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Edna Buchanan

Forfatter af Naked Came the Manatee

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Edna Rydzik Buchanan was born in 1939 near Paterson, New Jersey. She attended creative writing classes at Montclair State Teacher's College. Buchanan was one of the first female crime reporters in Miami. Her police reporting for the Miami Herald won her a Pulitzer Prize in 1986. In 1979, Buchanan vis mere produced her first book, Carr: Five Years of Rape and Murder; From the Personal Account of Robert Frederick Car III. This nonfiction book recounts the story of a convicted rapist and murderer. In 1987, she published her memoirs, The Corpse Had a Familiar Face: Covering Miami, America's Hottest Beat. That book was followed in 1991 by Never Let Them See You Cry: More From Miami's Hottest Beat. Buchanan's crime novels include Nobody Lives Forever and Pulse. She is perhaps best known, however, for her mystery novels featuring a Cuban American crime reporter, Britt Montero. These titles include Contents Under Pressure; Miami, It's Murder; Suitable for Framing; Margin of Error, and Act of Betrayal. She has been a contributor to several magazines, including Fame, Family Circle, Cosmopolitan and Rolling Stone. Buchanan has received awards from the American Bar Association, National Newspaper Association, and the Society of Professional Journalists. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre

Omfatter også følgende navne: Edna Buchanan, Edna Buchanon, Edna Buchannan

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Serier

Værker af Edna Buchanan

Naked Came the Manatee (1997) — Bidragyder — 672 eksemplarer
Miami, It's Murder (1994) 236 eksemplarer
Cold Case Squad (2004) 226 eksemplarer
Suitable for Framing (1995) 219 eksemplarer
Act of Betrayal (1996) 208 eksemplarer
The Ice Maiden (2002) 200 eksemplarer
You Only Die Twice (2001) 196 eksemplarer
Margin of Error (1997) 181 eksemplarer
Garden of Evil (1999) 170 eksemplarer
Shadows: A Novel (1995) 170 eksemplarer
Love Kills (2007) 141 eksemplarer
Pulse (1998) 125 eksemplarer
Legally Dead: A Novel (2008) 119 eksemplarer

Associated Works

The Plot Thickens (1997) — Bidragyder — 329 eksemplarer
Life Stories: Profiles from the New Yorker (2000) — Bidragyder — 298 eksemplarer
Irreconcilable Differences (1999) — Bidragyder — 33 eksemplarer
Miami Noir: The Classics (2020) — Bidragyder — 24 eksemplarer

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Fødselsdato
1939
Køn
female
Nationalitet
USA
Fødested
Paterson, New Jersey, USA
Bopæl
Paterson, New Jersey, USA
Miami, Florida, USA
Uddannelse
Montclair State University
Erhverv
journalist
novelist
Priser og hædersbevisninger
Pulitzer Prize (General News Reporting, 1986)
David Brinkley Award (from Barry University, 1988)
Paul Hansell Award for Distinguished Journalism (Florida Society of Newspaper Editors)
American Bar Association Gavel Award
Miami Police Trailblazer Award
George Polk career award
Kort biografi
Edna Buchanan, born in NJ, visited Miami in the 1960s and decided that's where she wanted to live. As a reporter, she covered Miami's police beat for 18 years. By her count, she reported more than 5,000 violent deaths, 3,000 of them murders, plus kidnappings, riots, fatal fires, major plane crashes and other disasters. She asks, what better background to write crime fiction?

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She covered the news for The Miami Herald.
 
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pgabj | 2 andre anmeldelser | Mar 3, 2023 |
7/9/08 -- Preordered from BN
 
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tsmom1219 | 2 andre anmeldelser | Feb 24, 2022 |
A Buchanan "stand-alone" which I picked up a couple of years ago but not yet read, was one of the nicest surprises I've had in a long time . . . an off-beat mystery about a Witness Protection Agent who walks away from The US Marshalls Service Witness Protection Service (they actually fired him). What happens next will keep you turning pages. Buchanan Class A writing was, of course, there as always; her character drawing was prime, as always; and her story was supreme! Buchanan never misses a beat right through to the magnificent ending . . . don't cheat! You'll be very sorry you did. Enjoy. Great vacation read but it might interfere with travel plans as it will be hard to put down. (2011)… (mere)
 
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SmithfieldJones | 2 andre anmeldelser | Jul 1, 2021 |
reporter Britt Montero investigate serial rapist and unsolved child murder
 
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ritaer | 4 andre anmeldelser | Jun 13, 2021 |

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Værker
34
Also by
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Medlemmer
3,684
Popularitet
#6,875
Vurdering
½ 3.5
Anmeldelser
67
ISBN
262
Sprog
6
Udvalgt
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