Tasha Alexander

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Tasha Alexander
BornAnastasia Gutting
(1969-12-01) December 1, 1969 (age 55)
South Bend, Indiana
Pen nameTasha Alexander
LanguageEnglish
Period2005-present
Spouse
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(m. 2010)​
Parents Gary Gutting (father)
Website
www.tashaalexander.com

Tasha Alexander (born Anastasia Gutting on December 1, 1969) is an American author of historical mystery fiction. [1]

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Biography

Alexander was born and raised in South Bend, Indiana, to Anastasia (Friel) and Gary Gutting, University of Notre Dame philosophy professors. [2]

In 2002, while living in New Haven, Connecticut, she started work on her first novel after being inspired by a passage in Dorothy L. Sayers's Gaudy Night. [3] Carolyn Marino at William Morrow acquired the book, And Only to Deceive, which was published in 2005 as the first installment of the Lady Emily series. After moving to Franklin, Tennessee, where Alexander wrote her second novel in a Starbucks coffeehouse, she moved to Chicago, where in 2010 she married British crime novelist Andrew Grant, brother of bestselling author Lee Child. [4]

In 2007, according to Library Journal , Minotaur Books "lured her away" from William Morrow. [5]

The Lady Emily series

The Lady Emily series, set in a time between the 1890s and 1900s and spanning across cities throughout Europe, follows the adventures of Lady Emily and her husband Colin Hargreaves.

Novels and short stories
The Lady Emily series
No.YearNovel ISBN (William Morrow)
01.2005And Only to Deceive ISBN 978-0-060-75671-0
02.2007A Poisoned Season ISBN 978-0-061-17414-8
03.2008A Fatal Waltz ISBN 978-0-061-17422-3
03.052009"The Bridal Strain" (short story) ISBN — (none) —
No.YearNovel ISBN (Minotaur Books)
04.2009Tears of Pearl ISBN 978-0-312-38370-1
05.2010Dangerous to Know ISBN 978-0-312-38379-4
06.2011A Crimson Warning ISBN 978-0-312-66175-5
07.2012Death in the Floating City ISBN 978-0-312-66176-2
08.2013Behind the Shattered Glass ISBN 978-1-250-02470-1
09.2014The Counterfeit Heiress ISBN 978-1-250-02469-5
09.052014"Star of the East" (short story) ISBN 978-1-466-87367-4
10.2015The Adventuress ISBN 978-1-250-05826-3
10.052015"That Silent Night" (short story) ISBN 978-1-466-89277-4
11.2016A Terrible Beauty ISBN 978-1-250-05827-0
12.2017Death in St. Petersburg ISBN 978-1-250-05828-7
12.052018"Amid the Winter's Snow" (short story) ISBN 978-1-250-21300-6
13.2018Uneasy Lies the Crown ISBN 978-1-250-16470-4
13.052019"Upon the Midnight Clear" (short story) ISBN 978-1-250-75125-6
14.2020In the Shadow of Vesuvius ISBN 978-1-250-16473-5
15.2021The Dark Heart of Florence ISBN 978-1-250-62206-8
16.2022Secrets of the Nile ISBN 978-1-250-81969-7
17.2023A Cold Highland Wind ISBN 978-1-250-87233-3

Non-Lady Emily short story works

(Short stories appearing in anthology collections)

Miscellaneous works

References

  1. ↑ Sehgal, Parul. "Print & E-Books". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ Keller, Julia (2011-12-03). "Sherlock Holmes in a skirt". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  3. ↑ Galbraith, Lacey. "Novel Talent | Cover Story". Nashville Scene. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
  4. ↑ "Romancing the Con". Mysteryscenemag.com. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
  5. ↑ "The Great Escape: Mystery Preview". Libraryjournal.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
  6. ↑ "Elizabeth : the golden age". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  7. ↑ Galbraith, Lacey. "Love—and Murder—Austrian Style | Books". Nashville Scene. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
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