“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, 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 (once each). She is a founding member and former
president of Sisters In Crime, the international organization dedicated to the
advancement of women mystery writers, and she also has served on the board of
directors of the Mystery Writers of America.
A journalist first, she worked for
Kansas City area newspapers for a dozen years before gravitating to creative
writing at age 35.
Among the best-known of her 18 novels
are the multiple award winners I.O.U. and The Virgin
of Small Plains and her most recent The Scent of Rain and Lightning. From
her lengthy list of terrific short stories “There Is No Crime on Easter
Island” and “Afraid All the Time” have earned awards and accolades from
around the globe.
“If you have a dream of writing,”
Pickard said, “that's wishful thinking. If
you have a commitment to writing, that's the way to make your dreams come true.”
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