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Marcia Muller (born September 28, 1944 [1]) is an American author of mystery and thriller novels. [2] Muller has written many novels featuring her Sharon McCone female private detective character. Vanishing Point won the Shamus Award for Best P.I. Novel. [3] Muller had been nominated for the Shamus Award four times previously. [4]
He married mystery writer Marcia Muller in 1992. They have collaborated on several novels: Double (1984), a Nameless Detective novel, The Lighthouse (1987), Beyond the Grave (1986), several books in the Carpenter and Quincannon mystery series, and numerous anthologies. [2]
Beyond the Grave (1986) (with Marcia Muller) Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services (1998, short stories) Quincannon's Game (2005) The Bughouse Affair (2013) (with Marcia Muller) The Spook Lights Affair (2013) (with Marcia Muller) The Body Snatchers Affair (2015) (with Marcia Muller) The Plague of Thieves Affair (2016) (with ...
Marcia Muller (born 1944) Margaret Murphy (born 1959) Beverle Graves Myers (born 1951) Fuminori Nakamura (born 1977) Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (born 1933) Jo Nesbø (born 1960) Katherine Neville (born 1945) Etsuko Niki (1928–1986) Lisa de Nikolits; Kyotaro Nishimura (1930–2022) Asa Nonami (born 1960) Rintaro Norizuki (born 1964) Suzanne North ...
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These became the series now known as the "alphabet novels", featuring sleuth and private investigator, Kinsey Millhone. The name rhymes and alliterates with that of Sharon McCone, the heroine of crime novels by Marcia Muller, of whom Grafton wrote, "Marcia Muller is the founding 'mother' of the contemporary female hard-boiled private eye."
Though the character's full name is never revealed in the series (his first name is Bill), some background details of the detective's life have been occasionally mentioned. An Italian American ( Quarry , 1992), he was raised by a devoutly Roman Catholic mother, and an abusive alcoholic father, as described in Demons (1993).
Best P. I. Series Character winners [1] Year Series/Characters Authors 2007 Shell Scott: Richard S. Prather: 2008 The Nameless Detective: Bill Pronzini: 2009 Matt Scudder: Lawrence Block: 2010 Sharon McCone Marcia Muller: 2011 V.I. Warshawski: Sara Paretsky: 2012 Nate Heller Max Allan Collins: 2014 Kinsey Millhone: Sue Grafton