Linda Barnes

Auteur de A Trouble of Fools

42+ oeuvres 4,672 utilisateurs 80 critiques 11 Favoris

A propos de l'auteur

Linda Barnes is a writer and educator. She was born in Detroit, Michigan. Barnes graduated from Boston University's School of Fine and Applied Arts majoring in acting, theater education, and English. After graduation, Barnes taught theater in a Massachusetts high school. She wrote a one-act play afficher plus that won a contest sponsored by the Boston Globe. The play Wings was published and performed across the country. Barnes' first crime novel was published in 1981 and featured an amateur detective named Michael Spraggue. She continued with a series of books that featured Spraggue until a short story featured a new detective named Carlotta Carlyle. The first book in that series, A Trouble of Fools, won the American Mystery Award for best private eye novel of 1987. Barnes won the Anthony Award for Best Short Story for Lucky Penny in 1986. Some of her other works include Deep Pockets, Heart Of The World and Lie Down With The Devil. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins

Comprend les noms: Linda Barns, Linda Barnes

Crédit image: Photo by Lynn Wayne

Séries

Carlotta Carlyle

Michael Spraggue

Œuvres de Linda Barnes

Populaires Récent

A Trouble of Fools (1987) 481 exemplaires

The Big Dig (2001) 372 exemplaires

The Snake Tattoo (1989) 366 exemplaires

Snapshot (1993) 363 exemplaires

Coyote (1990) 353 exemplaires

Steel Guitar (1991) 336 exemplaires

Cold Case (1997) — Auteur — 334 exemplaires

Hardware (1995) 332 exemplaires

Flashpoint (1999) 285 exemplaires

Deep Pockets (2004) 285 exemplaires

Lie Down with the Devil (2008) 238 exemplaires

Heart of the World (2006) 224 exemplaires

The Perfect Ghost (2013) 175 exemplaires

Bitter Finish (1982) 143 exemplaires

Cities of the Dead (1985) 126 exemplaires

Dead Heat (1984) 122 exemplaires

Blood Will Have Blood (1981) 86 exemplaires

Lucky Penny (2013) 6 exemplaires

The Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries Volume One: A Trouble of Fools, The Snake Tattoo, Coyote, and Steel Guitar (2017) 6 exemplaires

Larry's Loud Roar (2011) — Auteur — 5 exemplaires

Further Adventures of Carlotta Carlyle: Three Mystery Stories (The Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries) (2015) 5 exemplaires

The Michael Spraggue Mysteries: Blood Will Have Blood, Bitter Finish, Dead Heat, and Cities of the Dead (2018) 3 exemplaires

A Ghost Party (2012) 3 exemplaires

The Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries Volume Two: Snapshot, Hardware, Cold Case, and Flashpoint (The Carlotta Carlyle… (2018) 2 exemplaires

Sweet Lorraine (1993) 2 exemplaires

Multiple 2 exemplaires

Lila Leapfrog's Ballet Jitter's Book (2011) 2 exemplaires

Rare Linda Barnes STEEL GUITAR First edition SIGNED Mystery DJ Detective Carlyle 1 exemplaire

Wings 1 exemplaire

By Linda Barnes Coyote (Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries) (Reprint) [Mass Market Paperback] 1 exemplaire

Collectible Linda Barnes FLASHPOINT First edition SIGNED Mystery HC DJ Detective Carlotta 1 exemplaire

L'aube du cauchemar (1998) 1 exemplaire

Watchlist: Two Serial Thrillers in One Killer Book 1 exemplaire

.38 Special (1989) 1 exemplaire

Stealing First (Carlotta Carlyle) (2013) 1 exemplaire

The Snake Tattoo (Carlotta Carlyle #2 1 exemplaire

Kalde spor (1998) 1 exemplaire

unknown number and titles 1 exemplaire

La Chasse au bahut (2017) 1 exemplaire

Hallmark 1BOK9907 - Noah Builds A Boat (2016) 1 exemplaire

Instantaneas (1994) 1 exemplaire

The Big One 1 exemplaire

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Date de naissance: 1949-06-06
Sexe: female
Nationalité: USA
Lieu de naissance: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Lieux de résidence: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Études: Boston University
Courte biographie: In addition to best selling mysteries, Linda Barnes has also written award- winning plays and short stories.

Born and raised in Detroit, Barnes graduated cum laude from Boston University's School of Fine and Applied Arts. She then went on to become a drama teacher and director at Chelmsford and Lexington, Massachusetts schools. While teaching drama, Barnes wrote two plays, the award-winning "Wings" and "Prometheus."

Among her many honors, Barnes won the Anthony Award and nominations for both the Shamnus Award and the American Mystery Award for Best Short Story for "Lucky Penny" in 1985. In 1987 she received the American Mystery Award for Best Private Eye Novel and nominations for the Edgar, Anthony, and Shamus awards for A Trouble of Fools. The Snake Tattoo was named one of the outstanding books of 1990 by The London Times.

Linda Barnes lives near Boston with her husband and son.