Donna Andrews (author)

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Donna Andrews is an American mystery fiction writer of two award-winning amateur sleuth series.[1]

Early life and education

Andrews was born in Yorktown, Virginia (the setting of her Meg Langslow series) and studied English and drama at the University of Virginia.[2]

Career

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.[3] 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. It won the Agatha Award for best mystery that year.

Personal life

Donna Andrews lives and works in Reston, Virginia.[3]

Bibliography

The Meg Langslow series

  1. Murder with Peacocks (1999). Template:ISBN
  2. Murder with Puffins (2000). Template:ISBN
  3. Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingos (2001). Template:ISBN
  4. Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon (2003). Template:ISBN
  5. We'll Always Have Parrots (2004). Template:ISBN
  6. Owls Well That Ends Well (2005). Template:ISBN
  7. No Nest for the Wicket (2006). Template:ISBN
  8. The Penguin Who Knew Too Much (2007). Template:ISBN
  9. Cockatiels at Seven (2008). Template:ISBN
  10. Six Geese A-Slaying (2009). Template:ISBN
  11. Swan For The Money (2009). Template:ISBN
  12. Stork Raving Mad (2010). Template:ISBN
  13. The Real Macaw (2011). Template:ISBN
  14. Some Like It Hawk (2012). Template:ISBN
  15. The Hen of the Baskervilles (2013). Template:ISBN
  16. Duck the Halls (2013). Template:ISBN
  17. The Good, the Bad, and the Emus (2014). Template:ISBN
  18. The Nightingale Before Christmas (2014). Template:ISBN
  19. Lord of the Wings (2015). Template:ISBN
  20. Die Like an Eagle (2016) Template:ISBN
  21. Gone Gull (2017) Template:ISBN
  22. How the Finch Stole Christmas! (2017) Template:ISBN
  23. Toucan Keep a Secret (2018) Template:ISBN
  24. Lark! The Herald Angels Sing (2018) Template:ISBN
  25. Terns of Endearment (2019) Template:ISBN
  26. Owl Be Home For Christmas (2019) Template:ISBN
  27. The Falcon Always Wings Twice (2020) Template:ISBN
  28. Gift of the Magpie (2020) Template:ISBN
  29. Murder Most Fowl (2021) Template:ISBN
  30. The Twelve Jays of Christmas (2021) Template:ISBN
  31. Round Up the Usual Peacocks (2022) Template:ISBN
  32. Dashing Through the Snowbirds (2022) Template:ISBN
  33. Birder, She Wrote (2023) Template:ISBN
  34. Let It Crow! Let It Crow! Let It Crow! (2023) Template:ISBN
  35. Between a Flock and a Hard Place (2024) Template:ISBN
  36. Rockin' Around the Chickadee (2024) Template:ISBN
  • A Murder Hatched: Collects the first two Meg Langslow novels. Released in 2009 by Macmillan, under its Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books imprint.[4]
  • The Two Deadly Doves: Collects two novels, Six Geese A-Slaying and Duck the Halls. Released in 2015 by Macmillan, under its Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books imprint.

Meg Langslow short stories

  • "A Christmas Rescue" in Two Deadly Doves (2015).
  • "Night Shades" in Chesapeake Crimes (2004).
  • "Birthday Dinner" in Death Dines In, Claudia Bishop and Dean James, editors (2004).

The Turing Hopper series

Short stories

  • "When Even Waffle House Closes" in Scattered, Smothered, Covered & Chunked: Crime Fiction Inspired by Waffle House, (October 2024)
  • "The Grim" in Black Cat Weekly #165 (October 2024)
  • "Not Another Secret Passage Story" in School of Hard Knox, (August 2023)
  • "Something Dark and Dangerous" in Chesapeake Crimes: Magic Is Murder , (August 2022)
  • "A Night at the Opera" in Monkey Business: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Films of the Marx Brothers, (September 2021)
  • "Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire" in The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell, (April 2020)
  • "The Last Caving Trip" in Storm Warning: Chesapeake Crimes 7, (April 2016)
  • "A Christmas Trifle" in Homicidal Holidays: Chesapeake Crimes 6, (September 2014)
  • "Mean Girls" in This Job Is Murder: Chesapeake Crimes 5, (May 2012)
  • "Normal" in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 2011
  • "The Plan" in Chesapeake Crimes 4: They Had It Comin' (2010)
  • "Spellbound" in Unusual Suspects, Dana Stabenow, editor (2008)
  • "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)

Awards

Donna Andrews has won many industry awards for her fiction.[4] As of 2024 she has earned 3 Agatha Awards,[5] 1 Anthony Award, 1 Barry Award, 4 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[5]
  • 2000 Anthony Award for Best First Novel[6]
  • 2000 Barry Award for Best First Novel[7]
  • 2000 Lefty Award[8]
  • 2000 Finalist for Dilys Award[9]
  • 1999 Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Best First Mystery[4]

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'Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingos'

  • 2009 Lefty Award nomination[8]

'You've Got Murder'

  • 2002 Agatha Award for Best Novel[5]
  • 2003 Finalist for Dilys Award[9]

'Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon'

  • 2003 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel[5]
  • 2003 Toby Bromberg Award for Most Humorous Mystery[11]
  • 2004 Finalist for Dilys Award[9]
  • 2004 Lefty Award nomination[8]

'We'll Always Have Parrots'

  • 2004 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel[5]
  • 2005 Lefty Award[8]

'Owl's Well That Ends Well'

  • 2005 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel[5]

'No Nest for the Wicket'

  • 2007 Lefty Award nomination[8]

'The Penguin Who Knew Too Much'

  • 2007 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel[5]
  • 2008 Lefty Award nomination[8]

"A Rat's Tale", Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine – Sept/Oct. 2007

  • 2007 Agatha Award for Best Short Story[5]

'Six Geese A-Slaying'

  • 2008 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel[5]
  • 2009 Lefty Award nomination[8]

'Swan For the Money'

  • 2009 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel[5]
  • 2009 Toby Bromberg Award for Most Humorous Mystery[11]
  • 2010 Lefty Award nomination[8]

'Stork Raving Mad'

  • 2010 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel[5]
  • 2011 Lefty Award nomination[8]

'The Real Macaw'

  • 2011 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel[5]
  • 2012 Lefty Award[8]

'The Good, the Bad, and the Emus'

  • 2014 Agatha Award nomination for Best Contemporary Novel[5]

' Lord of the Wings '

  • 2016 Lefty Award for Best Humorous Mystery Novel[8]


'Die Like an Eagle'

  • 2017 Lefty Award nomination for Best Humorous Mystery Novel[8]


'Gone Gull'

  • 2018 Lefty Award nomination for Best Humorous Mystery Novel[8]


'The Gift of the Magpie'

  • 2020 Agatha Award nomination for Best Contemporary Novel[5]

'School of Hard Knox'

  • 2024 Anthony Award nomination for Best Anthology[6]

Professional memberships

References

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External links

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