Nancy Pickard
Nancy Pickard is a US 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 fans in Manhattan, Kansas.Jenny Cain series
- 1984 Generous Death
- 1985 Say No to Murder
- 1986 No Body
- 1987 Marriage is Murder
- 1988 Dead Crazy
- 1990 Bum Steer
- 1991 I.O.U.
- 1993 But I Wouldn't Want to Die There
- 1994 Confession
- 1995 Twilight
Eugenia Potter Series
- 1992 The 27-Ingredient Chili Con Carne Murders
- 1998 The Blue Corn Murders
- 2001 The Secret Ingredient Murders
Marie Lightfoot series
- 2000 The Whole Truth
- 2001 Ring of Truth
- 2002 The Truth Hurts
Non-series novels
- 2001 Naked Came the Phoenix Marcia Talley, ed.
- 1994 Nancy Pickard presents Malice Domestic 3
- 1999 Storm Warnings
- 1999 The First Lady Murders
- 1999 Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder
Non-fiction
- 2003 Seven Steps on the Writer's Path
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
