Marcia Muller
Teoksen Edwin of the Iron Shoes tekijä
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Marcia Muller, novelist, short-story writer and anthologist, was born in Detroit in 1944. She attended the University of Michigan, where she studied writing. Edwin of the Iron Shoes (1977) was her first book featuring Sharon McCone, a female private eye strong enough to compete in the näytä lisää male-dominated crime genre. In 1993, Muller was given the Private Eye Writers of America Life Achievement Award, and the following year her novel Wolf in the Shadows won the Anthony Boucher Award and was nominated for the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Crime Novel. Muller is the co-author of the Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery series with Bill Pronzini. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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Tekijän teokset
1001 Midnights: The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction (1986) — Tekijä — 59 kappaletta
The Web She Weaves: An Anthology of Mystery and Suspense Stories by Women (1983) — Toimittaja — 52 kappaletta
Witches' Brew: Horror and Supernatural Stories by Women (1984) — Toimittaja; Avustaja — 10 kappaletta
The Lost Coast 3 kappaletta
Cache and Carry 2 kappaletta
The Broken Men 2 kappaletta
Up at the riverside 1 kappale
Contemporary Insanity 1 kappale
Deceptions [short story] 1 kappale
Dairy Queen 1 kappale
Sharon McCone 1 kappale
Walk Through Fire 1 kappale
Burned Out 1 kappale
Spook Lights Affair — Toimittaja — 1 kappale
Benny's Space 1 kappale
Associated Works
Writers on Writing, 2: More Collected Essays from the New York Times (2003) — Avustaja — 186 kappaletta
A Century of Great Western Stories-An Anthology of Western Fiction (2000) — Avustaja — 104 kappaletta
By Hook or By Crook and 30 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year (2010) — Avustaja — 85 kappaletta
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: First Annual Collection (2000) — Avustaja — 59 kappaletta
Women of Mystery II: Stories From Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (1994) — Avustaja — 52 kappaletta
A Taste of Murder: Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers (1999) — Avustaja — 45 kappaletta
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: Third Annual Collection (2002) — Avustaja — 43 kappaletta
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: First Annual Edition (1992) — Avustaja — 16 kappaletta
The Eyes Have It: The First Private Eye Writers of America Anthology (1984) — Avustaja — 16 kappaletta
Academy Mystery Novellas: Women Sleuths, Police Procedurals, Locked Room Puzzles, Great British Detectives ( BOX Set) (1985) — Avustaja — 14 kappaletta
Justice for Hire: The Fourth Private Eye Writers of America Anthology (1990) — Avustaja — 12 kappaletta
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Second Annual Edition (1993) — Avustaja — 12 kappaletta
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Third Annual Edition (1994) — Avustaja — 10 kappaletta
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Seventh Annual Edition (1998) — Avustaja — 9 kappaletta
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fifth Annual Edition (1996) — Avustaja — 7 kappaletta
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Sixth Annual Edition (1997) — Avustaja — 5 kappaletta
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- Syntymäaika
- 1944-09-28
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Syntymäpaikka
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Asuinpaikat
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
Birmingham, Michigan, USA
Sonoma County, California, USA - Koulutus
- University of Michigan (BA|English)
- Ammatit
- journalist
novelist - Suhteet
- Pronzini, Bill (husband)
- Organisaatiot
- Sunset Magazine
- Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- MWA Grand Master (2005)
Shamus Award (The Eye for Lifetime Achievement, 1993) - Lyhyt elämäkerta
- Marcia Muller (born September 28, 1944) is an American author of fictional mystery and thriller novels.
Muller has written 26 novels featuring her Sharon McCone female private detective character. Vanishing Point, won the Shamus Award for Best P.I. Novel. Muller had been nominated for the Shamus Award four times previously.
In 2005, Muller was awarded the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master award. Previous winners of the award included Alfred Hitchcock (1973) and Agathe Christie (1955).
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Locked in Tekijä: Marcia Muller
I should have read earlier books in the series, rather than starting with this one. I was not familiar with the characters, so didn't really feel as connected as if I read the series regularly. Plot was okay, but this was my second mystery with a character who couldn't communicate, so the novelty was not enough
Years ago, I read the Sharon McCone mysteries regularly. She was one of the first fictional tough female PIs. Then school, work, life interfered and I got away from reading them. It’s been a while since I picked one up and Sharon has come a long way from her first book in 1977 when she was a San Francisco PI, on staff at a legal cooperative. She is married and in partnership with her husband, has her own agency with staff and resources, including a plane. There are 30 books in the series.
In this case, there has been vandalism on some of the privately owned streets (who knew some were privately owned?) in the city and Sharon has been hired to find the culprit. Her investigation puts her in danger as she doggedly pursues the truth
Not a heart racing thriller, this is more a solid mystery procedural. It is a fast read and taps into some of the present difficulties in SF with housing prices and homelessness.
Thanks to @netgalley and #grandcentralpublishing for the DRC.… (lisätietoja)
In this case, there has been vandalism on some of the privately owned streets (who knew some were privately owned?) in the city and Sharon has been hired to find the culprit. Her investigation puts her in danger as she doggedly pursues the truth
Not a heart racing thriller, this is more a solid mystery procedural. It is a fast read and taps into some of the present difficulties in SF with housing prices and homelessness.
Thanks to @netgalley and #grandcentralpublishing for the DRC.… (lisätietoja)
Another solid effort from Marcia Muller. This one revolves around flying and aviation and Hy is present for a lot of the action. Maybe McCone is finally learning that she can't do it all on her own.
"Are you sure they'll clear the bank?" Ted Smalley, All Souls's office manager, held the check that I'd just handed him up to his desk lamp and squinted at it. I folded my arms and tried to look severe. "Do I know this person?" he asked himself. "She looks like the old Sharon, in spite of the haircut. She talks like her too. But McCone Investigations? A separate business checking account? Rent for an office suite? Pretty strange stuff, if you ask me."
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