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Wikipedia / Nancy Pickard

Nancy Pickard (born September 19, 1945, in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American crime novelist. She has won five Macavity Awards, four Agatha Awards, an Anthony Award, and a Shamus Award. She is the only author to win all four awards. She also served on the board of directors of the Mystery Writers of America. She received a degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri and began writing when she was 35 years old.

She is frequently a panelist at the Great Manhattan Mystery Conclave, a convention for mystery writers and mystery fans in Manhattan, Kansas.

In 2017 her novel The Scent of Rain and Lightning was adapted into a film of the same name.

Published works

Jenny Cain series

  • 1984 Generous Death

  • 1985 Say No to Murder

  • 1986 No Body

  • 1987 Marriage is Murder

  • 1988 Dead Crazy

  • 1990 Bum Steer

  • 1991 I.O.U.

  • 1993 But I Wouldn't Want to Die There

  • 1994 Confession

  • 1995 Twilight

Eugenia Potter Series

  • 1992 The 27-Ingredient Chili Con Carne Murders (w/Virginia Rich)

  • 1998 The Blue Corn Murders

  • 2001 The Secret Ingredient Murders

Marie Lightfoot series

  • 2000 The Whole Truth

  • 2001 Ring of Truth

  • 2002 The Truth Hurts

Non-series novels

Short stories

  • 1981 "A Man Around the House"

  • 1987 "I, Witness"

  • 1989 "Afraid All the Time"

  • 1989 "The Dead Past"

  • 1990 "Storm Warnings"

  • 1991 "Dust Devil"

  • 1991 "Lazy Susan"

  • 1991 "The Scar"

  • 1992 "Every Wednesday"

  • 1992 "Fat Cat"

  • 1992 "Sex and Violence"

  • 1994 "Sign of the Times"

  • 1995 "Speak No Evil"

  • 1995 "Valentine's Night"

  • 1996 "A Rock and a Hard Place"

  • 1997 "Dr. Couch Saves a Cat"

  • 1997 "It Had to Be You"

  • 1997 "Lady Finch-Waller Regrets"

  • 1997 "Love's Cottage"

  • 1997 "The Potluck Supper Murders"

  • 1998 "Dr. Couch Saves a Bird"

  • 1998 "The Private Life of a Private Eye"

  • 1999 "The First Ladies' Secret"

  • 1999 "Nine Points for Murder"

  • 1999 "Out of Africa"

  • 1999 "Verdict"

  • 2000 "Afraid of the Dark"

  • 2001 "Lucky Devil"

  • 2001 "Tea for Two"

  • 2002 "Dr. Couch Saves a President"

  • 2002 "Old Eyes"

  • 2005 "There is No Crime on Easter Island"

Short story anthologies

  • 1994 Nancy Pickard presents Malice Domestic 3

  • 1999 Storm Warnings

  • 1999 The First Lady Murders

  • 1999 Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder

Non-fiction

  • 2003 Seven Steps on the Writer's Path (with Lynn Lott)

Awards and recognition

  • 1986 Anthony award winner, best paperback original, Say No to Murder

  • 1987 Anthony award nominee, best novel, No Body

  • 1988 Agatha award nominee, best novel, Dead Crazy

  • 1988 Anthony award nominee, best novel, Marriage is Murder

  • 1988 Macavity award winner, best novel, Marriage is Murder

  • 1989 Agatha award nominee, best short story, "Afraid All The Time"

  • 1990 Edgar award nominee, best short story, "Afraid All the Time"

  • 1990 Agatha award winner, best novel, Bum Steer

  • 1990 Anthony award winner, best short story, "Afraid All the Time"

  • 1990 Macavity award winner, best short story, "Afraid All the Time"

  • 1991 Agatha award winner, best novel, I.O.U.

  • 1991 Shamus award winner, best short story, "Dust Devil"

  • 1992 Anthony award nominee, best novel, I.O.U.

  • 1992 Edgar award nominee, best mystery novel, I.O.U.

  • 1992 Macavity award winner, best novel, I.O.U.

  • 1995 Agatha award nominee, best novel, Twilight

  • 1999 Agatha award winner, best short story, "Out of Africa"

  • 2000 Edgar award nominee, best novel, The Whole Truth

  • 2001 Macavity award nominee, best mystery novel, The Whole Truth

  • 2006 Agatha award winner, best novel, The Virgin of Small Plains

  • 2006 Anthony award nominee, best novel, The Virgin of Small Plains

  • 2006 Edgar award nominee, best novel, The Virgin of Small Plains

  • 2006 Macavity award winner, best short story, "There Is No Crime on Easter Island"

  • 2007 Macavity award winner, best mystery novel, The Virgin of Small Plains

  • 2008 Agatha award nominee, best short story, "A Nice Old Guy"

  • 2011 Macavity award nominee, best mystery novel, The Scent of Rain and Lightning

References

• Interview with Nancy Pickard, A DISCUSSION WITH National Authors on Tour TV Series, Episode #56 (1993)