Mariah Fredericks

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Mariah Fredericks
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Fredericks in 2019
Born New York City, U.S.
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Vassar College
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Mariah Fredericks is the author of the Jane Prescott mystery series, set in 1910s New York. She was born and raised in New York City. She graduated from Vassar College with a degree in history and was the head copywriter for Book-of-the-Month Club for many years.

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Life and career

Many of Fredericks' novels have historical inspiration or are based on true crime cases. [1] Fredericks' 2022 novel The Lindbergh Nanny was a fictionalized account of the Lindbergh kidnapping. She noted that she attempted to represent the story as factually as possible. [2] The inspiration for writing about the Lindbergh case came from the opening sequence of the 1974 Murder on the Orient Express film, which features a nanny character in a kidnapping scene. [3] Her most recent, The Wharton Plot (2024) is a fictional mystery novel inspired by real author Edith Wharton, published to positive review. [4]

Bibliography

Novels

Jane Prescott Mysteries

  1. A Death of No Importance (2018, ISBN   9781250152978)
  2. Death of a New American (2019, ISBN   9781250152992)
  3. Death of An American Beauty (2020, ISBN   9781250210883)
  4. Death of a Showman (2022, ISBN   9781250830432)

In the Cards

  1. Love (2006, ISBN   9780689876547)
  2. Fame (2008, ISBN   9780689876561)
  3. Life (2008, ISBN   9780689876585)

Standalone Novels

Nonfiction

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References

  1. "Home". Mariah Fredericks Books. 2022-06-10. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  2. "Mariah Fredericks on The Heartbreaking Details of Historical Fiction". CrimeReads. 2022-11-17. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  3. "Why Mariah Fredericks Is Taking on the Lindbergh Kidnapping – From the Nanny's Perspective". CrimeReads. 2023-02-17. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  4. Tierney, Bruce (2024-02-06). "Edith Wharton: Pulitzer Prize-winning author—and detective?". BookPage | Discover your next great book!. Retrieved 2024-03-08.