Sue grafton is published in 28 countries and 26 languages including estonian, bulgarian, and indonesian. Shes an international bestseller with a readership in the millions. If you know the answer to this question, please register to join our limited beta program and start the. This series of books is known as the alphabet series of books due to the title of the books. Here are details on plans to publish the final book in the kinsey millhone series. The next grafton mystery is due in august and we have a first look at jacket and excerpt. B is for burglar kinsey millhone alphabet mysteries, no. National book awards only accepting digital entries due to coronavirus when sue grafton was working on her first detective novel, she had no book deal, just an idea for a series. Now a private investigator, she solves all the most difficult cases in fictional santa theresa, california. She began seriously writing at 18 and wrote her first novel at 22. Sue grafton, author of the kinsey millhone alphabet series. The drought of 1989 is causing anxiety all over santa teresa, but. Grafton has been approached about selling the film and television rights. Her fans have thus far read through 22 kinsey millhone novels.
Her 25 novels featuring the private eye kinsey millhone, which began with a is for alibi in 1982 and. Three questions for vp and publisher marian wood on. After her death, sue graftons z is for zero remains an unsolved mystery. I am sorry to tell you all that sue passed away last night after a two year battle with cancer. When is the next sue grafton book due out x is for answers. Her father, cw grafton, was a lawyer and occasional writer of. Sue grafton, acclaimed author of the kinsey millhone series. She has a growing number of anna pigeon mysteries to her credit as well as numerous other books, short. In 1982, sue grafton introduced us to kinsey millhone. The author of the kinsey millhone mysteries, including, most recently, x, has trouble passing up books about anne boleyn. The famous american crime novelist sue grafton who has given the world the bestsellers died on 28. Sue grafton was born on april 24, 1940 in louisville, kentucky. After 23 novels, sue graftons alphabet series, featuring scrappy california private investigator kinsey millhone, is showing no signs of age.
Sue graftons new book, w is for wasted, hit bookstores sept. B is for burglar, c is for corpse, d is for deadbeat and other letters followed suit over the next 35 years. Sue grafton 77 42440 122817 sue grafton majored in english while she was attending college at university of louisville. Sue grafton, who has died aged 77, was a trailblazing writer of american detective stories. Sue grafton is the american author of the popular kinsey millhone crime mystery series, which is known even by those who havent read the books yet by the fact that each book starts with a letter of the alphabet sadly, the author sue grafton passed away on december 28, 2017, at the age of 77 from a 2year battle with cancer of the appendix, one that she lost. Thirty years later, kinsey is an established international icon and sue, a numberone bestselling author. There are gems inside that fans of graftons alphabet series of kinsey millhone detective. Author sue grafton comes to denver for debut of new book. Best books of sue grafton most, greatest of everything. The alphabet now ends at y, her daughter jamie clark said. Sue grafton 19402017 was the american author behind the series of detective books starring kinsey millhone. When is the next sue grafton book due out x is for. The death of internationally acclaimed author sue grafton means at least one mystery will remain unsolved. Now a private investigator, she solves all the most difficult cases in fictional santa.
Sue graftons collection of shorts stories is a bit of a. It follows kinsey millhone, a licensed private investigator. Graftons novels have been published in 28 countries and 26 languages. Sue graftons new collection of short stories, kinsey and me, is a mixed bag of material.
The final installment in sue graftons alphabet series winner of the anthonybill crider award for best novel in a series private investigator kinsey millhone confronts her. Sue grafton is one of the most popular female writers in the uk and us. Sue grafton, whose detective novels spanned the alphabet. Kinsey millhone series by sue grafton meet your next. I have read many writers who begin a series wonderfully and then, at about book 4 or 5, stall out. Sue grafton, age three, and her sixyearold sister, with their mother and father. Read an excerpt from sue graftons new y is for yesterday. In sue graftons bestselling mystery series, hardboiled detective kinsey millhone is an excop and rebellious loner. Her final book in the kinsey millhone series of novels, y is for yesterday, was published in august. Grafton was surrounded by family, including husband steven humphrey. Sue grafton closing in on the end of the alphabet bestselling crime novelist sue grafton tackles w in her latest mystery. Sue grafton is breaking the mold with the title of the next book in her bestselling alphabet mystery series starring private investigator kinsey millhone.
With only two letters left, graftons many devoted readers will share. Sue grafton ratchets up the heat as she heads toward the finish line of her alphabeticallyframed series. Not surprisingly, bestselling author sue grafton had a few provocative things to say in august when i interviewed her in this space before the release of x, the latest entry in her uber. Sue graftons death means there will be no z finale in her alphabet detective series. Nevada barr is an awardwinning novelist and new york times bestselling author. The book is currently slated for publication decmeber 5, 2007, but it might come out sooner if the publisher can push the book through the prepublication process and find an earlier slot. The books become padded, the plots are listless, the characters repeat. Sue grafton, the mystery writer who penned bestselling novels with alphabetbased titles, starting with a is for alibi and ending with y is for yesterday, has died, her daughter, jamie clark.
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