Bill Pronzini was named MWA Grand Master in 2008, making him and Marcia Muller the second pair of married mystery writers to be so honored. (Ross Macdonald and Margaret Millar were the first.) He has published ninety novels, including forty-six in his Nameless Detective series, four nonfiction books, and numerous short stories. Among his other accomplishments are six Edgar Award nominations, the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for the best crime novel published in France in 1988 (Snowbound), three Shamus Awards and the Lifetime Achievement Award (1987) from the Private Eye Writers of America and the Bouchercon Lifetime Achievement Award (2005).
Edgar-winner Julie Smith is the author of twenty-two mysteries, most set in New Orleans and starring one or the other of her detective heroes, a cop named Skip Langdon and a PI named Talba Wallis. (Both female, both tough and wily.) Her novel, New Orleans Mourning, won the Edgar for Best Novel. She is the owner of the digital publishing company booksBnimble and also operates bbnmarketing, a marketing service for indie authors.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Special thanks to Laurie R. King for her invaluable editorial assistance.
ISBN: 9781488055744
Deadly Anniversaries: A Collection of Stories from Crime Fiction’s Top Authors
Copyright © 2020 by Mystery Writers of America, Inc.
Introduction
Copyright © 2020 by Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini
If You Want Something Done Right...
Copyright © 2020 by Sue Grafton
Ten Years On
Copyright © 2020 by Laurie R. King
Normal in Every Way
Copyright © 2020 by Lee Child
Copyright © 2020 by Margaret Maron
Chin Yong-Yun Sets the Date
Copyright © 2020 by S. J. Rozan
Amazing Grace
Copyright © 2020 by Max Allan Collins
Ten Years, Two Days, Six Hours
Copyright © 2020 by Wendy Hornsby
The Anniversary Gift
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The Last Dive Bar
Copyright © 2020 by Bill Pronzini
Case Open
Copyright © 2020 by Carolyn Hart
The Bitter Truth
Unknown Caller
Copyright © 2020 by Meg Gardiner
April 13
Copyright © 2020 by Marcia Muller
Whodat Heist
Copyright © 2020 by Julie Smith
Blue Moon
Copyright © 2020 by William Kent Krueger
Aqua Vita
Copyright © 2020 by Peter Robinson
The Last Hibakusha
Copyright © 2020 by Naomi Hirahara
30 and Out
Copyright © 2020 by Doug Allyn
Copyright © 2020 by Alison Gaylin and Laura Lippman
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