Nancy Pickard
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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]
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 Template:ISBN
- 1985 Say No to Murder Template:ISBN
- 1986 No Body Template:ISBN
- 1987 Marriage is Murder Template:ISBN
- 1988 Dead Crazy Template:ISBN
- 1990 Bum Steer Template:ISBN
- 1991 I.O.U. Template:ISBN
- 1993 But I Wouldn't Want to Die There Template:ISBN
- 1994 Confession Template:ISBN
- 1995 Twilight Template:ISBN
Eugenia Potter Series
- 1992 The 27-Ingredient Chili Con Carne Murders (w/Virginia Rich) Template:ISBN
- 1998 The Blue Corn Murders Template:ISBN
- 2001 The Secret Ingredient Murders Template:ISBN
Marie Lightfoot series
- 2000 The Whole Truth Template:ISBN
- 2001 Ring of Truth Template:ISBN
- 2002 The Truth Hurts Template:ISBN
Non-series novels
- 2001 Naked Came the Phoenix (serial novel) Marcia Talley, ed. Template:ISBN
(with Nevada Barr, Mary Jane Clark, Diana Gabaldon, J. A. Jance, Faye Kellerman, Laurie R. King, Val McDermid, Perri O'Shaughnessy, Anne Perry, J. D. Robb and Lisa Scottoline) - 2006 The Virgin of Small Plains Template:ISBN
- 2010 The Scent of Rain and Lightning Template:ISBN
Short stories
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- 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
- 1994 Nancy Pickard presents Malice Domestic 3 Template:ISBN
- 1999 Storm Warnings Template:ISBN
- 1999 The First Lady Murders Template:ISBN
- 1999 Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder Template:ISBN
Non-fiction
- 2003 Seven Steps on the Writer's Path (with Lynn Lott) Template:ISBN
Awards and recognition
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- 1986 Anthony award winner, best paperback original, Say No to Murder[4]
- 1987 Anthony award nominee, best novel, No Body[4]
- 1988 Agatha award nominee, best novel, Dead Crazy[5]
- 1988 Anthony award nominee, best novel, Marriage is Murder[4]
- 1988 Macavity award winner, best novel, Marriage is Murder[6]
- 1989 Agatha award nominee, best short story, "Afraid All The Time"[5]
- 1990 Edgar award nominee, best short story, "Afraid All the Time"[7]
- 1990 Agatha award winner, best novel, Bum Steer[5]
- 1990 Anthony award winner, best short story, "Afraid All the Time"[4]
- 1990 Macavity award winner, best short story, "Afraid All the Time"[6]
- 1991 Agatha award winner, best novel, I.O.U.[5]
- 1991 Shamus award winner, best short story, "Dust Devil"[8]
- 1992 Anthony award nominee, best novel, I.O.U.[4]
- 1992 Edgar award nominee, best mystery novel, I.O.U.[9]
- 1992 Macavity award winner, best novel, I.O.U.[6]
- 1995 Agatha award nominee, best novel, Twilight[5]
- 1999 Agatha award winner, best short story, "Out of Africa"[5]
- 2000 Edgar award nominee, best novel, The Whole Truth[10]
- 2001 Macavity award nominee, best mystery novel, The Whole Truth[6]
- 2006 Agatha award winner, best novel, The Virgin of Small Plains[5]
- 2006 Anthony award nominee, best novel, The Virgin of Small Plains[4]
- 2006 Edgar award nominee, best novel, The Virgin of Small Plains[10]
- 2006 Macavity award winner, best short story, "There Is No Crime on Easter Island"[6]
- 2007 Macavity award winner, best mystery novel, The Virgin of Small Plains[6]
- 2008 Agatha award nominee, best short story, "A Nice Old Guy"[5]
- 2011 Macavity award nominee, best mystery novel, The Scent of Rain and Lightning[6]
See also
References
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- ↑ page 217, Great Women Mystery Writers, 2nd Ed. by Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay, 2007, publ. Greenwood Press, Template:ISBN
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External links
• Interview with Nancy Pickard, A DISCUSSION WITH National Authors on Tour TV Series, Episode #56 (1993)Template:Agatha Award
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- University of Missouri alumni
- Agatha Award winners
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- Living people
- Anthony Award winners
- Macavity Award winners
- Barry Award winners
- Writers from Kansas City, Missouri
- American women mystery writers
- American mystery writers
- Novelists from Missouri