Marcia Muller
| Marcia Muller | |
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| Born |
September 28, 1944 Detroit, Michigan |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Genre | Thriller/mystery |
| Spouse | Bill Pronzini |
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Marcia Muller (born September 28, 1944[1]) is an American author of fictional mystery and thriller novels.[2]
Muller has written many novels featuring her Sharon McCone female private detective character. Vanishing Point won the Shamus Award for Best P.I. Novel.[3] Muller had been nominated for the Shamus Award four times previously.[4]
In 2005, Muller was awarded the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master award. Previous winners of the award include Alfred Hitchcock (1973) and Agathe Christie (1955).[5]
She was born in Detroit, Michigan and grew up in Birmingham, Michigan and graduated in English from the University of Michigan and worked as a journalist at Sunset magazine.[6] She is married to detective fiction author Bill Pronzini with whom she has collaborated on several novels.
Sharon McCone Series
- Edwin of the Iron Shoes (October, 1977)
- Ask the Cards A Question (May, 1982)
- The Cheshire Cat's Eye (January, 1983)
- Games to Keep the Dark Away (1984)
- Leave A Message for Willie (September, 1984)
- Double (October, 1984) (co-written with her husband, Bill Pronzini)
- There's Nothing to Be Afraid of (August, 1985)
- Eye of the Storm (March, 1988)
- There's Something in A Sunday (January, 1989)
- The Shape of Dread (November, 1989)
- Trophies and Dead Things (September, 1990)
- Where Echoes Live (July, 1991)
- Pennies on A Dead Woman's Eyes (July, 1992)
- Wolf in the Shadows (July, 1993)
- Till the Butchers Cut Him Down (July, 1994)
- A Wild and Lonely Place (August, 1995)
- The Broken Promise Land (June, 1996)
- Both Ends of the Night (July, 1997)
- While Other People Sleep (July, 1998)
- A Walk Through the Fire (May, 1999)
- Listen to the Silence (July, 2000)
- Dead Midnight (July, 2002)
- The Dangerous Hour (July, 2004)
- Vanishing Point (July, 2006)
- The Ever-Running Man (July, 2007)
- Burn Out (October, 2008)
- Locked In (October, 2009)
- Coming Back (October, 2010)
- City of Whispers (October, 2011)
- Looking For Yesterday (November, 2012)
- The Night Searcher (July, 2014)
- The McCone Files (1994) (short story collection)
- McCone and Friends (1999) (short story collection)
Other Works
Carpenter and Quincannon Mysteries
- The Bughouse Affair (2013) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
- The Spook Lights Affair (2013) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
- The Body Snatchers Affair (2015) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
Elena Oliverez series
- The Tree of Death (1983)
- The Legend of the Slain Soldiers (1985)
- Beyond the Grave (1986) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
Joanna Stark series
- The Cavalier in White (1986)
- There Hangs the Knife (1988)
- Dark Star (1989)
Soledad County series
- Point Deception (2001)
- Cyanide Wells (2003)
- Cape Perdido (2005)
Anthologies and Collections
- The Web She Weaves (1983) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
- Witches Brew: Horror and Supernatural Stories by Women (1984) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
- Child's Ploy: An Anthology of Mystery and Suspense Stories (1984) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
- She Won the West: An Anthology of Western and Frontier Stories by Women (1985) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
- Dark Lessons: Crime and Detection on Campus (1985) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
- Kill or Cure: Suspense Stories About the World of Medicine (1985) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
- The Deadly Arts: A Collection of Artful Suspense (1985) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
- Chapter and Hearse: Suspense Stories About the World of Books (1985) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
- The Wickedest Show on Earth: A Carnival of Circus Suspense (1985) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
- Lady on the Case: 21 Stories and 1 Complete Novel Starring the World's Great Female Sleuths (1988) (co-written with Bill Pronzini and Martin H. Greenberg)
- Deceptions (1991) (short story collection)
- Detective Duos: The Best Adventures of Twenty-Five Crime-Solving Twosomes (1997) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
- Duo (1998) (short story collection) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
- Time of the Wolves (2003) (Western short story collection)
- Somewhere in the City (2007) (short story collection)
- Crucifixion River (2007) (short story collection) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
Non-fiction
- 1001 Midnights: The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction (1986) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
Stand alone novels
- The Lighthouse (1987) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
References
- ↑ All Book Store bibliography retrieved 8th December 2007
- ↑ Hachette Book Group USA retrieved 8th December 2007
- ↑ Shamus Awards Archive retrieved 8th December 2007
- ↑ Fantastic Fiction retrieved 8th December 2007
- ↑ Mystery Writes of America website retrieved 8th December 2007
- ↑ page 181, Great Women Mystery Writers, 2nd Ed. by Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay, 2007, publ. Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-33428-5
External links
- Marcia Muller's Official Website
- Works by or about Marcia Muller in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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