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Margaret Maron


USA flag (1938 - 2021)

Born and raised in central North Carolina, Margaret Maron lived in Italy before returning to the USA. She was a past president of Sisters in Crime and of the American Crime writers' league, and was a director on the national board for Mystery Writers of America.
 

Genres: Mystery, Romance
 
Series
Sigrid Harald
   1. One Coffee with (1981)
   2. Death of A Butterfly (1984)
   3. Death in Blue Folders (1985)
   4. The Right Jack (1987)
   5. Baby Doll Games (1988)
   6. Corpus Christmas (1989)
   7. Past Imperfect (1991)
   8. Fugitive Colors (1995)
   9. Take Out (2017)
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Judge Deborah Knott
   0.5. Deborah's Judgment (2012)
   1. Bootlegger's Daughter (1992)
   2. Southern Discomfort (1993)
   3. Shooting At Loons (1994)
   4. Up Jumps the Devil (1996)
   5. Killer Market (1997)
   6. Home Fires (1998)
   7. Storm Track (2000)
   8. Uncommon Clay (2001)
   9. Slow Dollar (2002)
   10. High Country Fall (2004)
   11. Rituals of the Season (2005)
   11.5. Bewreathed (2012)
   12. Winter's Child (2006)
   13. Hard Row (2007)
   14. Death's Half Acre (2008)
   15. Sand Sharks (2009)
   16. Christmas Mourning (2010)
   17. Three-Day Town (2011)
   17.5. With This Ring (2012)
   18. The Buzzard Table (2012)
   19. Designated Daughters (2014)
   20. Long Upon the Land (2015)
   Tales From Colleton County (2020)
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Novels
   Bloody Kin (1985)
   Last Lessons of Summer (2003)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Growth Marks (2013)
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Series contributed to
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Omnibus editions show
 
Margaret Maron recommends
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Flamingo Road (2017)
(Fia McKee, book 1)
Sasscer Hill
"In her new thriller, Sasscer Hill ups the ante on her horses. Could she be the Dick Francis of her generation? Count me among those who would vote yes."
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The Man On the Washing Machine (2015)
(Theo Bogart Mystery, book 1)
Susan Cox
"Sue Cox writes with deft assurance. An appealing cast of characters and an absorbing plot that kept me turning the pages."
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Winter at the Door (2015)
(Lizzie Snow Mystery, book 1)
Sarah Graves
"Sarah Graves writes with grace and intelligence, and a love for her state shines through in this stylish debut of a new series set against Maine’s dark and foreboding forests. I’m hooked!"

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Anthologies containing stories by Margaret Maron
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Deadly Anniversaries (2020)
(Mystery Writers of America Presents)
edited by
Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini
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Murder Under the Oaks (2015)
Bouchercon 2015 Anthology
(Bouchercon Anthology)
edited by
Art Taylor
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Manhattan Mayhem (2015)
(Mystery Writers of America Presents)
edited by
Mary Higgins Clark

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Awards
Agatha Award Best Novel nominee (1989) : Corpus Christmas
Agatha Award Best Novel winner (1992) : Bootlegger's Daughter
Agatha Award Best Novel nominee (1993) : Southern Discomfort
Anthony Awards Best Novel winner (1993) : Bootlegger's Daughter
Dilys Awards Best Book nominee (1993) : Bootlegger's Daughter
Edgar Awards Best Novel winner (1993) : Bootlegger's Daughter
Macavity Awards Best Novel winner (1993) : Bootlegger's Daughter
Agatha Award Best Novel winner (1996) : Up Jumps the Devil
Agatha Award Best Novel nominee (1998) : Home Fires
Macavity Awards Best Novel nominee (1999) : Home Fires
Agatha Award Best Novel winner (2000) : Storm Track
Agatha Award Best Novel nominee (2003) : Last Lessons of Summer
Agatha Award Best Novel nominee (2004) : High Country Fall
Agatha Award Best Novel nominee (2005) : Rituals of the Season
Macavity Awards Best Novel nominee (2005) : High Country Fall
Agatha Award Best Novel nominee (2007) : Hard Row
Agatha Award Best Novel winner (2011) : Three-Day Town
Agatha Award Best Novel nominee (2012) : The Buzzard Table
Agatha Award Best Novel nominee (2014) : Designated Daughters
Agatha Award Best Contemporary Novel nominee (2014) : Designated Daughters
Agatha Award Best Contemporary Novel winner (2015) : Long Upon the Land
Agatha Award Best Contemporary Novel nominee (2017) : Take Out


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