American crime fiction writer (1938?2021)
Margaret Maron
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Born
| Margaret Brown
(
1938-08-25
)
August 25, 1938
Greensboro, North Carolina
, U.S.
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Died
| February 23, 2021
(2021-02-23)
(aged 82)
Raleigh, North Carolina
, U.S.
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Occupation
| Novelist
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Language
| English
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Period
| 1981?2021
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Genre
| Mystery
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Notable works
| Deborah Knott
series,
Sigrid Harald
series
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Spouse
|
Joseph John Maron
(
m.
1959)
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Children
| 1
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Margaret Maron
(
nee
Brown
; August 25, 1938 ? February 23, 2021)
[1]
was an American writer, the author of award-winning
mystery
novels.
[2]
Biography
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Maron was born in
Greensboro, North Carolina
, and grew up in central
Johnston County
;
[3]
she had also lived in Italy.
[4]
She and her husband, artist Joe Maron, lived in
Brooklyn
before returning to her home state in 1972. Maron died of complications from a stroke.
Career
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Writing
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Maron was the author of numerous
short stories
and more than 20 mystery novels to date.
[
as of?
]
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 (
The Right Jack
: a Sigrid Harald Mystery). Another series follows the adventures of Judge Deborah Knott, attorney and daughter of an infamous North Carolina
bootlegger
.
Her works have been translated into a dozen languages and are on the reading lists of many courses in contemporary
Southern literature
, as well as Crime and Mystery literature courses.
[5]
[6]
Professional activities
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Maron was 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
. She was a keynote speaker at the Great Manhattan Mystery Conclave in 2004.
Awards and recognition
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Maron received a number of awards for her work from the various awarding bodies of the mystery fiction genre.
Her first novel to receive recognition was
Corpus Christmas
, which was nominated for the 1989
Agatha Award
and the
1990 Anthony Award
in the "Best Novel" category.
[7]
[8]
Her first short story to be met with critical acclaim was "Deborah's Judgment", which won the 1991 Agatha Award and was also nominated for the
Anthony Award
and the
Macavity Award
the following year for "Best Short-story".
[7]
[8]
[9]
Her novel
Bootlegger's Daughter
was very well received, winning the 1992 Agatha and the
Anthony
,
Edgar
and Macavity awards for "Best Novel" the following year.
[7]
[8]
[9]
[10]
Additionally in 1993, Maron's short story "...That Married Dear Old Dad" was nominated for the "Best Short-story" Agatha and her novel
Southern Discomfort
was nominated for the "Best Novel" Agatha award.
[7]
Southern Discomfort
was again honoured the following year, picking up a nomination at the
1994 Anthony Awards
, again for "Best Novel".
[8]
Up Jumps The Devil
won the 1996 "Best Novel" Agatha Award; two years later her novel
Home Fires
was nominated for this same honour, as well as a Macavity nomination in 1999.
[7]
[9]
2000 brought yet another Agatha Award nomination for
Storm Track
.
[7]
Short story "Virgo in Sapphires" was nominated for the 2001 Agatha, the 2002 Edgar and the
2002 Anthony Awards
in the "Best Short-story" category;
[7]
[8]
[11]
the latter being the same year that another of her short-stories, "The Dog That Didn't Bark", won the Agatha Award.
[7]
Last Lessons of Summer
was nominated for an Agatha Award in 2003;
High Country Fall
was nominated for an Agatha Award in 2004 and also picked up a Macavity nomination the following year,
[9]
the same year in which her novel
Rituals of the Season
picked up yet another Agatha nomination.
[7]
Hard Row
also received an Agatha Award nomination, this time in 2007.
[7]
Three-Day Town
won the 2011 Agatha Award for "Best Novel".
[12]
Maron received an honorary doctorate from and gave the commencement address to the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
in May 2010, where she was a student for two years.
[13]
In 2016, she was inducted into the
North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame
.
