Martha Grimes
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Martha Grimes (b. 1931) is an American author of detective fiction.
She was born May 2 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to D.W., a city solicitor, and to June, who owned a hotel in Western Maryland where Martha and her brother spent much of their childhood. Grimes earned her B.A. and M.A. at the University of Maryland. She has taught at the University of Iowa, Frostburg State University, and Montgomery College.
Grimes is best known for her series of novels featuring Richard Jury, an inspector with Scotland Yard, and his friend Melrose Plant, a British aristocrat who has given up his titles. Each of the Jury mysteries is named after a pub. Her page-turning, character-driven tales fall into the mystery subdivision of "cozies." In 1983, Grimes received the Nero Wolfe Award for best mystery of the year for The Anodyne Necklace.
She splits her time between homes in Washington, D.C., and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
[edit] Works
Richard Jury series
- The Man With a Load of Mischief (Boston: Little, Brown, 1981)
- The Old Fox Deceiv'd (Boston: Little, Brown, 1982)
- The Anodyne Necklace (Boston: Little, Brown, 1983)
- The Dirty Duck (Boston: Little, Brown, 1984)
- The Jerusalem Inn (Boston: Little, Brown, 1984)
- Help the Poor Struggler (Boston: Little, Brown, 1985)
- Deer Leap (Boston: Little, Brown, 1985)
- I Am the Only Running Footman (Boston: Little, Brown, 1986)
- The Five Bells and Bladebone (Boston: Little, Brown, 1987)
- The Old Silent (Boston: Little, Brown, 1989)
- The Old Contemptibles (Boston: Little, Brown, 1991)
- The Horse You Came In On (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993)
- Rainbow's End (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995)
- The Case Has Altered (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997)
- The Stargazey (New York: Holt, 1998)
- The Lamorna Wink (New York: Viking, 1999)
- The Blue Last (New York: Viking, 2001)
- The Grave Maurice (New York: Viking Penguin, 2002)
- The Winds of Change (New York: Viking Penguin, 2004)
- The Old Wine Shades (New York: Viking Penguin, 2002)
- Dust (New York: Viking Penguin, 2007)
Other books
- Send Bygraves, poetry, (New York: Putnam, 1989)
- The End of the Pier, novel, (New York: Random House, 1992)
- Hotel Paradise, novel, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996)
- Biting the Moon, novel, (New York: Holt, 1999)
- The Train Now Departing: Two Novellas (contains The Train Now Departing and When the Mousetrap Closes), (New York: Viking, 2000)
- Cold Flat Junction, novel, (New York, Viking, 2001)
- Foul Matter, novel, (New York: Viking, 2003)
- Belle Ruin, novel, (New York: New American Library, 2005)
[edit] References
Source: Contemporary Authors Online, Thomson Gale, 2006.
[edit] External links
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| NAME | Grimes, Martha |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | is an American author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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