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Sharyn McCrumb

(b.1948)

Sharyn McCrumb is a New York Times bestselling author whose work has been cited for "Outstanding Contribution to Appalachian Literature." She has received the Chaffin and Plattner Awards for Southern fiction, two Best Appalachian Novel awards, and many other honors. She launched her acclaimed Appalachian Ballad novel series with If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O.

Sharyn McCrumb has been writer-in-residence at King College (Tennessee) and Shepherd College (West Virginia), and she has lectured on her work at universities and libraries throughout the United States and Europe. She lives and writes in the Virginia Blue Ridge.

Genres: Mystery

Series

Elizabeth MacPherson
   1. Sick of Shadows (1984)
   2. Lovely in Her Bones (1985)
   3. Highland Laddie Gone (1986)
   4. Paying the Piper (1988)
   5. The Windsor Knot (1990)
   6. Missing Susan (1991)
   7. Macpherson's Lament (1992)
   8. If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him... (1995)
   9. The PMS Outlaws (2000)

Bimbos of the Death Sun
1. Bimbos of the Death Sun (1987)
2. Zombies of the Gene Pool (1992)

Ballad
   1. If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O (1990)
     aka If Ever I Return
   2. The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter (1992)
   3. She Walks These Hills (1994)
   4. The Rosewood Casket (1996)
   5. The Ballad of Frankie Silver (1998)
   6. The Song Catcher (2001)
   7. Ghost Riders (2003)
   8. The Devil Amongst the Lawyers (2010)
   9. The Ballad of Tom Dooley (2011)
   10. King's Mountain (2013)
   Nora Bonesteel's Christmas Past (2014)
   11. Prayers the Devil Answers (2016)
   12. The Unquiet Grave (2017)

Novels

   St. Dale (2005)
   Once Around the Track (2007)
   Faster Pastor (2010) (with Adam Edwards)

Collections

   Our Separate Days (1989)
   Foggy Mountain Breakdown (1997)
   Fairy Tale Princesses of the Civil War (2012)

Non fiction

Sharyn McCrumb's Appalachia (2011)

Omnibus editions

Great Cat Mysteries (1996) (with Joan Hess and Larry Segriff)

Series contributed to

Malice Domestic
7. Malice Domestic 7 (1998)

Transgressions
Death's Betrayal (2005) (with Jeffery Deaver)

Anthologies containing stories by Sharyn McCrumb

The Best of the Best (1998)

Short stories

An Autumn Migration (1998)

Awards

	Agatha Award Best Novel nominee (1988) : Paying the Piper
	Macavity Awards Best Novel winner (1991) : If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O
	Agatha Award Best Novel nominee (1992) : The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
	Agatha Award Best Novel winner (1994) : She Walks These Hills
	Agatha Award Best Novel winner (1995) : If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him...
	Anthony Awards Best Novel winner (1995) : She Walks These Hills
	Macavity Awards Best Novel winner (1995) : She Walks These Hills
	Dilys Awards Best Book nominee (1996) : If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him...

Sharyn McCrumb recommends

Shadow Knight's Mate (2014)
Jay Brandon
"Brandon does for politics what Dan Brown did for religion."

The River Witch (2012)
Kimberly Brock
"There is magic and wonder in "The River Witch," but the real enchantment here is the strength of the characters Roslyn and Damascus."

The First (2009)
Scott Nicholson
"A literary shadow land between Ray Bradbury and Neil Gaiman."

Signs in the Blood (2005)
(Elizabeth Goodweather Appalachian Mystery, book 1)
Vicki Lane
"An exotic and colorful picture of Appalachia from an outsider's perspective - through a glass darkly... Suspenseful."

Is There a Dead Man in the House (1998)
(Peaches Dann, book 5)
Elizabeth Daniels Squire
"How can peaches be a detective if she can't remember anything? The feisty but absentminded sleuth is... practical, funny, charming, middle-aged - and memorable!"

A Holly Jolly Murder (1997)
(Claire Malloy, book 12)
Joan Hess
"Joan of Ark, is the patron saint of comic mystery."