Barbara Parker (1) (1947–2009)
Auteur de Suspicion of Innocence
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A propos de l'auteur
Barbara Parker was born in Columbia, South Carolina on January 28, 1947. She studied drama at the University of South Florida. Before graduation she switched her major to history and then went to law school at the University of Miami. She worked as a prosecutor in the state attorney's office in afficher plus Miami and then went into private practice. She also received a master's degree in creative writing from Florida International University (Miami). Initially, she began writing stories for her son, but it soon became a hobby and eventually her new career. Her first mystery, Suspicion of Innocence, was published in 1994 and became a CBS Movie of the Week entitled Sisters and Other Strangers. She wrote 12 novels during her lifetime including Blood Relations, Criminal Justice, The Dark of Day, and the Suspicion series. She died on March 7, 2009 at the age of 62. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Suspicion 1 exemplaire
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- Date de naissance
- 1947-01-28
- Date de décès
- 2009-03-07
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Columbia, South Carolina, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Boca Raton, Florida, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Florida, USA
- Études
- Florida International University
University of Miami School of Law
University of South Florida - Professions
- mystery writer
- Prix et distinctions
- Romantic Times Career Achievement Award (Mystery Series, 2006)
- Courte biographie
- Barbara Parker was born in Columbia, South Carolina and grew up in western North Carolina before moving with her family to Florida. She attended the University of South Florida, majoring in theatre arts, then graduated from the University of Miami School of Law. She became a prosecutor in the office of the Florida State Attorney before establishing her own independent legal practice. To spend more time with her son, she quit her law practice and took a job as a paralegal, while developing her writing career. She took courses at Florida International University, where her master's degree thesis became the genesis for her first novel, Suspicion of Innocence (1994). It was a finalist for the Edgar Award for best first mystery novel by an American author and was adapted into a television film called Sisters and Other Strangers. She went on to write a total of 12 novels in her "Suspicion" series revolving around Miami lawyers Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana, some of which became bestsellers. She served on the national board of the Mystery Writers of America and was the chair of its membership committee for two years.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 15
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 1,967
- Popularité
- #13,070
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 21
- ISBN
- 160
- Langues
- 7
- Favoris
- 3