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Nom légal: Stanley, Kelli
Date de naissance: 1964
Sexe: female
Nationalité: USA
Lieux de résidence: San Francisco, California, USA
Études: University of Dallas
San Francisco State University (BA, Classics and Art History)
San Francisco State University (MA, Classics)
Professions: Comic Book/Pop Culture retail shop (1989-1997)
Organisations: Mystery Writers of America
International Thriller Writers
Private Eye Writers of America
Sisters in Crime
International Association of Crime Writers
Prix et distinctions: Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award (2009)
Macavity Finalist (2009)
Certificate of Honor, City and County of San Francisco, CA (2008)
Writers Digest Notable Debut Author (2008)
Indie Next Pick, February, 2010 (City of Dragons)
Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award Finalist (2010) (tout afficher 8)
RT Book Reviews Best Historical Mystery Award Finalist (2010)
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist (2010)
Agent: Kimberley Cameron, CA (Reece Halsey)
Courte biographie: Kelli Stanley lives in San Francisco. When she’s not writing or wandering in the fog, she can be found at bookstores, speakeasies and classic movie palaces.

CITY OF DRAGONS [Indie Next Pick, February, 2010]—a dark, sweeping story of 1940 San Francisco—is a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was nominated for the Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award as well as the RT Book Review's Best Historical Mystery award. Lee Child praised this highly acclaimed noir historical as "Beautifully imagined and beautifully written--this book does everything great fiction is supposed to."

Kelli’s debut novel, Nox Dormienda (A Long Night for Sleeping), won the Bruce Alexander Memorial Mystery Award, and initiated a new genre: Roman noir. The sequel, THE CURSE-MAKER, was published by Thomas Dunne/Minotaur Books in February 2011 to critical acclaim.

Kelli's next book is CITY OF SPIDERS, the sequel to CITY OF DRAGONS and second book in the Miranda Corbie series. It launches September 13, 2011; the CITY OF DRAGONS trade paperback releases August 30, 2011.

Visit Kelli at http://www.kellistanley.com.

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Critiques

Nox Dormienda (A Long Night for Sleeping) (Arcturus) par Kelli Stanley

half Roman, half Native aids Governor in Roman Britain, murder of Imperial envoy

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ritaer | 5 autres critiques | Aug 19, 2021 |

City of Sharks: A Miranda Corbie Mystery par Kelli Stanley

This was sure an easy on the eyes mystery set in the 1930's/1940's San Francisco.

The author did her research and was not afraid to throw in a lot of historical facts to make the story and the setting a very interesting read.

Many thanks to Netgalley and St Martin's Press for this advanced readers copy.

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PamV | Mar 27, 2018 |

The Curse-Maker: A Mystery (Arcturus) par Kelli Stanley

Guilt-ridden over his failure to save the governor's son and worried about Gwyna's increasing withdrawal, Arcturus takes Gwyna for what is meant to be a relaxing holiday in Aquae Sulis (Bath) only to find on their arrival a dead body defiling the sacred spring.

Better than the first in the series because the author isn't saying 'look at me mixing subgenres' but just getting on with telling a very intriguing story.

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Robertgreaves | 2 autres critiques | Nov 30, 2017 |

Nox Dormienda (A Long Night for Sleeping) (Arcturus… par Kelli Stanley

Arcturus is Agricola's doctor. The son of a Roman centurion and a British woman he is caught between two worlds. When a beautiful woman comes to warn him of a plot against Agricola, he tries to find out more, only to find the man she points to as the main suspect is her unwanted fiance, whose murdered body is then found in a mithraeum.

The book is competently done and full of twists and turns but is not the genre-founding original work the author tries to claim for it.

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Robertgreaves | 5 autres critiques | Nov 27, 2017 |

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