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Winspear describes the novels as "a blend of war story, historical fiction, and mystery." [5] The series' debut novel, Maisie Dobbs, was published in 2003 by Soho Crime and won the Agatha Award for Best First Novel. [6] From 2005 to 2009, the series was published by Macmillan. [7] From 2010 to 2022, the series was published by HarperCollins. [8]
Jacqueline Winspear (born 30 April 1955) is a mystery writer, author of the Maisie Dobbs series of books exploring the aftermath of World War I. She has won several mystery writing awards for books in this popular series.
Jacqueline Winspear became deeply interested in World War I and its after effects because of her grandfather, who was severely wounded and shell-shocked after the Battle of the Somme in 1916. [3] At first she did not set out to write a war novel, but her deep interest in history provided a framework for the character of Maisie Dobbs to develop ...
Maisie Dobbs takes over a London private investigation agency after her mentor retires, familiar with psychology from his training and her nursing in WWI 1910–1929 for the Maisie Dobbs (novel) series by Jacqueline Winspear begun in 2003. Piper Donovan is a wedding caterer is a series by Mary Jane Clark.
These would include The Ultimate Solution (1973) by Eric Norden and Fatherland (1992) by Robert Harris, both being police procedurals set in alternate timelines where the Nazis won World War II; Randall Garrett's Lord Darcy series, taking place in a 20th-century in which magic is possible; and Phyllis Ann Karr's The Idylls of the Queen (1982 ...
Marian Babson was the pseudonym of American mystery writer Ruth Marian Stenstreem, born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1929. [1] She died in 2017. She lived most her life in London, England.
The Saddlemaker's Wife, not a part of the Benni Harper series, was nominated for the 2006 Agatha Award for Best Novel. Ms. Fowler was nominated along with authors Nancy Pickard (winner), L. C. Hayden, Julia Spencer-Fleming, and Jacqueline Winspear.
Julia Spencer-Fleming (born June 26, 1961) [1] [2] is an American novelist of mystery fiction.She has won the Agatha Award, Anthony Award, Macavity Award, Dilys Award, Barry Award, Nero Award, and Gumshoe Award.