Abigail Padgett

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Abigail Padgett
Born (1942-05-13) May 13, 1942 (age 83)
Vincennes, Indiana, U.S.
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Indiana University Bloomington
University of Missouri
Genre Mystery fiction
Website
abigailpadgett.wordpress.com

Mary Abigail Padgett (born May 13, 1942, in Vincennes, Indiana) is an American author of mystery novels who features in Great Women Mystery Writers (2007). [1] [2]

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Biography

Padgett graduated in 1964 from Indiana University Bloomington with a degree in education, then earned a master's in counselling from the University of Missouri in 1969; between the two she taught high school English in St. Louis. She then had several different jobs before becoming a court investigator for Child Protective Services in San Diego, a post she left in 1988 to concentrate on writing and advocacy for children and the mentally ill. [1] She also attended Washington University in St. Louis.

Writing

Padgett's first series concerns Barbara "Bo" Bradley, a child protection advocate investigator in San Diego who suffers from bipolar disorder. Her second series features Blue McCarron, a reclusive lesbian social psychologist. [1]

Padgett maintains a blog. [3]

In 2023 Padgett was awarded the Alice B Readers Award. [4] [5]

Bibliography

Bo Bradley series

Blue McCarron series

Taylor Blake Magical Mystery

Morgan's Bay

Other novels

Collections

References

  1. 1 2 3 page 196-198, Great Women Mystery Writers, 2nd Ed. by Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay, 2007, publ. Greenwood Press, ISBN   0-313-33428-5
  2. Hartwell, Laura M. (2011). "A Writer's Perspective: An Interview with FASP Author Abigail Padgett" . Recherche et Pratiques Pédagogiques en Langues de Spécialité - Cahiers de L Apliut. XXX (2): 138–148. doi:10.4000/apliut.882.
  3. https://abigailpadgett.wordpress.com/ [ user-generated source ]
  4. "Past Alice B Medal Winners". The Alice B Awards. 26 March 1937. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  5. "2023 Alice B. Medals Awarded". Bywater Books. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2024.