Dorothy Cannell

Dorothy Cannell
Born 1943
London, England
Occupation Novelist
Language English
Nationality United States / England
Genre Mystery
Notable works Ellie Haskell series
Spouse Julian Cannell

Dorothy Cannell is an English-American mystery writer.

Biography

Dorothy Cannell was born in London, England. She moved to the USA in 1963 at the age of 20. She married Julian Cannell in 1964 and they lived in Peoria, Illinois for many years. They moved to Belfast, Maine. She is a mother of four and a grandmother of ten.[1]

Bibliography

Cannell writes mysteries featuring Ellie Haskell, interior decorator and Ben Haskell, writer and chef, and Hyacinth and Primrose Tramwell, a pair of dotty sisters and owners of the Flowers Detection Agency. Her first Ellie Haskell novel, The Thin Woman, was selected as one of the "100 Favorite Mysteries of the Twentieth Century" by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association.[2]

Ellie Haskell Series

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Other Novels & Collections

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Awards

Cannell's 1988 novel The Widows Club was nominated for the "Best Novel" award at the 1989 Anthony Awards and the Agatha Awards in the same year.[4][5] She was also nominated for a "Best Short Story" Agatha Award in 1991, for "The High Cost of Living"; 1992, for "The January Sales Stowaway"; and 1996, for "Cupid's Arrow".[6][7][8]

In 2014 Cannell received the Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement.

References

  1. "Dorothy Cannell | Authors | Macmillan". Us.macmillan.com. 2009-12-04. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
  2. "Our 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century". Mysterybooksellers.com. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Dorothy Cannell". Fantasticfiction.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-03-18.
  4. "Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards Nominees". Bouchercon.info. 2003-10-02. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
  5. "1989 Awards". MysteryNet. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
  6. "1991 Awards". MysteryNet. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
  7. "1992 Awards". MysteryNet. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
  8. "1996 Awards". MysteryNet. Retrieved 2012-03-15.

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