Marcia Muller (born September 28, 1944) is an American author of mystery and thriller novels. Muller has written many novels featuring her ''Sharon McCone'' female

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character. ''Vanishing Point'' won the Shamus Award for ''Best P.I. Novel''. Muller had been nominated for the Shamus Award four times previously.Fantastic Fiction
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's Grand Master award. She was born in

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, and grew up in

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, and graduated in English from the

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and worked as a journalist at ''

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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

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author Bill Pronzini with whom she has collaborated on several novels.

Awards

In 1993, Muller was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA). In 2010, Muller's character Sharon McCone won the PWA's Hammer Prize.

Bibliography

Novels

* ;Sharon McCone series ;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) * ''The McCone Files'' (

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,1994) (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) * ''McCone and Friends'' (

, 1999) (short story collection) * ''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)

Critical studies and reviews of Muller's work

References

External links

Marcia Muller's Official Website
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