Marcia Muller


Marcia Muller is an American author of mystery and thriller novels.
Muller has written many novels featuring her Sharon McCone female private detective character. Vanishing Point won the Shamus Award for Best P.I. Novel. Muller had been nominated for the Shamus Award four times previously.
In 2005, Muller was awarded the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master award.
She was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Birmingham, Michigan, and graduated in English from the University of Michigan and worked as a journalist at Sunset magazine. She is married to detective fiction author Bill Pronzini with whom she has collaborated on several novels.

Awards

In 1993, Muller was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America. In 2010, Muller's character Sharon McCone won the PWA's Hammer Prize.
YearTitleAwardResult
19871001 MidnightsMacavity Award for Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical BookWinner
1990"Deadly Fantasies" in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery MagazineShamus Award for Best Short StoryFinalist
1990The Shape of DreadShamus Award for Best NovelFinalist
1991"Final Resting Place" in Justice for HireShamus Award for Best Short StoryFinalist
1992Where Echoes LiveShamus Award for Best NovelFinalist
1994Wolf in the ShadowsAnthony Award for Best NovelWinner
1994Wolf in the ShadowsDilys AwardFinalist
1994Wolf in the ShadowsEdgar Allan Poe Award for Best NovelFinalist
1994Wolf in the ShadowsShamus Award for Best NovelFinalist
1996A Wild and Lonely PlaceMacavity Award for Best NovelFinalist
2001Listen to the SilenceAnthony Award for Best NovelFinalist
2001Listen to the SilenceShamus Award for Best NovelFinalist
2007Vanishing PointShamus Award for Best NovelFinalist
2010Locked InBarry Award for Best NovelFinalist
2010Locked InShamus Award for Best NovelWinner

Novels

  • The Rockspur Eleven – a YA novel
  • The Arborgate – a supernatural suspense novel
;Sharon McCone series
;Carpenter and Quincannon Mysteries
  1. The Bughouse Affair
  2. The Spook Lights Affair
  3. The Body Snatchers Affair
  4. The Plagues of Thieves Affair
  5. Dangerous Ladies Affair
  6. The Bags of Tricks Affair .
  7. Quarry
;Elena Oliverez series
  1. The Tree of Death
  2. The Legend of the Slain Soldiers
  3. Beyond the Grave
;Joanna Stark series
  1. The Cavalier in White
  2. There Hangs the Knife
  3. Dark Star
;Soledad County series
  1. Point Deception
  2. Cyanide Wells
  3. ''Cape Perdido''

    Anthologies and collections

  • The Web She Weaves
  • Witches Brew: Horror and Supernatural Stories by Women
  • Child's Ploy: An Anthology of Mystery and Suspense Stories
  • She Won the West: An Anthology of Western and Frontier Stories by Women
  • Dark Lessons: Crime and Detection on Campus
  • Kill or Cure: Suspense Stories About the World of Medicine
  • The Deadly Arts: A Collection of Artful Suspense
  • Chapter and Hearse: Suspense Stories About the World of Books
  • The Wickedest Show on Earth: A Carnival of Circus Suspense
  • Partners in Crime
  • Lady on the Case: 21 Stories and 1 Complete Novel Starring the World's Great Female Sleuths
  • Women’s Eye, Woman’s Hand
  • Deceptions
  • Grand Sleuths
  • The McCone Files
  • Detective Duos: The Best Adventures of Twenty-Five Crime-Solving Twosomes
  • Duo
  • McCone and Friends
  • Time of the Wolves
  • Somewhere in the City
  • ''Crucifixion River''

    Non-fiction

  • 1001 Midnights: The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction

    Critical studies and reviews of Muller's work

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