American writer
Donna Andrews is an American mystery fiction writer of two award-winning amateur sleuth series.
[1]
Early life and education
Sndrews was born in
Yorktown, Virginia (the setting of her Meg Langslow series) and studied English and drama at the
University of Virginia .
[2]
Career
Her first book,
Murder with Peacocks (1999), introduced Meg Langslow, a blacksmith from
Yorktown, Virginia . It won the
St. Martin's Minotaur Best First Traditional Mystery contest, the
Agatha ,
Anthony ,
Barry , and
Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice awards for best first novel, and the
Lefty award for funniest mystery of 1999.
[3] The first novel in the Turing Hopper series, You've Got Murder (2002), debuted a highly unusual sleuth, an
Artificial Intelligence (AI) personality who becomes sentient. It won the
Agatha Award for best mystery that year.
Personal life
Donna Andrews lives and works in
Reston, Virginia .
[3]
Bibliography
The Meg Langslow series
Murder with Peacocks (1999).
ISBN
0312199295
Murder with Puffins (2000).
ISBN
0312262213
Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingos (2001).
ISBN
0312277296
Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon (2003).
ISBN
0312277318
We'll Always Have Parrots (2004).
ISBN
0312277326
Owls Well That Ends Well (2005).
ISBN
0312329385
No Nest for the Wicket (2006).
ISBN
978-0312329402
The Penguin Who Knew Too Much (2007).
ISBN
978-0312329426
Cockatiels at Seven (2008).
ISBN
978-0312377151
Six Geese A-Slaying (2009).
ISBN
978-0312536107
Swan For The Money (2009).
ISBN
978-0312377175
Stork Raving Mad (2010).
ISBN
978-0312621193
The Real Macaw (2011).
ISBN
978-0312621209
Some Like It Hawk (2012).
ISBN
978-1250007506
The Hen of the Baskervilles (2013).
ISBN
978-1250007513
Duck the Halls (2013).
ISBN
978-1250028778
The Good, the Bad, and the Emus (2014).
ISBN
978-1250009500
The Nightingale Before Christmas (2014).
ISBN
978-1250049575
Lord of the Wings (2015).
ISBN
978-1250049582
Die Like an Eagle (2016)
ISBN
978-1250078551
Gone Gull (2017)
ISBN
9781250078568
How the Finch Stole Christmas! (2017)
ISBN
9781250115454
Toucan Keep a Secret (2018)
ISBN
9781250115478
Lark! The Herald Angels Sing (2018)
ISBN
9781250192943
Terns of Endearment (2019)
ISBN
9781250192974
Owl Be Home For Christmas (2019)
ISBN
978-1250305312
The Falcon Always Wings Twice (2020)
ISBN
978-1250193001
Gift of the Magpie (2020)
ISBN
9781250760135
Murder Most Fowl (2021)
ISBN
9781250760166
The Twelve Jays of Christmas (2021)
ISBN
9781250760180
Round Up the Usual Peacocks (2022)
ISBN
9781250760203
Dashing Through the Snowbirds (2022)
ISBN
9781250760227
Birder, She Wrote (2023)
ISBN
9781250760241
Let It Crow! Let It Crow! Let It Crow! (2023)
ISBN
9781250893963
Between a Flock and a Hard Place (2024)
ISBN
9781250894083
Rockin' Around the Chickadee (2024)
ISBN
9781250894359
A Murder Hatched : Collects the first two Meg Langslow novels. Released in 2009 by Macmillan, under its Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books imprint.
[4]
The Two Deadly Doves : Collects two novels, Six Geese A-Slaying and Duck the Halls . Released in 2015 by Macmillan, under its Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books imprint.
Meg Langslow short stories
"A Christmas Rescue" in Two Deadly Doves (2015).
"Night Shades" in Chesapeake Crimes (2004).
"Birthday Dinner" in Death Dines In , Claudia Bishop and Dean James, editors (2004).
