Donna Andrews (author) explained

Donna Andrews
Birth Place:Yorktown, Virginia, U.S.
Occupation:Novelist
Alma Mater:University of Virginia
Genre:Mystery
Notableworks:The Meg Langslow series
The Turing Hopper series

Donna Andrews is an American mystery fiction writer of two award-winning amateur sleuth series.[1]

Early life and education

Andrews 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.

Bibliography

The Meg Langslow series

  1. Murder with Peacocks (1999).
  2. Murder with Puffins (2000).
  3. Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingos (2001).
  4. Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon (2003).
  5. We'll Always Have Parrots (2004).
  6. Owls Well That Ends Well (2005).
  7. No Nest for the Wicket (2006).
  8. The Penguin Who Knew Too Much (2007).
  9. Cockatiels at Seven (2008).
  10. Six Geese A-Slaying (2009).
  11. Swan For The Money (2009).
  12. Stork Raving Mad (2010).
  13. The Real Macaw (2011).
  14. Some Like It Hawk (2012).
  15. The Hen of the Baskervilles (2013).
  16. Duck the Halls (2013).
  17. The Good, the Bad, and the Emus (2014).
  18. The Nightingale Before Christmas (2014).
  19. Lord of the Wings (2015).
  20. Die Like an Eagle (2016)
  21. Gone Gull (2017)
  22. How the Finch Stole Christmas! (2017)
  23. Toucan Keep a Secret (2018)
  24. Lark! The Herald Angels Sing (2018)
  25. Terns of Endearment (2019)
  26. Owl Be Home For Christmas (2019)
  27. The Falcon Always Wings Twice (2020)
  28. Gift of the Magpie (2020)
  29. Murder Most Fowl (2021)
  30. The Twelve Jays of Christmas (2021)
  31. Round Up the Usual Peacocks (2022)
  32. Dashing Through the Snowbirds (2022)
  33. Birder, She Wrote (2023)
  34. Let It Crow! Let It Crow! Let It Crow! (2023)
  35. Between a Flock and a Hard Place (2024)
  36. Rockin' Around the Chickadee (2024)

Meg Langslow short stories

The Turing Hopper series

Short stories

Awards

Donna Andrews has won many industry awards for her fiction. As of 2009 she has earned 3 Agatha Awards, 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'

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'Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingos'

'You've Got Murder'

'Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon'

'We'll Always Have Parrots'

'Owl's Well That Ends Well'

'No Nest for the Wicket'

'The Penguin Who Knew Too Much'

"A Rat's Tale", Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine – Sept/Oct. 2007

'Six Geese A-Slaying'

'Swan For the Money'

'Stork Raving Mad'

'The Real Macaw'

Professional memberships

References

  1. Web site: Donna Andrews: Quotes, Bibliography, Awards, Professional Memberships, and a List of Books by Author Donna Andrews. www.paperbackswap.com. 2018-02-12.
  2. page 10, Great Women Mystery Writers, 2nd Ed. by Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay, 2007, publ. Greenwood Press,
  3. Web site: Donna Andrews's Website – Press Kit:Biographies . 29 January 2017.
  4. Web site: All works by Donna Andrews . 29 January 2017.
  5. Web site: Past Agatha Award Winners & Nominees . 24 March 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100412020049/http://www.malicedomestic.org/agathaawards_past.html . 12 April 2010 .
  6. Web site: Anthony Award Nominees and Winners . 2 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120207060829/http://www.bouchercon.info/nominees.html . February 7, 2012 .
  7. Web site: Barry Awards . 24 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120423032903/http://www.deadlypleasures.com/barry.html . 23 April 2012 . dead .
  8. Web site: Left Coast Crime's Lefty Award Winners . 24 March 2010.
  9. Web site: Dilys Award Winners and Nominees . 24 March 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100412150011/http://www.mysterybooksellers.com/dilys-award . 2010-04-12 .
  10. Web site: 1999 RT Book Reviews Reviewer Award Winners . 24 March 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070808033718/http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php?type=book&level=2&year=1999 . 8 August 2007 .
  11. Web site: Romantic Times Award Winners . 24 March 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100418002017/http://www.romantictimes.com/books_awards.php . 18 April 2010 .
  12. Web site: Donna Andrews' Website – Biography . 24 March 2010.

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