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The 100 most popular contemporary mystery authors : biographical sketches and bibliographies / Bernard A. Drew.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Drew, Bernard A. (Bernard Alger), 1950-
- Series:
- Popular author series.
- Popular author series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Detective and mystery stories, American--Bio-bibliography--Dictionaries.
- Detective and mystery stories, American.
- Novelists, American--21st century--Biography--Dictionaries.
- Novelists, American.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Dictionaries.
- Bio-bibliography.
- Detective and mystery stories, American.
- Bibliographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 439 pages) : illustrations.
- Other Title:
- One hundred most popular contemporary mystery authors
- Contemporary mystery authors
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, CA : Libraries Unlimited, [2011]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- For librarians and secondary level students, Drew, a journalist, local historian, and freelance writer and editor, examines 100 popular contemporary mystery authors with continuing series. Authors are from the US as well as Canada, the UK, Australia, and South Africa. Entries list their birth date and location, genres, and benchmark series or series character, and provide biographies, discussion of their popular works or series, and a works list. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Susan Wittig Albert 1
- Donna Andrews 5
- Nancy Atherton 8
- Donald Bain 11
- Linda Barnes 15
- M. C. Beaton 19
- Cara Black 23
- Lawrence Block 26
- Giles Blunt 36
- Gail Bowen 39
- Rhys Bowen 42
- C. J. Box 46
- Rita Mae Brown 49
- Ken Bruen 53
- James Lee Burke 57
- Jan Burke 61
- Jim Butcher 64
- Laura Childs 68
- Ann Cleeves 71
- Max Allan Collins 75
- Susan Conant 83
- John Connolly 86
- Thomas H. Cook 89
- Patricia Cornwell 93
- Peter Corris 96
- Bill Crider 100
- Deborah Crombie 107
- Mary Daheim 110
- Barbara D'Amato 114
- Diane Mott Davidson 118
- Paul C. Doherty 121
- Tim Dorsey 127
- James D. Doss 130
- Carole Nelson Douglas 133
- Aaron Elkins 139
- James Ellroy 143
- Earl W. Emerson 147
- Loren D. Estleman 150
- Janet Evanovich 157
- Joanne Fluke 161
- G. M. Ford 164
- Earlene Fowler 167
- Margaret Frazer 170
- Frances Fyfield 175
- Elizabeth George 178
- Robert Goddard 181
- Ed Gorman 184
- Sue Grafton 192
- Sarah Graves 197
- Kerry Greenwood 200
- Robert O. Greer 204
- Martha Grimes 207
- Jane Haddam 210
- James W. Hall 214
- Parnell Hall 217
- Steve Hamilton 221
- Charlaine Harris 224
- Carolyn Hart 228
- John Harvey 232
- Joan Hess 240
- Reginald Hill 244
- Declan Hughes 249
- J. A. Jance 252
- Michael Jecks 257
- H.R.F. Keating 261
- Laurie R. King 266
- William Kent Krueger 269
- Joe R. Lansdale 272
- Donna Leon 277
- Jeff Lindsay 281
- Peter Lovesey 284
- Margaret Maron 290
- Steve Martini 294
- Archer Mayor 297
- Alexander McCall Smith 300
- Val McDermid 304
- Penny Mickelbury 308
- Marcia Muller 311
- Carol O'Connell 316
- Katherine Hall Page 319
- George Pelecanos 322
- Louise Penny 325
- Anne Perry 328
- Nancy Pickard 334
- Bill Pronzini 338
- Jan Rankin 346
- Peter Robinson 351
- David Rosenfelt 355
- C. J. Sansom 358
- Martin Cruz Smith 361
- Julia Spencer-Fleming 365
- Dana Stabenow 368
- James Swain 372
- Andrew Taylor 375
- Aimée and David Thurlo 379
- Peter Tremayne 383
- Elaine Viets 388
- Joseph Wambaugh 392
- Jacqueline Winspear 395
- Mark Richard Zubro 398.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781598844467
- 1598844466
- Publisher Number:
- 99990106203
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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