Nancy Pickard (born September 19, 1945 in
Kansas City, Missouri) is an American crime novelist. She has won five
Macavity Awards
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, four
Agatha Award
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s, an
Anthony Award, and a
Shamus Award
The Shamus Award is awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) for the best detective fiction ( P. I. = Private investigator) genre novels and short stories of the year.
The Prize is given annually to recognize outstanding achievement i ...
. She is the only author to win all four awards. She also served on the board of directors of the
Mystery Writers of America
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The organization was founded in 1945 by Clayton Rawson, Anthony Boucher, Lawrence Treat, and Brett Halliday.
It presents the Edgar Award, ...
. She received a degree in journalism from the
University of Missouri
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in
Columbia, Missouri and began writing when she was 35 years old.
She is frequently a panelist at the Great Manhattan Mystery Conclave, a convention for mystery writers and mystery fans in
Manhattan, Kansas
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.
Bibliography
Jenny Cain series
* 1984 ''Generous Death''
* 1985 ''
Say No to Murder''
* 1986 ''No Body''
* 1987 ''Marriage is Murder''
* 1988 ''Dead Crazy''
* 1990 ''Bum Steer''
* 1991 ''I.O.U.''
* 1993 ''But I Wouldn't Want to Die There''
* 1994 ''Confession''
* 1995 ''Twilight''
Eugenia Potter Series
* 1992 ''The 27-Ingredient Chili Con Carne Murders'' (w/
Virginia Rich)
* 1998 ''The Blue Corn Murders''
* 2001 ''The Secret Ingredient Murders''
Marie Lightfoot series
* 2000 ''The Whole Truth''
* 2001 ''Ring of Truth''
* 2002 ''The Truth Hurts''
Non-series novels
* 2001 ''Naked Came the Phoenix'' (serial novel)
Marcia Talley, ed.
(with
Nevada Barr,
Mary Jane Clark,
Diana Gabaldon
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,
J. A. Jance,
Faye Kellerman
Faye Marder Kellerman (born July 31, 1952) is an American writer of mystery novels, in particular the "Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus" series, as well as three nonseries books, ''The Quality of Mercy'', ''Moon Music'', and ''Straight into Darkness' ...
,
Laurie R. King
Laurie R. King (born September 19, 1952) is an American author best known for her detective fiction.
Life and career
Born in Oakland, California, King earned a degree in comparative religion from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1977 ...
,
Val McDermid
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Biography
M ...
,
Perri O'Shaughnessy,
Anne Perry,
J. D. Robb
Nora Roberts (born Eleanor Marie Robertson on October 10, 1950) is an American author of more than 225 romance novels. She writes as J. D. Robb for the ''in Death'' series and has also written under the pseudonyms Jill March and for publication ...
and
Lisa Scottoline
Lisa Scottoline (; born July 1, 1955) is an American author of legal thrillers.
Life
Born in the Lower Moyamensing neighborhood of Philadelphia, Scottoline attended Lower Merion High School and then went on to earn a B.A. in English magna cum l ...
)
* 2006 ''The Virgin of Small Plains''
* 2010 ''The Scent of Rain and Lightning''
Short stories
* 1981 "A Man Around the House"
* 1987 "I, Witness"
* 1989 "Afraid All the Time"
* 1989 "The Dead Past"
* 1990 "Storm Warnings"
* 1991 "Dust Devil"
* 1991 "Lazy Susan"
* 1991 "The Scar"
* 1992 "Every Wednesday"
* 1992 "Fat Cat"
* 1992 "Sex and Violence"
* 1994 "Sign of the Times"
* 1995 "Speak No Evil"
* 1995 "Valentine's Night"
* 1996 "A Rock and a Hard Place"
* 1997 "Dr. Couch Saves a Cat"
* 1997 "It Had to Be You"
* 1997 "Lady Finch-Waller Regrets"
* 1997 "Love's Cottage"
* 1997 "The Potluck Supper Murders"
* 1998 "Dr. Couch Saves a Bird"
* 1998 "The Private Life of a Private Eye"
* 1999 "The First Ladies' Secret"
* 1999 "Nine Points for Murder"
* 1999 "Out of Africa"
* 1999 "Verdict"
* 2000 "Afraid of the Dark"
* 2001 "Lucky Devil"
* 2001 "Tea for Two"
* 2002 "Dr. Couch Saves a President"
* 2002 "Old Eyes"
* 2005 "There is No Crime on Easter Island"
Short story anthologies
* 1994 Nancy Pickard presents ''Malice Domestic 3''
* 1999 ''Storm Warnings''
* 1999 ''The First Lady Murders''
* 1999 ''Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder''
Non-fiction
* 2003 ''Seven Steps on the Writer's Path'' (with Lynn Lott)
Awards and recognition
*
1986 Anthony award winner, best paperback original, ''
Say No to Murder''
*
1987 Anthony award
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nominee, best novel, ''No Body''
* 1988
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 ...
nominee, best novel, ''Dead Crazy''
*
1988 Anthony award
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nominee, best novel, ''Marriage is Murder''
* 1988
Macavity award
The Macavity Awards are a literary award for mystery writers. Nominated and voted upon annually by the members of the Mystery Readers International, the award is named for the " mystery cat" of T. S. Eliot's ''Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats''. ...
winner, best novel, ''Marriage is Murder''
* 1989 Agatha award nominee, best short story, "Afraid All The Time"
* 1990
Edgar award nominee, best short story, "Afraid All the Time"
* 1990 Agatha award winner, best novel, ''Bum Steer''
*
1990 Anthony award winner, best short story, "Afraid All the Time"
* 1990 Macavity award winner, best short story, "Afraid All the Time"
* 1991 Agatha award winner, best novel, ''I.O.U.''
* 1991
Shamus award
The Shamus Award is awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) for the best detective fiction ( P. I. = Private investigator) genre novels and short stories of the year.
The Prize is given annually to recognize outstanding achievement i ...
winner, best short story, "Dust Devil"
*
1992 Anthony award nominee, best novel, ''I.O.U.''
* 1992 Edgar award nominee, best mystery novel, ''I.O.U.''
* 1992 Macavity award winner, best novel, ''I.O.U.''
* 1995 Agatha award nominee, best novel, ''Twilight''
* 1999 Agatha award winner, best short story, "Out of Africa"
* 2000 Edgar award nominee, best novel, ''The Whole Truth''
* 2001 Macavity award nominee, best mystery novel, ''The Whole Truth''
* 2006 Agatha award winner, best novel, ''The Virgin of Small Plains''
*
2006 Anthony award nominee, best novel, ''The Virgin of Small Plains''
* 2006 Edgar award nominee, best novel, ''The Virgin of Small Plains''
* 2006 Macavity award winner, best short story, "There Is No Crime on Easter Island"
* 2007 Macavity award winner, best mystery novel, ''The Virgin of Small Plains''
* 2008 Agatha award nominee, best short story, "A Nice Old Guy"
* 2011 Macavity award nominee, best mystery novel, ''The Scent of Rain and Lightning''
See also
* ''
The Scent of Rain and Lightning''
References
External links
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Interview with Nancy Pickard ''A DISCUSSION WITH National Authors on Tour'' TV Series, Episode #56 (1993)
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University of Missouri alumni
Agatha Award winners
1945 births
Living people
Anthony Award winners
Macavity Award winners
Barry Award winners
Writers from Kansas City, Missouri
Women mystery writers