Marcia Muller

Marcia Muller
Born (1944-09-28) September 28, 1944 (age 82)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Michigan
OccupationWriter
SpouseBill Pronzini
Writing career
GenreThriller/mystery
Websitewww.marciamullerbooks.com

Marcia Muller (born September 28, 1944) 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 (PWA). In 2010, Muller's character Sharon McCone won the PWA's Hammer Prize.

Awards for Muller's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
1987 1001 Midnights Macavity Award for Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical Book Winner
1990 "Deadly Fantasies" in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine Shamus Award for Best Short Story Finalist
The Shape of Dread Shamus Award for Best Novel Finalist
1991 "Final Resting Place" in Justice for Hire Shamus Award for Best Short Story Finalist
1992 Where Echoes Live Shamus Award for Best Novel Finalist
1994 Wolf in the Shadows Anthony Award for Best Novel Winner
Dilys Award Finalist
Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel Finalist
Shamus Award for Best Novel Finalist
1996 A Wild and Lonely Place Macavity Award for Best Novel Finalist
2001 Listen to the Silence Anthony Award for Best Novel Finalist
Shamus Award for Best Novel Finalist
2007 Vanishing Point Shamus Award for Best Novel Finalist
2010 Locked In Barry Award for Best Novel Finalist
Shamus Award for Best Novel Winner

Published works

Novels

Sharon McCone series
  1. Edwin of the Iron Shoes (October, 1977)
  2. Ask the Cards A Question (May, 1982)
  3. The Cheshire Cat's Eye (January, 1983)
  4. Games to Keep the Dark Away (1984)
  5. Leave A Message for Willie (September, 1984)
  6. Double (October, 1984) (co-written with her husband, Bill Pronzini, also a crossover with Pronzini's Nameless Detective series)
  7. There's Nothing to Be Afraid of (August, 1985)
  8. Eye of the Storm (March, 1988)
  9. There's Something in A Sunday (January, 1989)
  10. The Shape of Dread (November, 1989)
  11. Trophies and Dead Things (September, 1990)
  12. Where Echoes Live (July, 1991)
  13. Pennies on A Dead Woman's Eyes (July, 1992)
  14. Wolf in the Shadows (July, 1993)
  15. Till the Butchers Cut Him Down (July, 1994)
  16. A Wild and Lonely Place (August, 1995)
  17. The Broken Promise Land (June, 1996)
  18. Both Ends of the Night (July, 1997)
  19. While Other People Sleep (July, 1998)
  20. A Walk Through the Fire (May, 1999)
  21. Listen to the Silence (July, 2000)
  22. Dead Midnight (July, 2002)
  23. The Dangerous Hour (July, 2004)
  24. Vanishing Point (July, 2006)
  25. The Ever-Running Man (July, 2007)
  26. Burn Out (October, 2008)
  27. Locked In (October, 2009)
  28. Coming Back (October, 2010)
  29. City of Whispers (October, 2011)
  30. Looking For Yesterday (November, 2012)
  31. The Night Searchers (July, 2014)
  32. Someone Always Knows (July, 2016)
  33. The Color of Fear (August, 2017)
  34. The Breakers (August, 2018)
  35. Ice and Stone (August, 2021)
  36. Circle in the Water (April, 2024)
Carpenter and Quincannon Mysteries
  1. The Bughouse Affair (2013) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
  2. The Spook Lights Affair (2013) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
  3. The Body Snatchers Affair (2015) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
  4. The Plagues of Thieves Affair (2016) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
  5. Dangerous Ladies Affair (2017) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
  6. The Bags of Tricks Affair (2018) (Pronzini & Muller).
  7. Quarry (Pronzini & Muller, 2019)
Elena Oliverez series
  1. The Tree of Death (1983)
  2. The Legend of the Slain Soldiers (1985)
  3. Beyond the Grave (1986) (co-written with Bill Pronzini)
Joanna Stark series
  1. The Cavalier in White (1986)
  2. There Hangs the Knife (1988)
  3. Dark Star (1989)
Soledad County series
  1. Point Deception (2001)
  2. Cyanide Wells (2003)
  3. Cape Perdido (2005)

Anthologies and collections

Non-fiction

References

  1. ↑ All Book Store bibliography Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 8th December 2007
  2. ↑ Hachette Book Group USA Archived 2007-11-17 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 8th December 2007
  3. ↑ Shamus Awards Archive Archived 2011-08-07 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 8th December 2007
  4. ↑ Fantastic Fiction Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 8th December 2007
  5. ↑ page 181, Great Women Mystery Writers, 2nd Ed. by Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay, 2007, publ. Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-33428-5
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "The Private Eye Writers of America and The Shamus Awards". Thrilling Detective. Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  7. ↑ "Macavity Awards". Mystery Readers International. Archived from the original on 2019-04-05. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Marcia Muller". Stop, You're Killing Me!. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  9. ↑ "The Anthony Awards: A Literary Award for Crime Fiction". Crime Fiction Awards. Archived from the original on 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  10. ↑ "The DILYS AWARD". Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. Archived from the original on April 12, 2010. Retrieved June 18, 2010.

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