Nancy Pickard

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Nancy Pickard
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Nancy Pickard (2013)
Born (1945-09-19) September 19, 1945 (age 78)
Kansas City, Missouri
OccupationCrime writer
NationalityAmerican
Genre Mystery
Website
www.nancypickard.com

Nancy Pickard (born September 19, 1945, in Kansas City, Missouri [1] ) is an American crime novelist. She has won five Macavity Awards, four Agatha Awards, an Anthony Award, and a Shamus Award. She is the only author to win all four awards. She also served on the board of directors of the Mystery Writers of America. She received a degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri and began writing when she was 35 years old. [2]

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She is frequently a panelist at the Great Manhattan Mystery Conclave, [3] a convention for mystery writers and mystery fans in Manhattan, Kansas.

Bibliography

Jenny Cain series

  • 1984 Generous Death ISBN   0380859939
  • 1985 Say No to Murder ISBN   0380896427
  • 1986 No Body ISBN   0684185938
  • 1987 Marriage is Murder ISBN   0684187604
  • 1988 Dead Crazy ISBN   0684187612
  • 1990 Bum Steer ISBN   0671680404
  • 1991 I.O.U. ISBN   0671680412
  • 1993 But I Wouldn't Want to Die There ISBN   0671723308
  • 1994 Confession ISBN   0671782614
  • 1995 Twilight ISBN   0671782711

Eugenia Potter Series

Marie Lightfoot series

Non-series novels

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

Non-fiction

  • 2003 Seven Steps on the Writer's Path (with Lynn Lott) ISBN   034545524X

Awards and recognition

See also

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  2. ↑ "Bio". Book.consumerhelpweb.com. Archived from the original on February 11, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Great Manhattan Mystery Conclave Official Website". GMMC. Retrieved July 4, 2009.
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  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Malice Domestic Convention - Bethesda, MD". Malicedomestic.org. August 23, 1988. Archived from the original on April 12, 2010. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
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• Interview with Nancy Pickard, A DISCUSSION WITH National Authors on Tour TV Series, Episode #56 (1993)

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