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Occupation
  
crime writer

Role
  
Novelist

Name
  
Nancy Pickard


Genre
  
Mystery

Nationality
  
American

Education
  
University of Missouri

Nancy Pickard wwwwashburnedureferencecksmappingpickardnan

Born
  
September 19, 1945 (age 78) Kansas City, Missouri (
1945-09-19
)

Movies
  
The Scent of Rain and Lightning

Awards
  
Macavity Awards for Best Mystery Novel

Nominations
  
Edgar Award for Best Novel

Books
  
The Scent of Rain and Lightning, The Virgin of Small Plains, Marriage Is Murder, The Whole Truth, Generous Death

Similar People
  
Virginia Rich, Laurie R King, Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini, Loren D Estleman

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Nancy Pickard (born September 19, 1945 in Kansas City, Missouri) is a US crime novelist. She has won five Macavity Awards, four Agatha Awards, an Anthony Award, and a Shamus Award. She is the only author to win all four awards. She also served on the board of directors of the Mystery Writers of America. She received a degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri and began writing when she was 35 years old.

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She is frequently a panelist at the Great Manhattan Mystery Conclave, a convention for mystery writers and fans in Manhattan, Kansas.

Awards and recognition

  • 1986 Anthony award winner, best paperback original, Say No to Murder
  • 1987 Anthony award nominee, best novel, No Body
  • 1988 Agatha award nominee, best novel, Dead Crazy
  • 1988 Anthony award nominee, best novel, Marriage is Murder
  • 1988 Macavity award winner, best novel, Marriage is Murder
  • 1989 Agatha award nominee, best short story, "Afraid All The Time"
  • 1990 Edgar award nominee, best short story, "Afraid All the Time"
  • 1990 Agatha award winner, best novel, Bum Steer
  • 1990 Anthony award winner, best short story, "Afraid All the Time"
  • 1990 Macavity award winner, best short story, "Afraid All the Time"
  • 1991 Agatha award winner, best novel, I.O.U.
  • 1991 Shamus award winner, best short story, "Dust Devil"
  • 1992 Anthony award nominee, best novel, I.O.U.
  • 1992 Edgar award nominee, best mystery novel, I.O.U.
  • 1992 Macavity award winner, best novel, I.O.U.
  • 1995 Agatha award nominee, best novel, Twilight
  • 1999 Agatha award winner, best short story, "Out of Africa"
  • 2000 Edgar award nominee, best novel, The Whole Truth
  • 2001 Macavity award nominee, best mystery novel, The Whole Truth
  • 2006 Agatha award winner, best novel, The Virgin of Small Plains
  • 2006 Anthony award nominee, best novel, The Virgin of Small Plains
  • 2006 Edgar award nominee, best novel, The Virgin of Small Plains
  • 2006 Macavity award winner, best short story, "There Is No Crime on Easter Island"
  • 2007 Macavity award winner, best mystery novel, The Virgin of Small Plains
  • 2008 Agatha award nominee, best short story, "A Nice Old Guy"
  • 2011 Macavity award nominee, best mystery novel, The Scent of Rain and Lightning

    • References

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