Marcia Muller

Marcia Muller
Born (1944-09-28) September 28, 1944 (age 80)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
GenreThriller/mystery
SpouseBill Pronzini
Website
www.marciamullerbooks.com

Marcia Muller (born September 28, 1944[1]) is an American author of mystery and thriller novels.[2]

Muller has written many novels featuring her Sharon McCone female private detective character. Vanishing Point won the Shamus Award for Best P.I. Novel.[3] Muller had been nominated for the Shamus Award four times previously.[4]

In 2005, Muller was awarded the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master award.

She was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Birmingham, Michigan, and graduated in English from the University of Michigan and worked as a journalist at Sunset magazine.[5] She is married to detective fiction author Bill Pronzini with whom she has collaborated on several novels.

  1. ^ All Book Store bibliography Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 8th December 2007
  2. ^ Hachette Book Group USA Archived 2007-11-17 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 8th December 2007
  3. ^ Shamus Awards Archive Archived 2011-08-07 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 8th December 2007
  4. ^ Fantastic Fiction Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 8th December 2007
  5. ^ page 181, Great Women Mystery Writers, 2nd Ed. by Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay, 2007, publ. Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-33428-5