Anne Emery

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Anne Emery
Born1958 (age 62–63)
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada[1]
OccupationAuthor
GenreCrime fiction
Notable awards

Anne Emery is a Canadian writer of murder mystery novels. Emery has been awarded the 2019 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel,[2] silver medal in the 2011 Independent Publisher Book Awards,[3] and the 2007 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel.[4]

Emery, a lawyer from Halifax, Nova Scotia, graduated from St. Francis Xavier University and Dalhousie Law School.[1] She has published ten novels in her Collins-Burke mystery series,[5] which features Monty Collins, a Hallifax lawyer, and Father Brennan Burke, a Catholic priest and choirmaster.[6]

Bibliography[]

  • Sign of the Cross (2006), 2007 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel[4]
  • Obit (2007)
  • Barrington Street Blues (2008)[6]
  • Cecilian Vespers (2009)[7]
  • Children in the Morning (2010), silver medal winner in the 2011 Independent Publisher Book Awards;[3] the title was inspired by Leonard Cohen's song "Suzanne"[8]
  • Death at Christy Burke's (2011)
  • Blood on a Saint (2013),[9] on short list for 2014 Atlantic Book Awards[10]
  • Ruined Abbey (2015)
  • Lament for Bonnie (2016)[11][12]
  • Though the Heavens Fall (2018),[13][14] 2019 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel[2]
  • Postmark Berlin (2020)[15]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Anne Emery". Archived from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b van Koeverden, Jane (May 24, 2019). "Anne Emery wins best crime novel award for Though the Heavens Fall". CBC. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "2011 Independent Publisher Book Awards Results Announcement". Independent Publisher. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Arthur Ellis Awards - 2007 Winners". Crime Writers of Canada. Archived from the original on 2019-08-10. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
  5. ^ "Six women mystery writers to add to your reading list". Quill and Quire. 2017-10-12. Archived from the original on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Distractions Hinder Barrington Street Blues". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Cecilian Vespers". Quill & Quire. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  8. ^ DeMont, John (September 15, 2020). "Writer finding distraction and inspiration on Halifax's streets". Chronicle Herald.
  9. ^ "Books: Murder, mayhem and a miracle, too". London Free Press (November 29, 2013). Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  10. ^ "2014 Atlantic Book Awards". Atlantic Books Today. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  11. ^ Fegan, Heather (2017-03-28). "Anne Emery's Search for a Missing Girl". Atlantic Books Today. Archived from the original on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  12. ^ "Review: New crime fiction from Peter Robinson, Graham Moore and Anne Emery". Archived from the original on 2017-01-01. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  13. ^ Hawkin, Wendy (Feb 2, 2019). "Though the Heavens Fall by Anne Emery". Ottawa Review of Books. Archived from the original on August 10, 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
  14. ^ Barfoot, Joan (2018-10-12). "Ireland's troubles entangle lawyer, priest in Heaven's Fall". London Free Press. Archived from the original on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  15. ^ Cannon, Margaret (May 24, 2020). "Six new mystery books – including an unintentionally timely epidemic thriller". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
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