Nancy Pickard


Nancy Pickard 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.

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
  • 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

  • 2001 Naked Came the Phoenix Marcia Talley, ed.

  • 2006 The Virgin of Small Plains
  • 2010 ''The Scent of Rain and Lightning''

    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''

    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''