Alane Ferguson Explained

Alane Ferguson (born 1957) is an American author. She won the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery novel in 1990 for Show Me the Evidence.^[1]

Ferguson was born in Cumberland, Maryland, in 1957. Her mother is children's author Gloria Skurzynski. Ferguson collaborated with her mother on a series of novels titled Mysteries in Our National Parks for the National Geographic Society.^[2]

Ferguson is the author of many novels and mysteries, including the Edgar Award-winning Show Me The Evidence. She does intensive research for her books by attending autopsies and interviewing forensic pathologists.

Works

• The Dying Breath, September 2009
• Circle Of Blood, Viking, 2007 hardcover, 2007
• Angel of Death, Viking, 2006 hardcover, 2006
• The Christopher Killer, Viking, 2006 hardcover, 2006
• Buried Alive, National Geographic, 2003 paperback, 2003
• Escape from Fear, National Geographic, 2002 paperback, 2002
• Out of the Deep, National Geographic, 2002 paperback, 2002
• Running Scared, National Geographic, 2002 paperback. 2002
• Over the Edge, National Geographic, 2001 paperback, 2001
• Valley of Death, National Geographic, 2001 paperback, 2001
• Ghost Horses, National Geographic, 2000 paperback, 2001
• The Hunted, National Geographic, 2000 paperback, 2001
• Deadly Waters, National Geographic, 1999 paperback, 2001
• Cliff-Hanger, National Geographic, 1999 paperback, 2001
• Rage of Fire, National Geographic, 1998 paperback, 2001
• Wolf Stalker, National Geographic, 1997 paperback, 2001
• The Mystery of the Fire in the Sky, Troll Associates|Troll Books, 1997
  • The Mystery of the Vanishing Creatures, Troll Books, 1996
• The Mystery of the Spooky Shadow, Troll Books, 1996
• Secrets, Simon & Schuster, 1997
• Night Terrors, an anthology, 1996
• See You in September, Avon Books, 1995
• A Tumbleweed Christmas, Bradbury Press, 1995
• Poison, Bradbury Press, 1994
• Stardust, Bradbury Press, 1993
• Overkill, Bradbury Press, 1992
• The Practical Joke War, Bradbury Press, 1991
• Cricket and the Crackerbox Kid, Bradbury Press, 1990
• Show Me the Evidence, Bradbury Press, 1989
• That New Pet, Lothrop Lee & Shephard, 1987

External links

• The Gloria Skurzynski Papers

Notes and References

1. Web site: Best Young Adult Mystery Book Edgar Award Winners and Nominees - Complete Lists . 2009-03-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090303135424/http://www.mysterynet.com/edgars/previous/youngadult.shtml . 2009-03-03 . dead .
2. Web site: Gloria Skurzynski Papers . University of PIttsburgh ULS . 16 March 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150404061431/http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=ascead%3Bcc%3Dascead%3Bq1%3Dskurzynski%3Brgn%3Dmain%3Bview%3Dtext%3Bdidno%3DUS-PPiU-sc201302 . 4 April 2015 .