Anne Emery Explained

Anne Emery
Birth Place:Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada[1]
Occupation:Author
Genre:Crime fiction
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Anne Emery is a Canadian writer of murder mystery novels and a lawyer. Emery has been awarded the 2019 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel,[2] silver medal in the 2011 Independent Publisher Book Awards,[3] and the 2007 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel.[4] In 2023, Emery's novel Fenian Street was shortlisted for the Crime Writers of Canada Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery.[5] She has published twelve novels in her Collins-Burke mystery series,[6] which features Monty Collins, a Hallifax lawyer, and Father Brennan Burke, a Catholic priest and choirmaster, and a stand-alone novel.

Personal life

Emery was raised in Moncton, New Brunswick in an Irish Catholic family.[7] She graduated from St. Francis Xavier University and Dalhousie Law School. During the lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic, Emery walked every street on the Halifax peninsula, crossing off the final street in September 2020.[8]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anne Emery . 15 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190815150040/http://anneemery.com/ . 15 August 2019 . live .
  2. News: van Koeverden . Jane . Anne Emery wins best crime novel award for Though the Heavens Fall . 10 August 2019 . CBC . May 24, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190817042448/https://www.cbc.ca/books/anne-emery-wins-best-crime-novel-award-for-though-the-heavens-fall-1.5147563 . 17 August 2019 . live .
  3. Web site: 2011 Independent Publisher Book Awards Results Announcement . Independent Publisher . 10 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190802230936/http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1442 . 2 August 2019 . live .
  4. Web site: Arthur Ellis Awards - 2007 Winners. Crime Writers of Canada. https://web.archive.org/web/20190810235518/https://www.crimewriterscanada.com/awards/arthur-ellis-awards/past-winners/63-books/ccc-previous-issues/367-arthur-ellis-2007-winners. 2019-08-10. 2019-08-10. live.
  5. Web site: Crime Writers of Canada announces awards shortlists . Quill and Quire - Canada's magazine of book news and reviews . April 21, 2023 . April 21, 2023.
  6. Web site: Six women mystery writers to add to your reading list. 2017-10-12. Quill and Quire. 2019-08-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20190811002742/https://quillandquire.com/omni/six-women-mystery-writers-to-add-to-your-reading-list/. 2019-08-11. live.
  7. News: Telegraph-Journal . Saint John, New Brunswick . August 27, 2011 . F4 . Six must-read literary ladies . .
  8. News: Chronicle-Herald . Halifax, Nova Scotia . 15 September 2020 . A5 . DeMont . John . Writer finding distraction and inspiration on Halifax's streets . .
  9. Web site: Distractions Hinder Barrington Street Blues . Houston Chronicle . 11 May 2008 . 15 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190815151049/https://www.chron.com/life/books/article/Distractions-hinder-Barrington-Street-Blues-1762719.php . 15 August 2019 . live .
  10. Web site: Cecilian Vespers . Quill & Quire . 2 July 2009 . 15 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190815151419/https://quillandquire.com/review/cecilian-vespers/ . 15 August 2019 . live .
  11. Web site: Writer finding distraction and inspiration on Halifax's streets. Chronicle Herald. DeMont. John. September 15, 2020.
  12. News: Books: Murder, mayhem and a miracle, too . 11 August 2019 . London Free Press . November 29, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190811003649/https://lfpress.com/2013/11/29/books-murder-mayhem-and-a-miracle-too/wcm/f2eea680-72d9-bb9d-c400-17dbf998057d . 11 August 2019 . live .
  13. Web site: 2014 Atlantic Book Awards . Atlantic Books Today . 15 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190815150504/https://atlanticbookstoday.ca/2014-atlantic-book-awards-shortlists/ . 15 August 2019 . live .
  14. Web site: Anne Emery's Search for a Missing Girl. Fegan. Heather. 2017-03-28. Atlantic Books Today. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20190811000317/https://atlanticbookstoday.ca/anne-emerys-search-for-a-missing-girl/. 2019-08-11. 2019-08-11. live.
  15. News: Review: New crime fiction from Peter Robinson, Graham Moore and Anne Emery. 2019-08-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20170101183036/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/review-new-crime-fiction-from-peter-robinson-graham-moore-and-anne-emery/article32360878/. 2017-01-01. live.
  16. Web site: Though the Heavens Fall by Anne Emery. Hawkin. Wendy. Feb 2, 2019. Ottawa Review of Books. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20190810235924/https://www.ottawareviewofbooks.com/single-post/2019/02/02/Though-the-Heavens-Fall-by-Anne-Emery. August 10, 2019. 2019-08-10. live.
  17. Web site: Ireland's troubles entangle lawyer, priest in Heaven's Fall. Barfoot. Joan. 2018-10-12. London Free Press. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20190811003216/https://lfpress.com/entertainment/books/irelands-troubles-entangle-lawyer-priest-in-heavens-fall. 2019-08-11. 2019-08-11. live.
  18. News: Cannon. Margaret. May 24, 2020. Six new mystery books – including an unintentionally timely epidemic thriller. The Globe and Mail. 2020-05-26.
  19. Publishers Weekly . June 18, 2021 . 268 . 25 . Cannon . Peter . Fall 2021 Announcements . 26 . .
  20. Web site: Lawlor . Allison . The Book Shelf: Murder most foul in Anne Emery's latest mystery novel . SaltWire . June 7, 2022 . September 3, 2022.

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