate Program in Film and Television, earning an MFA in 1972. She worked in television news as an assistant film editor for NBC in New York City, then relocated to D.C. where she joined National Public Affairs Center for T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven F
Stephen or Steven is an English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is widely regarded as the first martyr (or " protomartyr") of the Christian Church. The name, in both the forms Stephen and Steven, is often shortened to Steve or Stevie. In English, the female version of the name is Stephanie. Many surnames are derived from the first name, including Stephens, Stevens, Stephenson, and Stevenson, all of which mean "Stephen's (son)". In modern times the name has sometimes been given with intentionally non-standard spelling, such as Stevan or Stevon. A common variant of the name used in English is Stephan ( ); related names that have found some currency or significance in English include Stefan (pronounced or in English), Esteban (often pronounced ), and the Shakespearean Stephano ( ). Origins The name "Stephen" (and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerry Greenwood
Kerry Isabelle Greenwood (17 June 1954 – 26 March 2025) was an Australian author and lawyer. She wrote many plays and books, most notably a string of historical detective novels centred on the character of Phryne Fisher, which was adapted as the popular television series '' Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries''. She wrote mysteries, science-fiction, historical fiction, children's stories, and plays. Greenwood earned the Australian women's crime fiction Davitt Award in 2002 for her young adult novel ''The Three-Pronged Dagger''. Early life and education Greenwood was born on 17 June 1954. She grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray, and lived most of her life in the Inner West. She attended Geelong Road State School (now Footscray Primary School), Maribyrnong College and the University of Melbourne, where she graduated with Bachelor of Arts (English) and Bachelor of Laws degrees in 1979. Whilst at university, Greenwood worked at a women's refuge. Career In 1982, Greenw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sulari Gentill
Sulari Gentill is a short Sri Lankan-born Australian author, also known under the pen name of S. D. Gentill. She initially studied astrophysics before becoming a corporate lawyer, but has since become a writer of mystery and fantasy fiction. Her novel ''Crossing The Lines'' won the 2018 Ned Kelly Award for Best Fiction. ''Crossing the Lines'' was published as ''After She Wrote Him'' in Northern America. Gentill's ''A Few Right Thinking Men'' was nominated for a 2011 Commonwealth Writers Prize. Early life Gentill was born in Sri Lanka. She was raised in Zambia and Brisbane Brisbane ( ; ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia, with a ..., Australia. Education Gentill started studying astrophysics, but ended up graduating in law. Career Gentill was a corporate lawyer. Gentill abandone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
