“I
love the unexplainable. It would be so boring to me if everything could be
explained.” – Nancy Pickard
Born in Kansas City on this date in
1945, Nancy Pickard is the only author to ever win all four major crime/mystery
writing awards – the Macavity (5 times), the Agatha (4 times), and the Anthony
and Shamus Awards (once each). She also
has served on the board of directors of the Mystery Writers of America – all
after starting her writing career after age 35.
A journalist first – with a degree from
the prestigious U. of Missouri Journalism School – she spent time as a
journalistic writer, making her home in the Kansas City area. “I've lived in Kansas
for more than thirty years, and for half of those, I was part of a ranching
family,” she said. “So I'm writing about
things I know and love.” 
Among her best-known books are the
award winners I.O.U., The Virgin of
Small Plains, and Say No To Murder. From her lengthy list of terrific short
stories, I’d recommend “There Is No Crime on Easter Island.” When you finish you’ll be wanting more
Pickard now makes her home in
Prairie Village, a “close-in” KC suburb, “… where there's a feeling of
everybody knowing everybody else. I think the same thing is true of New York
City, by the way.”
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