100 Most Popular Contemporary Mystery Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies [Hardcover]

Provide your mystery fans with background information on their favorite writers and series characters, and use this as a guide for adding contemporary titles to your collections.

This book examines 100 of today's top mystery novels and mystery authors hailing from countries such as the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, South Africa, and Australia. Equally valuable to students writing research papers, readers craving new authors or more information about their favorite authors, and teachers seeking specific types of fiction to support curricula,100 Most Popular Contemporary Mystery Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographiesprovides revealing information about today's best mysteries and authorswithout any spoilers.

Each of the accomplished writers included in this guide has established a broad audience and is recognized for work that is imaginative and innovative. The rising stars of 21st century mystery will also be included, as will authors who have won the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award.

Bernard A. Drewis a journalist, local historian, and freelance writer/editor. His published works include Libraries Unlimited's100 Most Popular Genre Authors.Although this work is not intended as a reader's-advisory tool, the numerous subcategories Drew designates within the mystery genre will be useful for readers seeking a particular type of series book. Mysteries are a very popular genre, and this inexpensive book can be used for both research and selection. Booklist

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Susan Wittig Albert
Donna Andrews
Nancy Atherton
Donald Bain
Linda Barnes
M. C. Beaton
Cara Black
Lawrence Block
Giles Blunt
Gail Bowen
Rhys Bowen
C. J. Box
Rita Mae Brown
Ken Bruen
James Lee Burke
Jan Burke
Jim Butcher
Laura Childs
Ann Cleeves
Max Allan Collins
Susan Conant
John Connolly
Thomas H. Cook
Patricia Cornwell
Peter Corris