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American writer

Donna Andrews

Born	Yorktown, Virginia, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist
Alma mater	University of Virginia
Genre	Mystery
Notable works	The Meg Langslow series The Turing Hopper series
Website
donnaandrews.com

Donna Andrews is an American mystery fiction writer of two award-winning amateur sleuth series.

Early life and education

Andrews was born in Yorktown, Virginia (the setting of her Meg Langslow series) and studied English and drama at the University of Virginia.

Career

Her first book, Murder with Peacocks (1999), introduced Meg Langslow, a blacksmith from Yorktown, Virginia. It won the St. Martin's Minotaur Best First Traditional Mystery contest, the Agatha, Anthony, Barry, and Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice awards for best first novel, and the Lefty award for funniest mystery of 1999. The first novel in the Turing Hopper series, You've Got Murder (2002), debuted a highly unusual sleuth, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) personality who becomes sentient. It won the Agatha Award for best mystery that year.

Personal life

Donna Andrews lives and works in Reston, Virginia.

Bibliography

The Meg Langslow series

Murder with Peacocks (1999). ISBN 0312199295
Murder with Puffins (2000). ISBN 0312262213
Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingos (2001). ISBN 0312277296
Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon (2003). ISBN 0312277318
We'll Always Have Parrots (2004). ISBN 0312277326
Owls Well That Ends Well (2005). ISBN 0312329385
No Nest for the Wicket (2006). ISBN 978-0312329402
The Penguin Who Knew Too Much (2007). ISBN 978-0312329426
Cockatiels at Seven (2008). ISBN 978-0312377151
Six Geese A-Slaying (2009). ISBN 978-0312536107
Swan For The Money (2009). ISBN 978-0312377175
Stork Raving Mad (2010). ISBN 978-0312621193
The Real Macaw (2011). ISBN 978-0312621209
Some Like It Hawk (2012). ISBN 978-1250007506
The Hen of the Baskervilles (2013). ISBN 978-1250007513
Duck the Halls (2013). ISBN 978-1250028778
The Good, the Bad, and the Emus (2014). ISBN 978-1250009500
The Nightingale Before Christmas (2014). ISBN 978-1250049575
Lord of the Wings (2015). ISBN 978-1250049582
Die Like an Eagle (2016) ISBN 978-1250078551
Gone Gull (2017) ISBN 9781250078568
How the Finch Stole Christmas! (2017) ISBN 9781250115454
Toucan Keep a Secret (2018) ISBN 9781250115478
Lark! The Herald Angels Sing (2018) ISBN 9781250192943
Terns of Endearment (2019) ISBN 9781250192974
Owl Be Home For Christmas (2019) ISBN 978-1250305312
The Falcon Always Wings Twice (2020) ISBN 978-1250193001
Gift of the Magpie (2020) ISBN 9781250760135
Murder Most Fowl (2021) ISBN 9781250760166
The Twelve Jays of Christmas (2021) ISBN 9781250760180
Round Up the Usual Peacocks (2022) ISBN 9781250760203
Dashing Through the Snowbirds (2022) ISBN 9781250760227
Birder, She Wrote (2023) ISBN 9781250760241
Let It Crow! Let It Crow! Let It Crow! (2023) ISBN 9781250893963
Between a Flock and a Hard Place (2024) ISBN 9781250894083
Rockin' Around the Chickadee (2024) ISBN 9781250894359

A Murder Hatched: Collects the first two Meg Langslow novels. Released in 2009 by Macmillan, under its Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books imprint.
The Two Deadly Doves: Collects two novels, Six Geese A-Slaying and Duck the Halls. Released in 2015 by Macmillan, under its Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books imprint.

Meg Langslow short stories

"A Christmas Rescue" in Two Deadly Doves (2015).
"Night Shades" in Chesapeake Crimes (2004).
"Birthday Dinner" in Death Dines In, Claudia Bishop and Dean James, editors (2004).

The Turing Hopper series

You've Got Murder (2002). ISBN 042518191X
Click Here for Murder (2003). ISBN 0425188566
Access Denied (2004). ISBN 0425198383
Delete All Suspects (2005). ISBN 042520569X

Short stories

"Not Another Secret Passage Story" in School of Hard Knox, (August 2023)
"Something Dark and Dangerous" in Chesapeake Crimes: Magic Is Murder , (August 2022)
"A Night at the Opera" in Monkey Business: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Films of the Marx Brothers, (September 2021)
"Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire" in The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell, (April 2020)
"The Last Caving Trip" in Storm Warning: Chesapeake Crimes 7, (April 2016)
"A Christmas Trifle" in Homicidal Holidays: Chesapeake Crimes 6, (September 2014)
"Mean Girls" in This Job Is Murder: Chesapeake Crimes 5, (May 2012)
"Normal" in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 2011
"The Plan" in Chesapeake Crimes 4: They Had It Comin' (2010)
"Spellbound" in Unusual Suspects, Dana Stabenow, editor (2008)
"The Haire of the Beast" in Wolfsbane and Mistletoe, edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner (2008)
"A Rat's Tale" in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September–October 2007
"Cold Spell" in Powers of Detection, Dana Stabenow, editor (2004)
"An Unkindness of Ravens" in The Mysterious North, Dana Stabenow, editor (2002)

