Elizabeth George

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Elizabeth George
Born Susan Elizabeth George
(1949-02-26) February 26, 1949
Warren, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation Writer
Nationality American
Ethnicity English-Italian
Citizenship United States
Education English
Bachelor of Arts
Counseling and psychology
Master's of Education
Alma mater University of California, Riverside
Genre Mystery fiction, detective fiction
Spouse Ira Jay Toibin (1971, divorced 1995)
Website
elizabethgeorgeonline.com

Susan Elizabeth George (born February 26, 1949)[1] is an American writer of mystery novels set in Great Britain.

She is best known for a series of novels featuring Inspector Thomas Lynley, 19 in number as of 2015. The first eleven were adapted for television by the BBC as earlier episodes of The Inspector Lynley Mysteries.

Biography

Elizabeth George was born in Warren, Ohio, to Robert Edwin and Anne (née Rivelle) George, their second child—she has an older brother, author Robert Rivelle George. Her mother was a nurse, and her father a manager for a conveyor company.[1] The family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area when she was eighteen months old. Her father wanted to get away from the Midwestern weather.[2]

She was a student of English, having received a teaching certificate from the University of California, Riverside. While teaching English in the public school system, she completed a master's degree in counseling and psychology.[3] She received an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Cal State University Fullerton in 2004 and was awarded an honorary Masters in Fine Arts from the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts in 2010. She also established the Elizabeth George Foundation in 1997.

George married Ira Jay Toibin in 1971 and they divorced in 1995.[3]

George is currently married to Tom McCabe (see acknowledgments in 2015 novel A Banquet of Consequences)

Career

Her first published novel was A Great Deliverance (1988). It introduces Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, actually Lord Asherton, privately educated (Eton College and Oxford University), and his partner Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, secondary modern educated and from a working-class background – both from Scotland Yard. Also, Lady Helen Clyde, Lynley's girlfriend, and Lynley's former school friend, Simon St. James.

Quote

Art can't be taught; passion can't be taught; discipline can't be taught; but craft can be taught. And writing is both an art and a craft.

— Elizabeth George, http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/elizabethg677960.html

Published books


Fiction: Inspector Lynley

Fiction: other

Non-fiction

Awards

George's first novel, A Great Deliverance, was favorably received by the mystery fiction community.

It won the Agatha Award for "Best First Novel" in 1988 and the 1989 Anthony Award in the same category. It was nominated for an Edgar Award in 1988.[4][5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 Thompson, Clifford (2001). Current Biography Yearbook 2000. Bronx, New York: H. W. Wilson Company. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-8242-1004-5.
  2. ↑ Stenger, Karl L. (2005). "Elizabeth George". Dictionary of Literary Biography. Detroit, Michigan: Gale. pp. 132–143.
  3. 1 2 Lindsay, Elizabeth Blakesley (2007). Great Women Mystery Writers. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-313-33428-3.
  4. ↑ "Malice Domestic Convention – Bethesda, MD". Malicedomestic.org. August 23, 1988. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Bouchercon World Mystery Convention: Anthony Awards Nominees". Bouchercon.info. October 2, 2003. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Best First Mystery Novel by an American Author Edgar Award Winners and Nominees – Complete Lists". Mysterynet.com. Retrieved March 16, 2012.

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