Toni Leigh Perry Kelner,[1] writing as Toni L.P. Kelner and Leigh Perry, is an author of three mystery series: the eight Laura Fleming[2] novels and related short stories; the Where Are They Now? series, which includes three novels and a forthcoming short story; and the Family Skeleton series, which consists of six books and one short story, with a seventh book forthcoming. She has also edited seven urban fantasy anthologies with Charlaine Harris. Many Bloody Returns, Wolfsbane and Mistletoe, and Home Improvement: Undead Edition were on the extended New York Times best seller list, and Death's Excellent Vacation debuted at #8 on the NYT list. Kelner has written a number of short stories in anthologies and magazines. Her most recent is "The Skeleton Rides a Horse".
Toni L.P. Kelner | |
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| Genre | Fantasy, Mystery |
| Partner | Stephen Paul Kelner, Jr. |
| Children | Two daughters |
| Website | |
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Kelner's short fiction has been nominated for the Agatha, the Anthony, the Macavity, and the Derringer awards, and her story "Sleeping With the Plush" won the Agatha for Best Short Story of 2006.[3] Her novels have been nominated for several RT BOOKclub awards, and Kelner won an RT BOOKclub Career Achievement Award.
Bibliography
editLaura Fleming
edit- Down Home Murder (June 1993)
- Dead Ringer (February 1994)
- Trouble Looking for a Place to Happen (March 1995)
- Country Comes to Town (September 1996)
- Tight as a Tick (January 1998)
- Death of a Damn Yankee (August 1999)
- Mad as the Dickens (October 2001)
- Wed and Buried (February 2003)
Where Are They Now?
edit- Curse of the Kissing Cousins (originally published as Without Mercy) (May 2009)
- Who Killed the Pinup Queen? (January 2010)
- Blast from the Past (February 2011)
A Family Skeleton Mystery
editpublished as Leigh Perry
- A Skeleton in the Family (September 2013)
- The Skeleton Takes a Bow (September 2014)
- The Skeleton Haunts a House (October 2015)
- The Skeleton Paints a Picture (October 2017)
- The Skeleton Makes a Friend (October 2018)
- The Skeleton Stuffs a Stocking (September 2019)
Anthologies and collections
edit| Collection or Anthology | Contents | Publication
Date |
Editor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Many Bloody Returns | Oct 2007 | Charlaine Harris | |
| Wolfsbane and Mistletoe | Oct 2008 | Charlaine Harris | |
| Crimes By Moonlight | Taking the Long View | Apr 2010 | Charlaine Harris |
| Death's Excellent Vacation | Pirate Dave's Haunted Amusement Park | Aug 2010 | Charlaine Harris
Toni L. P. Kelner |
| Home Improvement: Undead Edition | Aug 2011 | Charlaine Harris | |
| An Apple for the Creature[4] | Pirate Dave and the Captain's Ghost | Sep 2012 | Charlaine Harris |
| Games Creatures Play | Apr 2014 | Charlaine Harris | |
| Dead But Not Forgotten | Nov 2014 | Charlaine Harris | |
| Laura Fleming Collection: Crooked as a Dog's Hind Leg | Gift of the Murderer
Marley’s Ghost The Death of Erik the Redneck An Unmentionable Crime Bible Belt Old Dog Days Lying-in-the-Road Death |
Nov 2015 | Toni Kelner |
References
edit- ^ Kelner, Toni (30 September 2015). "The Skeleton Haunts a House by Leigh Perry". The Big Thrill. Interviewed by Ovidia Yu. International Thriller Writers.
As for the "Leigh Perry" pen name, it's pretty obvious where that comes from, since my full name is Toni Leigh Perry Kelner. (It's that double-name thing of which Southerners are so fond.)
- ^ "New Books". D1. March 19, 1998. pp. Greensboro News and Record. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
TIGHT AS A TICK: A LAURA FLEMING MYSTERY, by Toni Kelner.When a dealer is found dead at a flea market, Laura Fleming has a whole cast of suspects to ...
- ^ Kelner, Toni (2007-03-07). "It's an honor to be nominated..." Femmes Fatales. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
- ^ "An Apple for the Creature".