Awards

Donna Andrews has won many industry awards for her fiction. As of 2009 she has earned 3 Agatha Awards, 1 Anthony Award, 1 Barry Award, 2 Lefty Awards, 2 Toby Bromberg Awards and 1 Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award. Andrews has also been nominated for 3 Dilys Awards.

'Murder with Peacocks'

1999 Agatha Award for Best First Novel
2000 Anthony Award for Best First Novel
2000 Barry Award for Best First Novel
2000 Lefty Award
2000 Finalist for Dilys Award
1999 Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Best First Mystery

'Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingos'

2009 Lefty Award nomination

'You've Got Murder'

2002 Agatha Award for Best Novel
2003 Finalist for Dilys Award

'Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon'

2003 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel
2003 Toby Bromberg Award for Most Humorous Mystery
2004 Finalist for Dilys Award
2004 Lefty Award nomination

'We'll Always Have Parrots'

2004 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel
2005 Lefty Award

'Owl's Well That Ends Well'

2005 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel

'No Nest for the Wicket'

2007 Lefty Award nomination

'The Penguin Who Knew Too Much'

2007 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel
2008 Lefty Award nomination

"A Rat's Tale", Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine – Sept/Oct. 2007

2007 Agatha Award for Best Short Story

'Six Geese A-Slaying'

2008 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel
2009 Lefty Award nomination

'Swan For the Money'

2009 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel
2009 Toby Bromberg Award for Most Humorous Mystery
2010 Lefty Award nomination

'Stork Raving Mad'

2010 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel
2011 Lefty Award nomination

'The Real Macaw'

2011 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel
2012 Lefty Award

Professional memberships

Sisters in Crime (Chesapeake Chapter)
Mystery Writers of America (Mid-Atlantic chapter)
Private Investigators and Security Association

References

"Donna Andrews: Quotes, Bibliography, Awards, Professional Memberships, and a List of Books by Author Donna Andrews". www.paperbackswap.com. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
page 10, Great Women Mystery Writers, 2nd Ed. by Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay, 2007, publ. Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-33428-5
^ "Donna Andrews's Website – Press Kit:Biographies". Retrieved 29 January 2017.
^ "All works by Donna Andrews". Retrieved 29 January 2017.
^ "Past Agatha Award Winners & Nominees". Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
"Anthony Award Nominees and Winners". Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
"Barry Awards". Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
^ "Left Coast Crime's Lefty Award Winners". Retrieved 24 March 2010.
^ "Dilys Award Winners and Nominees". Archived from the original on 2010-04-12. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
"1999 RT Book Reviews Reviewer Award Winners". Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
^ "Romantic Times Award Winners". Archived from the original on 18 April 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
"Donna Andrews' Website – Biography". Retrieved 24 March 2010.

