Nancy Pickard

Nancy Pickard (born September 19, 1945 in Kansas City, Missouri ) is an American crime novelist. She has won five Macavity Awards, four Agatha Awards, an Anthony Award, and a Shamus Award. She is the only author to win all four awards. She also served on the board of directors of the Mystery Writers of America. She received a degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri and began writing when she was 35 years old.

She is frequently a panelist at the Great Manhattan Mystery Conclave, a convention for mystery writers and mystery fans in Manhattan, Kansas.

Jenny Cain series

 * 1984 Generous Death ISBN 0380859939
 * 1985 Say No to Murder ISBN 0380896427
 * 1986 No Body ISBN 0684185938
 * 1987 Marriage is Murder ISBN 0684187604
 * 1988 Dead Crazy ISBN 0684187612
 * 1990 Bum Steer ISBN 0671680404
 * 1991 I.O.U. ISBN 0671680412
 * 1993 But I Wouldn't Want to Die There ISBN 0671723308
 * 1994 Confession ISBN 0671782614
 * 1995 Twilight ISBN 0671782711

Eugenia Potter Series

 * 1992 The 27-Ingredient Chili Con Carne Murders (w/Virginia Rich) ISBN 0385302274
 * 1998 The Blue Corn Murders ISBN 0385312245
 * 2001 The Secret Ingredient Murders ISBN 038531227X

Marie Lightfoot series

 * 2000 The Whole Truth ISBN 0671887955
 * 2001 Ring of Truth ISBN 0671887971
 * 2002 The Truth Hurts ISBN 0743412036

Non-series novels
(with Nevada Barr, Mary Jane Clark, Diana Gabaldon, J. A. Jance, Faye Kellerman, Laurie R. King, Val McDermid, Perri O'Shaughnessy, Anne Perry, J. D. Robb and Lisa Scottoline)
 * 2001 Naked Came the Phoenix (serial novel) Marcia Talley, ed. ISBN 0312251947
 * 2006 The Virgin of Small Plains ISBN 0345470990
 * 2010 The Scent of Rain and Lightning ISBN 978-0345471017

Short stories

 * 1981 "A Man Around the House"
 * 1987 "I, Witness"
 * 1989 "Afraid All the Time"
 * 1989 "The Dead Past"
 * 1990 "Storm Warnings"
 * 1991 "Dust Devil"
 * 1991 "Lazy Susan"
 * 1991 "The Scar"
 * 1992 "Every Wednesday"
 * 1992 "Fat Cat"
 * 1992 "Sex and Violence"
 * 1994 "Sign of the Times"
 * 1995 "Speak No Evil"
 * 1995 "Valentine's Night"
 * 1996 "A Rock and a Hard Place"
 * 1997 "Dr. Couch Saves a Cat"
 * 1997 "It Had to Be You"
 * 1997 "Lady Finch-Waller Regrets"
 * 1997 "Love's Cottage"
 * 1997 "The Potluck Supper Murders"
 * 1998 "Dr. Couch Saves a Bird"
 * 1998 "The Private Life of a Private Eye"
 * 1999 "The First Ladies' Secret"
 * 1999 "Nine Points for Murder"
 * 1999 "Out of Africa"
 * 1999 "Verdict"
 * 2000 "Afraid of the Dark"
 * 2001 "Lucky Devil"
 * 2001 "Tea for Two"
 * 2002 "Dr. Couch Saves a President"
 * 2002 "Old Eyes"
 * 2005 "There is No Crime on Easter Island"

Short story anthologies

 * 1994 Nancy Pickard presents Malice Domestic 3 ISBN 0671738283
 * 1999 Storm Warnings ISBN 0786218118
 * 1999 The First Lady Murders ISBN 0671014447
 * 1999 Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder ISBN 0425168905

Non-fiction

 * 2003 Seven Steps on the Writer's Path (with Lynn Lott) ISBN 034545524X

Awards and recognition

 * 1986 Anthony award winner, best paperback original, Say No to Murder
 * 1987 Anthony award nominee, best novel, No Body
 * 1988 Agatha award nominee, best novel, Dead Crazy
 * 1988 Anthony award nominee, best novel, Marriage is Murder
 * 1988 Macavity award winner, best novel, Marriage is Murder
 * 1989 Agatha award nominee, best short story, "Afraid All The Time"
 * 1990 Edgar award nominee, best short story, "Afraid All the Time"
 * 1990 Agatha award winner, best novel, Bum Steer
 * 1990 Anthony award winner, best short story, "Afraid All the Time"
 * 1990 Macavity award winner, best short story, "Afraid All the Time"
 * 1991 Agatha award winner, best novel, I.O.U.
 * 1991 Shamus award winner, best short story, "Dust Devil"
 * 1992 Anthony award nominee, best novel, I.O.U.
 * 1992 Edgar award nominee, best mystery novel, I.O.U.
 * 1992 Macavity award winner, best novel, I.O.U.
 * 1995 Agatha award nominee, best novel, Twilight
 * 1999 Agatha award winner, best short story, "Out of Africa"
 * 2000 Edgar award nominee, best novel, The Whole Truth
 * 2001 Macavity award nominee, best mystery novel, The Whole Truth
 * 2006 Agatha award winner, best novel, The Virgin of Small Plains
 * 2006 Anthony award nominee, best novel, The Virgin of Small Plains
 * 2006 Edgar award nominee, best novel, The Virgin of Small Plains
 * 2006 Macavity award winner, best short story, "There Is No Crime on Easter Island"
 * 2007 Macavity award winner, best mystery novel, The Virgin of Small Plains
 * 2008 Agatha award nominee, best short story, "A Nice Old Guy"
 * 2011 Macavity award nominee, best mystery novel, The Scent of Rain and Lightning