G. M. Malliet
G. M. Malliet is an American author of mystery novels and short stories. She is best known as the author of the award-winning Detective Chief Inspector St. Just mysteries and the Rev. Max Tudor mysteries. The first book in her US-based series, Augusta Hawke, appeared in 2022.
Malliet's first books followed DCI St. Just on a series of cases, all of which involved writers of mystery novels and other genres.[1][2] Her second series, the Max Tudor mysteries, takes place in the fictional English town of Nether Monkslip, and features a vicar who is a former MI5 agent.[3] Her third series, the Augusta Hawke mysteries, takes place in Old Town, Virginia, US, and features a crime writer turned sleuth and private eye.
Awards and honors
Her first novel, Death of a Cozy Writer, won the 2008 Agatha Award for Best First Novel,[4] and her books Wicked Autumn, A Fatal Winter, Pagan Spring, and A Demon Summer have all been short-listed for the Agatha Best Novel award.[5] She received a Malice Domestic Grant in 2003 to write Death of a Cozy Writer.[6]
Malliet's books Death of a Cozy Writer and Death and the Lit Chick were both nominated for Anthony Awards.[7] Death of a Cozy Writer was also nominated for the Macavity Award for Best First Mystery.[8] Several of her short stories - published in anthologies, in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and in The Strand - have been nominated for writing awards.
She is represented by Mark Gottlieb of Trident Media Group in New York City.
Books
Max Tudor Series
- Wicked Autumn, St. Martin's Press, 2011
- A Fatal Winter, St. Martin's Press, 2012
- Pagan Spring, St. Martin's Press, 2013
- A Demon Summer, St. Martin's Press, 2014
- The Haunted Season, St. Martin's Press, 2015
- Devil's Breath, St. Martin's Press, 2017
- In Prior's Wood, St. Martin's Press, 2018
- The Washing Away of Wrongs, Little, Brown, 2023
St. Just Series
- Death of a Cozy Writer, Midnight Ink, 2008
- Death and the Lit Chick, Midnight Ink, 2009
- Death at the Alma Mater, Midnight Ink, 2010
- Death in Cornwall, Canongate/Severn House, 2021
- Death in Print, Canongate/Severn House, 2023
Augusta Hawke Series
- Augusta Hawke, Canongate/Severn House, 2022
- Invitation to a Killer, Canongate/Severn House, 2023
Standalone Suspense
- Weycombe, Midnight Ink, 2017
References
- ^ Death of a Cozy Writer, Kirkus Reviews, April 1, 2008.
- ^ Death and the Lit Chick, Publishers Weekly, February 23, 2009.
- ^ "Raising a Killer", The New York Times, Marilyn Stasio, November 3, 2011.
- ^ Agatha Awards Past Winners and Nominees Archived 2010-04-12 at the Wayback Machine, accessed September 8, 2014.
- ^ Agatha Awards, accessed September 8, 2014.
- ^ Malice Domestic Grants, accessed September 8, 2014.
- ^ Anthony Award Nominees and Winners Archived February 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, accessed September 8, 2014.
- ^ Macavity Awards, accessed September 8, 2014.
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- Elizabeth George (1988)
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- Barbara Neely (1992)
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- Caroline and Charles Todd (2013)
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- Laurie R. King (2015)
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- Rhys Bowen (2017)
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- Edith Maxwell (2019)
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- Mo Moulton (2019)
- Christina Lane (2020)
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- Aaron Elkins and Charlotte Elkins (1992)
- M. D. Lake (1993)
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- Elizabeth Daniels (1995)
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- Barbara D'Amato (1998)
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- Katherine Hall Page (2001)
- Margaret Maron and Marcia Talley (2002)
- Elizabeth Foxwell (2003)
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- Leslie Budewitz and Tara Laskowski (2018) (tie)
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Young Adult Fiction
- Penny Warner (2001)
- Daniel J. Hale & Matthew LaBrot (2002)
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- Penny Warner (2014)
- Amanda Flower (2015)
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- Cindy Callaghan (2017)
- Frances Schoonmaker (2019)
- Richard Narvaez (2020)
for Lifetime Achievement
- Phyllis A. Whitney (1990)
- Mignon G. Eberhart (1994)
- Mary Stewart (1996)
- Emma Lathen (1997)
- Charlotte MacLeod (1998)
- Patricia Moyes (1999)
- Dick Francis (2000)
- Mildred Benson (2001)
- Tony Hillerman (2002)
- Barbara Mertz, Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels (2003)
- Marian Babson (2004)
- H.R.F. Keating (2005)
- Robert Barnard (2006)
- Carolyn Hart (2007)
- Peter Lovesey (2008)
- Anne Perry (2009)
- Mary Higgins Clark (2010)
- Sue Grafton (2011)
- Simon Brett (2012)
- Aaron Elkins (2013)
- Dorothy Cannell, Joan Hess and Margaret Maron (2014)
- Sara Paretsky (2015)
- Katherine Hall Page (2016)
- Charlaine Harris (2017)
- Nancy Pickard (2018)
Poirot Award
- David Suchet (2003)
- Ruth Cavin (2004)
- Angela Lansbury (2005)
- Douglas G. Greene (2006)
- Janet Hutchings and Linda Landrigan (2008)
- Kate Stine and Brian Skupin (2009)
- William Link (2010)
- Janet Rudolph (2011)
- Lee Goldberg (2012)
- Tom Schantz (2014)
- Barbara G. Peters (2016)
- Martin Edwards (2017)
- Brenda Blethyn (2018)