Wendy Hornsby

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Wendy Hornsby (Los Angeles, 26 settembre 1947) è una scrittrice statunitense di romanzi polizieschi.

Biografia

Nata nel 1947 a Los Angeles[1], ha studiato all'UCLA dove si è laureata in storia antica e medievale[2].

Appassionatasi alla scrittura fina da bambina (in quarta elementare aveva già vinto un concorso di scrittura), dopo la laurea ha insegnato storia al Long Beach City College[3].

Ha esordito nel 1987 con il thriller No Harm, ma ha raggiunto la popolarità nel 1992 con Telling Lies, primo romanzo della documentarista e investigatrice dilettante di Los Angeles Maggie MacGowen che tornerà in altri dieci libri[4].

Autrice anche di short stories, nel 1992 ha vinto, con Nine Sons, l'Edgar Award per il miglior racconto breve[5].

Opere principali

Serie Kate Teague

  • No Harm (1987)
  • Half a Mind (1990)

Serie Maggie MacGovern

  • Telling Lies (1992)
  • Bambina della notte (Midnight Baby, 1993), Milano, Il Giallo Mondadori N. 2408, 1995 traduzione di Franco Ferrario
  • Bad Intent (1994)
  • 77th Street Requiem (1995)
  • A Hard Light (1997)
  • In the Guise of Mercy (2009)
  • The Paramour’s Daughter (2010)
  • The Hanging (2012)
  • The Color of Light (2014)
  • Disturbing the Dark (2016)
  • A Bouquet of Rue (2019)

Raccolte di racconti

  • Phantoms of the Night (1996)

Antologie

  • Ten Tales (1994)
  • Nine Sons: Collected Mysteries (2002)
  • Shaken: Stories for Japan (2011)

Premi e riconoscimenti

  • Edgar Award per il miglior racconto breve: 1992 vincitrice con Nine Sons

Note

  1. ^ (EN) Biografia e bibliografia, su mysteriouspress.com. URL consultato il 28 maggio 2019.
  2. ^ (EN) Cenni biografici e opere pubblicate, su embden11.home.xs4all.nl. URL consultato il 28 maggio 2019.
  3. ^ (EN) Profilo dell'autrice, su bookseriesinorder.com. URL consultato il 28 maggio 2019.
  4. ^ (EN) Vita e opere, su fantasticfiction.com. URL consultato il 28 maggio 2019.
  5. ^ (EN) Albo d'oro, su theedgars.com. URL consultato il 28 maggio 2019 (archiviato dall'url originale il 31 luglio 2020).

Collegamenti esterni

Controllo di autoritàVIAF (EN) 75340168 · ISNI (EN) 0000 0001 2028 6884 · LCCN (EN) n86122156
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