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v t e Agatha Award winners
Best First Novel	Elizabeth George (1988) Jill Churchill (1989) Katherine Hall Page (1990) Mary Willis Walker (1991) Barbara Neely (1992) Nevada Barr (1993) Jeff Abbott (1994) Jeanne M. Dams (1995) Anne George (1996) Sujata Massey (1997) Robin Hathaway (1998) Donna Andrews (1999) Rosemary Stevens (2000) Sarah Strohmeyer (2001) Julia Spencer-Fleming (2002) Jacqueline Winspear (2003) Harley Jane Kozak (2004) Laura Durham (2005) Sandra Parshall (2006) Hank Phillippi Ryan (2007) G. M. Malliet (2008) Alan Bradley (2009) Avery Aames (2010) Sara J. Henry (2011) Susan M. Boyer (2012) Leslie Budewitz (2013) Terrie Farley Moran (2014) Art Taylor (2015) Cynthia Kuhn (2016) Kellye Garrett (2017) Dianne Freeman and Shari Randall (2018) (tie) Tara Laskowski (2019) Erica Neubauer (2020)
Best Contemporary Novel	Hank Phillippi Ryan (2013) Hank Phillippi Ryan (2014) Margaret Maron (2015) Louise Penny (2016) Louise Penny (2017) Ellen Byron (2018) Ann Cleeves (2019) Louise Penny (2020)
Best Novel	Carolyn G. Hart (1988) Elizabeth Peters (1989) Nancy Pickard (1990) Nancy Pickard (1991) Margaret Maron (1992) Carolyn Hart (1993) Sharyn McCrumb (1994) Sharyn McCrumb (1995) Margaret Maron (1996) Kate Ross (1997) Laura Lippman (1998) Earlene Fowler (1999) Margaret Maron (2000) Rhys Bowen (2001) Donna Andrews (2002) Carolyn Hart (2003) Jacqueline Winspear (2004) Katherine Hall Page (2005) Nancy Pickard (2006) Louise Penny (2007) Louise Penny (2008) Louise Penny (2009) Louise Penny (2010) Margaret Maron (2011) Louise Penny (2012)
Best Historical Novel	Rhys Bowen (2011) Catriona McPherson (2012) Caroline and Charles Todd (2013) Rhys Bowen (2014) Laurie R. King (2015) Catriona McPherson (2016) Rhys Bowen (2017) Sujata Massey (2018) Edith Maxwell (2019) Rhys Bowen (2020)
Best Non-Fiction	Barbara D'Amato (1993) Jean Swanson and Dean James (1994) Alzina Stone Dale (1995) Willeta L. Heisin (1996) Willeta L. Heisin (1997) Alzina Stone Dale (1998) Daniel Stashower (1999) Jim Huang (2000) Tony Hillerman (2001) Jim Huang (2002) Elizabeth Peters and Kristen Whitbread (2003) Jack French (2004) Melanie Rehak (2005) Chris Roerden (2006) Jon Lellenberg (2007) Kathy Lynn Emerson (2008) Elena Santangelo (2009) John Curran (2010) Leslie Budewitz (2011) John Connolly (2012) Daniel Stashower (2013) Hank Phillippi Ryan (2014) Martin Edwards (2015) Jane K. Cleland (2016) Mattias Bostrom (2017) Jane Cleland (2018) Mo Moulton (2019) Christina Lane (2020)
Best Short Story	Robert Barnard (1988) Sharyn McCrumb (1989) Joan Hess (1990) Margaret Maron (1991) Aaron Elkins and Charlotte Elkins (1992) M. D. Lake (1993) Dorothy Cannell (1994) Elizabeth Daniels (1995) Carolyn Wheat (1996) M. D. Lake (1997) Barbara D'Amato (1998) Nancy Pickard (1999) Jan Burke (2000) Katherine Hall Page (2001) Margaret Maron and Marcia Talley (2002) Elizabeth Foxwell (2003) Elaine Viets (2004) Marcia Talley (2005) Toni Kelner (2006) Donna Andrews (2007) Dana Cameron (2008) Hank Phillippi Ryan (2009) Mary Jane Maffini (2010) Dana Cameron (2011) Dana Cameron (2012) Art Taylor (2013) Art Taylor (2014) Barb Goffman (2015) Art Taylor (2016) Gigi Pandian (2017) Leslie Budewitz and Tara Laskowski (2018) (tie) Shawn Reilly Simmons (2019) Barb Goffman (2020)
Best Young Adult Mystery	Cindy Callaghan (2018)
Best Children/ Young Adult Fiction	Penny Warner (2001) Daniel J. Hale & Matthew LaBrot (2002) Kathleen Karr (2003) Blue Balliett (2004) Peter Abrahams (2005) Nancy Means Wright (2006) Sarah Masters Buckey (2007) Chris Grabenstein (2008) Chris Grabenstein (2009) Sarah Smith (2010) Chris Grabenstein (2011) Penny Warner (2012) Chris Grabenstein (2013) Penny Warner (2014) Amanda Flower (2015) Penny Warner (2016) Cindy Callaghan (2017) Frances Schoonmaker (2019) Richard Narvaez (2020)
Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement	Phyllis A. Whitney (1990) Mignon G. Eberhart (1994) Mary Stewart (1996) Emma Lathen (1997) Charlotte MacLeod (1998) Patricia Moyes (1999) Dick Francis (2000) Mildred Benson (2001) Tony Hillerman (2002) Barbara Mertz, Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels (2003) Marian Babson (2004) H.R.F. Keating (2005) Robert Barnard (2006) Carolyn Hart (2007) Peter Lovesey (2008) Anne Perry (2009) Mary Higgins Clark (2010) Sue Grafton (2011) Simon Brett (2012) Aaron Elkins (2013) Dorothy Cannell, Joan Hess and Margaret Maron (2014) Sara Paretsky (2015) Katherine Hall Page (2016) Charlaine Harris (2017) Nancy Pickard (2018)
Malice Domestic Poirot Award	David Suchet (2003) Ruth Cavin (2004) Angela Lansbury (2005) Douglas G. Greene (2006) Janet Hutchings and Linda Landrigan (2008) Kate Stine and Brian Skupin (2009) William Link (2010) Janet Rudolph (2011) Lee Goldberg (2012) Tom Schantz (2014) Barbara G. Peters (2016) Martin Edwards (2017) Brenda Blethyn (2018)

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