Name Cara Black Role Writer | ||
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Nominations Macavity Awards for Best First Mystery Novel, Anthony Award for Best Novel Books Murder in the Marais, Murder Below Montparnasse, Murder in Pigalle, Murder in the Bastille, Murder at the Lanterne Similar People Janet Quin‑Harkin, Donna Andrews, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Louise Penny, Nevada Barr |
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Cara Black (born November 14, 1951) is a bestselling American mystery writer. She is best known for her Aimée Léduc mystery novels featuring a female Paris-based private investigator. Black is included in the Great Women Mystery Writers by Elizabeth Lindsay 2nd edition. Her first novel Murder in the Marais was nominated for an Anthony Award for best first novel and the third novel in the series, Murder in the Sentier, was Anthony-nominated for Best Novel.
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Biography
Black was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 14, 1951. She was educated at Cañada College in California, Sophia University in Yotsuya, Tokyo in Japan, and finished her schooling at San Francisco State University where she earned a bachelor's and master's degrees in education. She has worked as a preschool teacher and as director of a preschool. Black lives in San Francisco with her husband, a bookseller, and their teenage son.