Mystery Authors You May Have Missed
Elizabeth Peters
http://www.mpmbooks.com/
http://www.ameliapeabody.com/
Biography
Elizabeth Peters was raised in the Chicago suburbs. After receiving a scholarship to the University of Chicago, at the age of 23 she earned a Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute. She married Richard Mertz and had two children. Her first published work was a book on Egyptology (under the name Barbara Mertz). That was followed by another nonfiction book about Egypt and then, in 1966, she published her first mystery The Master of Blacktower…under the name Barbara Michaels. Since then she has published over twenty titles under that name (mostly romantic or supernatural thrillers), and over forty titles as Elizabeth Peters (mysteries with suspense) with her most popular character historical archaeologist Amelia Peabody. She currently resides in a farmhouse in rural Maryland and is enjoying time with her grandchildren.
What she writes: Peters is best known for her feisty and stubborn Victorian archaeologist Amelia Peabody, with whom Peters’ has written 19 historical mysteries. Filled with details of treks and digs throughout the world (mostly Egypt), Peters stories are also full of adventure and suspense. Another character she created, Jacqueline Kirby, is a librarian with a special knack for getting herself in the middle of danger and solving mysteries. Her “Vicky Bliss” mysteries use the main character’s job as a professor of art history as a jumping off point to stories of international suspense. Under the name Barbara Michaels, her works become more romantic and supernatural.
| Vicky Bliss series (written as Elizabeth Peters) |
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| Borrower of the Night (1973) -- cassette -- eAudiobook -- large type | |
| Street of the Five Moons (1978) -- cassette | |
| Silhouette in Scarlet (1983) -- cassette | |
| Trojan Gold (1987) -- cassette -- large type | |
| Night Train to Memphis (1994) -- cassette -- eAudiobook -- large type | |
| Jacqueline Kirby series (written as Elizabeth Peters) |
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| The Seventh Sinner (1972) -- large type | |
| The Murders of Richard III (1974) -- large type | |
| Die for Love (1984) | |
| Naked Once More (1989) -- cassette -- large type | |
| A few of the titles written as Barbara Michaels |
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| The Master of Blacktower (1966) | |
| The Dark on the Other Side (1970) | |
| Greygallows (1972) | |
| The Sea King's Daughter (1975) | |
| Someone in the House (1981) -- cassette | |
| Shattered Silk (1986) | |
| Smoke and Mirrors (1989) | |
| Into the Darkness (1990) -- cassette | |
| Vanish with the Rose (1992) -- cassette -- large type | |
| Stitches in Time (1995) -- large type | |
| Written as Barbara Mertz (Egyptology nonfiction) |
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| Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs (2007) | |
| Red Land, Black Land (2008) | |
Awards
- Named Grand Master at the inaugural Anthony Awards, 1986
- Won an Agatha Award for Naked Once More, 1989
- Named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America at the Edgar Awards, 1998
- Given a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Agatha Awards, 2003
- Serves on the Board of Governors of The American Research Center in Egypt
| What the critics say |
| "A new Amelia Peabody mystery is like visiting old friends." - USA Today (August 6, 1998) |
| "Michaels writes in an elegant and intelligent style, and the tales are presented as puzzles to be solved..." - Billboard (March 13, 1999) |
| "…Mixes hilarity in with the history lesson." - People (July 3, 2000) |
| "A thrilling tale…with some of the most engaging characters in mystery fiction." - Winston-Salem Journal (May 30, 2004) |
| "Peters lays out her scenes of romantic derring-do with such a lavish hand that is seems a bit nerdy to draw attention to the deeper pleasure of the rich scholarship involved in these archaeological mysteries." - New York Times Book Review (April 10, 2005) |
| "Once again, heroine Amelia Peabody brilliantly analyzes the mystery with style, intelligence, and panache." - Booklist (July 2005) |
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