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Elizabeth George is a Mystery Writer You Should KnowClarksville, TN – If you are an avid viewer of the PBS “Mystery” series, the name of Elizabeth George is no secret to you. The Thomas Lynley mysteries are a staple of Sunday night television. However, if you have not read her books for yourself, you have missed one of the greatest contemporary mystery writer’s offerings. Elizabeth Susan George was born in Warren, Ohio. She is a graduate of University of California in Riverside. She also attended California State University at Fullerton, where she was awarded a master’s degree in Counseling/Psychology and an honorary doctorate of humane letters. She began her career as an English teacher at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana. Along with ten other teachers, she was eventually fired for becoming involved with union activity. She later taught in El Toro High School in El Toro, California (now called Lake Forest, California). While employed there, she was selected Orange County Teacher of the Year, a tribute in part to the work she’d done with remedial students for nearly a decade.She left education after thirteen and a half years when her first novel, A Great Deliverance, was sold to Bantam Books. Elizabeth George has been called “a master of the English mystery” by the New York Times. This is rather amazing considering she grew up in California. She has continued her teaching career in colleges not only the United States but in Canada and the United Kingdom where she has taught writing courses.
Elizabeth George’s books are as follows: A Great Deliverance (1988); Payment in Blood (1989); Well-Schooled In Murder (1990); A Suitable Vengeance (1991); For The Sake of Elena (1993); Missing Joseph (1994); Playing For The Ashes (1995); In The Presence Of The Enemy (1996); Deception On His Mind (1997); In Pursuit Of The Proper Sinner (1999); A Traitor To Memory (2001); I, Richard, a collection of short stories (2002); A Place of Hiding (2003); Write Away – Non Fiction, a book describing her method of writing (2004); A Moment on the Edge, a short story collection she selected from the writings of others (July, 2004); With No One As Witness (2005); What Came Before He Shot Her (2006); Careless in Red (2008); and This Body of Death (2010).
George’s awards include the Anthony, the Agatha, the Grand Prix de la littérature Policière, and the prestigious German prize, the MIMI. She is one of only two American writers (the other is Tony Hillerman) whose novels have been adapted for MYSTERY! As for the actors who portray these two characters in the MYSTERY! series, Ms. George says she had nothing to do with their choosing and, in fact, they do not resemble the characters as she envisioned them. However, she quickly adds, “I think Nathaniel Parker (Lynley) and Sharon Small (Havers) have done a fine job in bringing them to life.” SectionsArts and LeisureTopicsCalifornia State University, Clarksville TN, Mystery Writers You Should Know, New York Times, University of California |
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