Horowitz, A. H. “WLB Biography: Mary Stewart”. Wilson Library Bulletin, Vol.
35
, No. 4, H. W. Wilson, Dec. 1960, p. 328. 35 (December 1960): 328
Mystery Writers of America
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Leisure and Society | Mary Stewart | MS
joined a number of literary organizations. By 1960 she was a member of the Mystery Writers of America
and the Authors League of America |
| Reception | P. D. James | Reviewers warmly praised the novel. It won James a Silver Dagger from the Crime Writers' Association
, and an Edgar from the Mystery Writers of America
. Gidez, Richard. P. D. James. Twayne, 1986. chronology |
| Reception | P. D. James | An Unsuitable Job for a Woman was awarded a Scroll by the Mystery Writers of America
. Critic Richard Gidez
commended it as literate, intelligent, stylishly written, Gidez, Richard. P. D. James. Twayne, 1986. 66 |
| Reception | P. D. James | It received a Booker Prize nomination, a Silver Dagger from the Crime Writers' Association
, and Best Novel from the Mystery Writers of America
. Priestman, Martin. “P. D. James and the Distinguished Thing”. On Modern British Fiction, edited by Zachary Leader, Oxford University Press, 2002, pp. 234-57. 235 British Council Film and Literature Department, in association with Book Trust. Contemporary Writers in the UK. http://www.contemporarywriters.com. |
| Reception | Ruth Rendell | RR
received an Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America
in 1974 for her storyThe Fallen Curtain, again in 1976 for a story collection featuring this title, The Fallen Curtain... |
| Reception | P. D. James | PDJ
received the Mystery Writers of America
Grandmaster Award for achievement over time. British Council Film and Literature Department, in association with Book Trust. Contemporary Writers in the UK. http://www.contemporarywriters.com. |
| Textual Production | Ruth Rendell | RR
used her pseudonym Barbara Vine for the first time, for a semi-historical novel, A Dark-Adapted Eye, which won her an Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America
in 1986. Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series. Gale Research, 1981–2024, Numerous volumes. 52: 369, 370 Klein, Kathleen Gregory, editor. Great Women Mystery Writers: Classic to Contemporary. Greenwood, 1994. 296 |
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