Bibliography
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Judge Deborah Knott series
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- Bootlegger's Daughter
, 1992
- Southern Discomfort
, 1993
- Shooting at Loons
, 1994
- Up Jumps the Devil
, 1996
- Killer Market
, 1997
- Home Fires
, 1998
- Storm Track
, 2000
- Uncommon Clay
, 2001
- Slow Dollar
, 2002
- High Country Fall
, 2004
- Rituals of the Season
, 2005
- Winter's Child
, 2006
- Hard Row
, 2007
- Death’s Half-Acre
, 2008
- Sand Sharks
, 2009
- Christmas Mourning
, 2010
- Three-Day Town
, 2011 (cross-over with Sigrid Harald)
- The Buzzard Table
, 2012
- Designated Daughters
, 2014
- Long Upon the Land
, 2015
Sigrid Harald series
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- One Coffee With
, 1981
- Death of a Butterfly
, 1984
- Death in Blue Folders
, 1985
- The Right Jack
, 1987
- Baby Doll Games
, 1988
- Corpus Christmas
, 1989
- Past Imperfect
, 1991
- Fugitive Colors
, 1995
- Take Out
, 2017
Non-series
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Novels
- Bloody Kin
, 1985 (
prequel
to Judge Deborah Knott series; First "Colleton County" book)
- Last Lessons of Summer
, 2003
Collections and anthologies
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Title
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Contents
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Publication
Date
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Publisher
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Shoveling Smoke
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1997
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Crippen & Landru
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Suitable for Hanging
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The Early Retirement of Mario Colletti
Devil's Island
To Hide a Tree
Croquet's Summer
"That Married Dear Old Dad"
Craquelure
Lost and Found
Shaggy Dog
No, I'm Not Jane Marple, But Since You Ask
The Stupid Pet Trick
Roman's Holiday
Half of Something
Growth Marks
Virgo in Sapphires
The Third Element
What's in a Name
Mixed Blessings
Till 3:45
The Choice
The Dog that Didn't Bark
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2004
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Crippen & Landru
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Crimes By Moonlight
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Small Change
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2010
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Berkley Publishing (ebook)
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References
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- ^
"Margaret Maron Obituary"
.
legacy.com
. The News & Observer. February 23, 2021
. Retrieved
February 25,
2021
.
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"Margaret Maron"
.
Hachette Book Group
. June 28, 2017
. Retrieved
December 15,
2023
.
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page 156,
Great Women Mystery Writers
, 2nd Ed. by Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay, 2007, publ. Greenwood Press,
ISBN
0-313-33428-5
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"Author Margaret Maron's official web site"
. Margaretmaron.com
. Retrieved
March 21,
2012
.
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"English 207 Syllabus"
.
www.maryadams.net
. Retrieved
October 19,
2018
.
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de Guzman, Ben.
"Science Fiction, Mystery, and Horror Literature"
(PDF)
. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on October 19, 2018
. Retrieved
October 19,
2018
.
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"Malice Domestic Convention - Bethesda, MD"
. Malicedomestic.org. August 23, 1988. Archived from
the original
on April 12, 2010
. Retrieved
March 21,
2012
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"Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards Nominees"
. Bouchercon.info. October 2, 2003. Archived from
the original
on February 7, 2012
. Retrieved
March 21,
2012
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a
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"Mystery Readers International's Macavity Awards"
. Mysteryreaders.org
. Retrieved
March 21,
2012
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"Best Mystery Novel Edgar Award Winners and Nominees - Complete Lists"
. Mysterynet.com
. Retrieved
March 21,
2012
.
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"Edgar Award Winners and Nominees in the Private Eye Genre"
. Thrillingdetective.com
. Retrieved
March 21,
2012
.
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"Malice Domestic Convention - Bethesda, MD"
. Archived from
the original
on January 21, 2017
. Retrieved
August 11,
2015
.
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"Roads taken and not taken - Alumni and Friends eNewsletter, UNC Greensboro, May 2010"
. Uncg.edu. Archived from
the original
on January 3, 2013
. Retrieved
March 21,
2012
.
External links
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Best First Novel
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Best Contemporary Novel
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Best Novel
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Best Historical Novel
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Best Non-Fiction
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Best Short Story
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Best Young Adult Mystery
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Best Children/
Young Adult Fiction
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Malice Domestic Award
for Lifetime Achievement
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Malice Domestic
Poirot Award
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