The Turing Hopper series
Short stories
"Not Another Secret Passage Story" in School of Hard Knox , (August 2023)
"Something Dark and Dangerous" in Chesapeake Crimes: Magic Is Murder , (August 2022)
"A Night at the Opera" in Monkey Business: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Films of the Marx Brothers , (September 2021)
"Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire" in The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell , (April 2020)
"The Last Caving Trip" in Storm Warning: Chesapeake Crimes 7 , (April 2016)
"A Christmas Trifle" in Homicidal Holidays: Chesapeake Crimes 6 , (September 2014)
"Mean Girls" in This Job Is Murder: Chesapeake Crimes 5 , (May 2012)
"Normal" in
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine , May 2011
"The Plan" in Chesapeake Crimes 4: They Had It Comin' (2010)
"Spellbound" in Unusual Suspects ,
Dana Stabenow , editor (2008)
"The Haire of the Beast" in Wolfsbane and Mistletoe , edited by
Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner (2008)
"A Rat's Tale" in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine , September–October 2007
"Cold Spell" in Powers of Detection , Dana Stabenow, editor (2004)
"An Unkindness of Ravens" in The Mysterious North , Dana Stabenow, editor (2002)
Awards
Donna Andrews has won many industry awards for her fiction.
[4] As of 2009 she has earned 3
Agatha Awards ,
[5] 1
Anthony Award , 1
Barry Award , 2
Lefty Awards , 2 Toby Bromberg Awards and 1
Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award . Andrews has also been nominated for 3
Dilys Awards .
'Murder with Peacocks'
1999 Agatha Award for Best First Novel
[5]
2000 Anthony Award for Best First Novel
[6]
2000 Barry Award for Best First Novel
[7]
2000 Lefty Award
[8]
2000 Finalist for Dilys Award
[9]
1999 Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Best First Mystery
[4]
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'Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingos'
2009 Lefty Award nomination
[8]
'You've Got Murder'
2002 Agatha Award for Best Novel
[5]
2003 Finalist for Dilys Award
[9]
'Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon'
2003 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel
[5]
2003 Toby Bromberg Award for Most Humorous Mystery
[11]
2004 Finalist for Dilys Award
[9]
2004 Lefty Award nomination
[8]
'We'll Always Have Parrots'
2004 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel
[5]
2005 Lefty Award
[8]
'Owl's Well That Ends Well'
2005 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel
[5]
'No Nest for the Wicket'
2007 Lefty Award nomination
[8]
'The Penguin Who Knew Too Much'
2007 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel
[5]
2008 Lefty Award nomination
[8]
"A Rat's Tale" , Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine – Sept/Oct. 2007
2007 Agatha Award for Best Short Story
[5]
'Six Geese A-Slaying'
2008 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel
[5]
2009 Lefty Award nomination
[8]
'Swan For the Money'
2009 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel
[5]
2009 Toby Bromberg Award for Most Humorous Mystery
[11]
2010 Lefty Award nomination
[8]
'Stork Raving Mad'
2010 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel
[5]
2011 Lefty Award nomination
[8]
'The Real Macaw'
2011 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel
[5]
2012 Lefty Award
[8]
Professional memberships
References
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"Donna Andrews: Quotes, Bibliography, Awards, Professional Memberships, and a List of Books by Author Donna Andrews" . www.paperbackswap.com . Retrieved 2018-02-12 .
^ page 10, Great Women Mystery Writers , 2nd Ed. by Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay, 2007, publ. Greenwood Press,
ISBN
0-313-33428-5
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"Donna Andrews's Website – Press Kit:Biographies" . Retrieved 29 January 2017 .
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"All works by Donna Andrews" . Retrieved 29 January 2017 .
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"Past Agatha Award Winners & Nominees" . Archived from
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"Anthony Award Nominees and Winners" . Archived from
the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2014 .
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"Barry Awards" . Archived from
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"Left Coast Crime's Lefty Award Winners" . Retrieved 24 March 2010 .
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"Dilys Award Winners and Nominees" . Archived from
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"1999 RT Book Reviews Reviewer Award Winners" . Archived from
the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2010 .
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"Romantic Times Award Winners" . Archived from
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"Donna Andrews' Website – Biography" . Retrieved 24 March 2010 .
External links
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