G. M. Malliet is an American author of mystery novels and short stories. She is best known as the author of the award-winning Detective Chief Inspector St. Just mysteries and the Rev. Max Tudor mysteries. The first book in her US-based series, Augusta Hawke, appeared in 2022.
Malliet's first books followed DCI St. Just on a series of cases, all of which involved writers of mystery novels and other genres.[1][2] Her second series, the Max Tudor mysteries, takes place in the fictional English town of Nether Monkslip, and features a vicar who is a former MI5 agent.[3] Her third series, the Augusta Hawke mysteries, takes place in Old Town, Virginia, US, and features a crime writer turned sleuth and private eye.
Awards and honors
editHer first novel, Death of a Cozy Writer, won the 2008 Agatha Award for Best First Novel,[4] and her books Wicked Autumn, A Fatal Winter, Pagan Spring, and A Demon Summer have all been short-listed for the Agatha Best Novel award.[5] She received a Malice Domestic Grant in 2003 to write Death of a Cozy Writer.[6]
Malliet's books Death of a Cozy Writer and Death and the Lit Chick were both nominated for Anthony Awards.[7] Death of a Cozy Writer was also nominated for the Macavity Award for Best First Mystery.[8] Several of her short stories - published in anthologies, in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and in The Strand - have been nominated for writing awards.
She is represented by Mark Gottlieb of Trident Media Group in New York City.
Books
editMax Tudor Series
edit- Wicked Autumn, St. Martin's Press, 2011
- A Fatal Winter, St. Martin's Press, 2012
- Pagan Spring, St. Martin's Press, 2013
- A Demon Summer, St. Martin's Press, 2014
- The Haunted Season, St. Martin's Press, 2015
- Devil's Breath, St. Martin's Press, 2017
- In Prior's Wood, St. Martin's Press, 2018
- The Washing Away of Wrongs, Little, Brown, 2023
St. Just Series
edit- Death of a Cozy Writer, Midnight Ink, 2008
- Death and the Lit Chick, Midnight Ink, 2009
- Death at the Alma Mater, Midnight Ink, 2010
- Death in Cornwall, Canongate/Severn House, 2021
- Death in Print, Canongate/Severn House, 2023
- Death and the Old Master, Canongate/Severn House, 2024
Augusta Hawke Series
edit- Augusta Hawke, Canongate/Severn House, 2022
- Invitation to a Killer, Canongate/Severn House, 2023
Standalone Suspense
edit- Weycombe, Midnight Ink, 2017
References
edit- ^ Death of a Cozy Writer, Kirkus Reviews, April 1, 2008.
- ^ Death and the Lit Chick, Publishers Weekly, February 23, 2009.
- ^ "Raising a Killer", The New York Times, Marilyn Stasio, November 3, 2011.
- ^ Agatha Awards Past Winners and Nominees Archived 2010-04-12 at the Wayback Machine, accessed September 8, 2014.
- ^ Agatha Awards, accessed September 8, 2014.
- ^ Malice Domestic Grants, accessed September 8, 2014.
- ^ Anthony Award Nominees and Winners Archived February 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, accessed September 8, 2014.
- ^ Macavity Awards, accessed September 8, 2014.