- Donna Andrews (author)
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Donna Andrews Born Yorktown, Virginia Occupation Novelist Genres Mystery Notable work(s) The Meg Langslow and Turing Hopper series
donnaandrews.comDonna Andrews is an American mystery fiction writer of two award-winning amateur sleuth series. Her first book, Murder with Peacocks (1999), introduced Meg Langslow, a blacksmith from Yorktown, Virginia. It won the St. Martin's Minotaur Best First Traditional Mystery contest, the Agatha, Anthony, Barry, and Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice awards for best first novel, and the Lefty award for funniest mystery of 1999.[1] The first novel in the Turing Hopper series (You've Got Murder, 2002) debuted a highly unusual sleuth—an Artificial Intelligence (AI) personality who becomes sentient—and won the Agatha Award for best mystery that year.
Donna Andrews was born in Yorktown, Virginia (the setting of her Meg Langslow series), and now lives and works in Reston, Virginia.[2]
Contents
Bibliography
The Meg Langslow series
- Murder with Peacocks (1999)
- Murder with Puffins (2000)
- Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingos (2001)
- Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon (2003)
- We'll Always Have Parrots (2004)
- Owls Well That Ends Well (2005)
- No Nest for the Wicket (2006)
- The Penguin Who Knew Too Much (2007)
- Cockatiels at Seven (2008)
- Six Geese A-Slaying (2009)
- Swan For The Money (2009)
- Stork Raving Mad (in hardcover, July 2010)
- The Real Macaw (in hardcover, July 2011)
A Murder Hatched: Collects the first two Meg Langslow novels. Released in 2009 by Macmillian, under its Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books imprint.[3]
Meg Langslow short stories
- "Night Shades" in Chesapeake Crimes (2004)
- "Birthday Dinner" in Death Dines In, Claudia Bishop and Dean James, editors (2004)
The Turing Hopper series
- You've Got Murder (2002)
- Click Here for Murder (2003)
- Access Denied (2004)
- Delete All Suspects (2005)
Short stories
- "The Haire of the Beast" in Wolfsbane and Mistletoe, edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner (2008)
- "A Rat's Tale" in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September–October 2007
- "Cold Spell" in Powers of Detection, Dana Stabenow, editor (2004)
- "An Unkindness of Ravens" in The Mysterious North, Dana Stabenow, editor (2002)
- "Spellbound" in Unusual Suspects, Dana Stabenow, editor (2008)
- "The Plan" in Chesapeake Crimes: They Had It Comin' (2010)
Awards
Donna Andrews has won many industry awards for her fiction.[3] As of 2009 she has earned 3 Agatha Awards,[4] 1 Anthony Award, 1 Barry Award, 2 Lefty Awards, 2 Toby Bromberg Awards and 1 Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award. Andrews has also been nominated for 3 Dilys Awards.
'Murder with Peacocks'
- 1999 Agatha Award for Best First Novel[4]
- 2000 Anthony Award for Best First Novel[5]
- 2000 Barry Award for Best First Novel[6]
- 2000 Lefty Award[7]
- 2000 Finalist for Dilys Award[8]
- 1999 Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Best First Mystery[3]
'You've Got Murder'
'Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon'
- 2003 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel[4]
- 2003 Toby Bromberg Award for Most Humorous Mystery[10]
- 2004 Finalist for Dilys Award[8]
'We'll Always Have Parrots'
'Owl's Well That Ends Well'
- 2005 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel[4]
'The Penguin Who Knew Too Much'
- 2007 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel[4]
"A Rat's Tale", Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine - Sept/Oct. 2007
- 2007 Agatha Award for Best Short Story[4]
'Six Geese A-Slaying'
- 2008 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel[4]
'Swan For the Money'
- 2009 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel
- 2010 Lefty Award nomination[7]
Professional Memberships
- Sisters in Crime (Chesapeake Chapter)
- Mystery Writers of America (Mid-Atlantic chapter)
- Private Investigators and Security Association [2]
References
- ^ "Donna Andrews' Website - Press Kit:Biographies". http://donnaandrews.com/presskit.shtml. Retrieved July 2008.
- ^ a b "Donna Andrews' Website - Biography". http://www.donnaandrews.com/bio.shtml. Retrieved 2010.
- ^ a b c "All works by Donna Andrews". http://us.macmillan.com/search/17195/Donna+Andrews. Retrieved 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Past Agatha Award Winners & Nominees". http://www.malicedomestic.org/agathaawards_past.html. Retrieved 2010.
- ^ "Anthony Awards and History". http://www.bouchercon.info/history.html. Retrieved 2010.
- ^ "Barry Awards". http://www.deadlypleasures.com/barry.html. Retrieved 2010.
- ^ a b c "Left Coast Crime's Lefty Award Winners". http://www.leftcoastcrime.org/2010/awards.htm. Retrieved 2010.
- ^ a b c "Dilys Award Winners and Nominees". http://www.mysterybooksellers.com/dilys-award. Retrieved 2010.
- ^ "1999 RT Book Reviews Reviewer Award Winners". http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=book&level=2&year=1999. Retrieved 2010.
- ^ "Romantic Times Award Winners". http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php. Retrieved 2010.
External links
Categories:- Living people
- People from Reston, Virginia
- American mystery writers
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