Julie Smith (novelist)
Julie Smith | |
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Born | Annapolis, Maryland, U.S. | November 25, 1944
Occupation | Author |
Nationality | American |
Genre | Mystery fiction |
Notable awards | Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel (1991) |
Website | |
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Julie Smith (born November 25, 1944, in
Edgar Award for Best Novel for her sixth book, New Orleans Mourning (1990).[1]
Works
Novels
- Death Turns A Trick (Walker & Co., 1982)
- The Sourdough Wars (Walker & Co., 1984)
- True-Life Adventure (Mysterious Press, 1985)
- Tourist Trap (Mysterious Press, 1986)
- Huckleberry Fiend (Mysterious Press, 1987)
- New Orleans Mourning (St. Martin's Press, 1990)
- The Axeman's Jazz (St. Martin's Press, 1991)
- Dead in the Water (Ivy, 1991)
- Other People's Skeletons (Ivy, 1993)
- Jazz Funeral (Fawcett/Columbine, 1993)
- New Orleans Beat (Fawcett/Columbine, 1994)
- House of Blues (Fawcett/Columbine, 1995)
- The Kindness of Strangers (Fawcett/Columbine, 1996)
- Crescent City Kill (Fawcett/Columbine, 1997)
- 82 Desire (Fawcett/Columbine, 1998)
- Louisiana Hotshot (Forge, 2001)
- Louisiana Bigshot (Forge, 2002)
- Mean Woman Blues (Forge, 2003)
- Louisiana Lament (Forge, 2004)
- P.I. On A Hot Tin Roof (Forge, 2005)
- Murder on Magazine (booksBnimble, 2018)
- The Big Crazy (booksBnimble, 2019)
Short stories
- "Grief Counselor", Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, 1978; reprinted in Miniature Mysteries: 100 Malicious Little Mystery Stories, edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Joseph D. Olander (Taplinger, 1981), and in Last Laughs: The 1986 Mystery Writers of America Anthology, edited by Gregory McDonald (Mysterious Press, 1986)
- "The Wrong Number", Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, 1979
- "Crime Wave in Pinhole", Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, 1980; reprinted in The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense, edited by Bill Pronzini, Barry N. Malzberg, and Martin H. Greenberg (Arbor House, 1981)
- "Project Mushroom", Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine 1983; reprinted in 101 Mystery Stories, edited by Bill Pronzini and Martin H. Greenbery (Avenel, 1986)
- "Red Rock", Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe: A Centennial Celebration, edited by Byron Preiss (Knopf, 1988)
- "Blood Types", Sisters In Crime, edited by Marilyn Wallace (Berkley, 1989)
- "Cul-de-Sac", Sisters In Crime II, edited by Marilyn Wallace (Berkley, 1990)
- "Montezuma's Other Revenge", Justice for Hire, edited by Robert J Randisi(Mysterious Press, 1990)
- "A Marriage Made in Hell", Eye of a Woman, edited by Sara Paretsky (Delacorte Press, 1991)
- "Silk Strands", Deadly Allies, edited by Marilyn Wallace and Robert J. Randisi (Bantam, 1992)
- "Strangers on a Plane", Unusual Suspects, edited by James Grady, (Black Lizard Press, 1996)
- "The End of the Earth", Detective Duos, edited by Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini (Oxford University Press, 1997)
- "Where The Boys Are", Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine, September 1998
- "Too Mean to Die", Blue Lightning, edited by John Harvey (Slow Dancer Press, 1998)
- "Fresh Paint", Irreconcilable Differences, edited by Lia Matera (HarperCollins, 1999)
- "Always Othello", Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine, June 1999
- "Let's Go Knock Over Seaside", Murder and Magnolias (HarperCollins 2000)
- "Kid Trombone", Murder And All That Jazz (Signet, 2004)
Fiction by series
Skip Langdon
- New Orleans Mourning (St. Martin's Press, 1990)
- The Axeman's Jazz (St. Martin's Press, 1991)
- Jazz Funeral (Fawcett/Columbine, 1993)
- New Orleans Beat (Fawcett/Columbine, 1994) (later reissued as Death Before Facebook, see Amazon author page)
- House of Blues (Fawcett/Columbine, 1995)
- The Kindness of Strangers (Fawcett/Columbine, 1996)
- Crescent City Kill (Fawcett/Columbine, 1997)
- 82 Desire (Fawcett/Columbine, 1998 - introduces Talba Wallis)
- Mean Woman Blues (Forge, 2003)
- Murder on Magazine (booksBnimble, 2018)
- The Big Crazy (booksBnimble, 2019)
Rebecca Schwartz
- Death Turns A Trick (Walker & Co., 1982)
- The Sourdough Wars (Walker & Co., 1984)
- Tourist Trap (Mysterious Press, 1986)
- Dead in the Water (Ivy, 1991)
- Other People's Skeletons (Ivy, 1993)
Talba Wallis
- Louisiana Hotshot (Forge, 2001)
- Louisiana Bigshot (Forge, 2002)
- Louisiana Lament (Forge, 2004)
- P.I. On A Hot Tin Roof (Forge, 2005)
Paul MacDonald
- True-Life Adventure (Mysterious Press, 1985)
- Huckleberry Fiend (Mysterious Press, 1987)
Essay
- "Splendor in the Mildew", A Place Called Home, edited by Mickey Perlman (St. Martin's Press, 1996)
Progressive novel
- I'd Kill For That, edited by Marcia Talley (St. Martin's, 2004) (With twelve other writers, including Rita Mae Brown, Linda Fairstein, Kathy Reichs, Jennifer Crusie, Anne Perry, and Katherine Neville)
Edited
- New Orleans Noir (Akashic, 2007)
Awards
Smith's 1990 novel, New Orleans Mourning, won the 1991
References
- ISBN 978-0-313-33428-3
- ^ "Best Mystery Novel Edgar Award Winners and Nominees - Complete Lists". Mysterynet.com. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
- ^ "Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards Nominees". Bouchercon.info. 2003-10-02. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2012-03-23.