Toni Kelner

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Toni L.P. Kelner
Genre Fantasy, Mystery
PartnerStephen Paul Kelner, Jr.
ChildrenTwo daughters
Website
www.tonilpkelner.com leighperryauthor.com

Toni Leigh Perry Kelner, [1] writing as Toni L.P. Kelner and Leigh Perry, is an author of three mystery series: the eight Laura Fleming [2] novels and related short stories; the Where Are They Now? series, which includes three novels and a forthcoming short story; and the Family Skeleton series, which consists of six books and one short story, with a seventh book forthcoming. She has also edited seven urban fantasy anthologies with Charlaine Harris. Many Bloody Returns,Wolfsbane and Mistletoe, and Home Improvement: Undead Edition were on the extended New York Times best seller list, and Death's Excellent Vacation debuted at #8 on the NYT list. Kelner has written a number of short stories in anthologies and magazines. Her most recent is "The Skeleton Rides a Horse".

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Kelner's short fiction has been nominated for the Agatha, the Anthony, the Macavity, and the Derringer awards, and her story "Sleeping With the Plush" won the Agatha for Best Short Story of 2006. [3] Her novels have been nominated for several RT BOOKclub awards, and Kelner won an RT BOOKclub Career Achievement Award.

Bibliography

Laura Fleming

  1. Down Home Murder (June 1993)
  2. Dead Ringer (February 1994)
  3. Trouble Looking for a Place to Happen (March 1995)
  4. Country Comes to Town (September 1996)
  5. Tight as a Tick (January 1998)
  6. Death of a Damn Yankee (August 1999)
  7. Mad as the Dickens (October 2001)
  8. Wed and Buried (February 2003)

Where Are They Now?

  1. Curse of the Kissing Cousins (originally published as Without Mercy) (May 2009)
  2. Who Killed the Pinup Queen? (January 2010)
  3. Blast from the Past (February 2011)

A Family Skeleton Mystery

published as Leigh Perry

  1. A Skeleton in the Family (September 2013)
  2. The Skeleton Takes a Bow (September 2014)
  3. The Skeleton Haunts a House (October 2015)
  4. The Skeleton Paints a Picture (October 2017)
  5. The Skeleton Makes a Friend (October 2018)
  6. The Skeleton Stuffs a Stocking (September 2019)

Anthologies and collections

Collection or AnthologyContentsPublication

Date

Editor
Many Bloody ReturnsOct 2007 Charlaine Harris
Wolfsbane and MistletoeOct 2008 Charlaine Harris
Crimes By MoonlightTaking the Long ViewApr 2010 Charlaine Harris
Death's Excellent VacationPirate Dave's Haunted Amusement ParkAug 2010 Charlaine Harris

Toni L. P. Kelner

Home Improvement: Undead EditionAug 2011 Charlaine Harris
An Apple for the Creature [4] Pirate Dave and the Captain's GhostSep 2012 Charlaine Harris
Games Creatures PlayApr 2014 Charlaine Harris
Dead But Not ForgottenNov 2014 Charlaine Harris
Laura Fleming Collection: Crooked as a Dog's Hind LegGift of the Murderer

Marley’s Ghost

The Death of Erik the Redneck

An Unmentionable Crime

Bible Belt

Old Dog Days

Lying-in-the-Road Death

Nov 2015Toni Kelner

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References

  1. Kelner, Toni (30 September 2015). "The Skeleton Haunts a House by Leigh Perry". The Big Thrill. Interviewed by Ovidia Yu. International Thriller Writers. As for the "Leigh Perry" pen name, it's pretty obvious where that comes from, since my full name is Toni Leigh Perry Kelner. (It's that double-name thing of which Southerners are so fond.)
  2. "New Books". D1. March 19, 1998. pp. Greensboro News and Record. Retrieved 24 June 2011. TIGHT AS A TICK: A LAURA FLEMING MYSTERY, by Toni Kelner.When a dealer is found dead at a flea market, Laura Fleming has a whole cast of suspects to ...
  3. Kelner, Toni (2007-03-07). "It's an honor to be nominated..." Femmes Fatales. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
  4. "An Apple for the Creature".