Margaret Maron is an American writer, the author of award-winning mystery novels. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story
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Biography
Maron was born and grew up in central North Carolina. North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States She has also lived in Italy. She and her husband, artist Joe Maron, lived in Brooklyn before returning to her home state where they now live. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City.
Writings
Maron is the author of numerous short stories and more than 20 mystery novels to date. The short story is a literary genre of Fictional Prose Narrative that tends to be more concise and to the point than longer works of fiction such One series of novels features Sigrid Harald, a loner lieutenant in the NYPD whose policeman father was killed in the line of duty when she was a toddler. For the Marvel Comics series see Loners. For the CBS television series see The Loner. Lieutenant (abbreviated Lt or Lieut) is a Military, Naval, Paramilitary, Fire service, Emergency medical services Another series follows the adventures of Judge Deborah Knott, attorney and daughter of an infamous North Carolina bootlegger. Rum-running is the business of Smuggling or transporting of Alcoholic beverages illegally usually to circumvent Taxation or Prohibition.
Awards and recognitions
Her 1992 novel Bootlegger's Daughter was a Washington Post bestseller and swept all the major awards that year, including the Edgar, Anthony, Agatha, and Macavity awards. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D A bestseller is a Book that is identified as extremely popular by its inclusion on lists of currently top selling titles that are based on publishing industry and book trade The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars) named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America. The Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention since 1986 The Agatha Awards are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write mystery novels in the traditional method exemplified by Agatha Christie Mystery Readers International is a fan/reader organization open to all readers fans critics editors publishers and writers of Mystery fiction. She has since won additional Agathas for Up Jumps the Devil (1996), and Storm Track (2000).
Her works have been translated into a dozen languages and are on the reading lists of many courses in contemporary Southern literature. Southern literature (sometimes called the literature of the American South) is defined as American literature about the Southern United States or by writers
Professional activities
Maron is a founding member and past president of Sisters in Crime and of the American Crime Writers' League, and a director on the national board for Mystery Writers of America. Sisters in Crime is an Organization that has 3600 members in 48 chapters world-wide offering networking, advice and support to mystery authors Mystery Writers of America is an organization for mystery writers based in New York.
External links
- Margaret Maron's home page
- Margaret Maron Papers, 1973-1998: Finding Aid
- Works by or about Margaret Maron in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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