Julia Spencer-Fleming (born June 26, 1961)page 240, ''Great Women Mystery Writers'', 2nd Ed. by Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay, 2007, publ. Greenwood Press, is an American

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. She has won the

Agatha Award The Agatha Awards, named for Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English people, English author known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short ...

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. Categori ...

Macavity Award The Macavity Awards, established in 1987, are a group of literary awards presented annually to mystery writers. Nominated and voted upon annually by the members of the Mystery Readers International, the award is named for the "Macavity, mystery cat ...

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 Booksell ...

, Barry Award,

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. The Nero Award is presented annually at the Black Orch ...

, and

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. She has also been a finalist for the

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. 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

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and the

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. Spencer-Fleming lives in

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Bibliography

Rev. Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne series

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

Awards

* 2002

for ''In the Bleak Midwinter'' * 2003

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

for ''All Mortal Flesh'' * 2007

for ''All Mortal Flesh''

References

External links

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