Daniel Stashower
Daniel Stashower is an American author and editor of mystery fiction and historical nonfiction. He lives in Maryland.
Awards and honors
[edit]Stashower has received awards and recognition for several of his works.
Fiction
[edit]The mystery novel The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man was a 1986 Edgar Award nominee for best first novel.[1]
The short story "A Deliberate Form of Frenzy" was nominated for the 1998 Agatha Award for best short story.[2]
Nonfiction
[edit]Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle was the 1999 Agatha Award winner for best nonfiction,[3] the 2000 Edgar Award winner for best critical/biographical work,[4] a 2000 Anthony Award nominee for best critical nonfiction work,[5] and a 2000 Macavity Award nominee for best nonfiction.[6]
The Beautiful Cigar Girl was a 2006 Agatha Award nominee for best nonfiction[7] and a 2007 Edgar Award nominee for best fact crime.[8]
Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters was the 2007 Agatha Award winner for best nonfiction,[9] the 2008 Edgar Award winner for best critical/biographical work,[10] and the 2008 Anthony Award winner for best critical work.[11]
The Hour of Peril was the 2013 Agatha Award winner for best nonfiction,[12] the 2014 Edgar Award winner for best fact crime,[13] a 2014 Anthony Award nominee for best critical or nonfiction work,[14] was a New York Times best seller and editors' choice,[15][16] and was on the Washington Post's list of Notable Nonfiction of 2013.[17]
Books
[edit]Fiction
[edit]- Stashower, Daniel (1985). The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man. William Morrow and Company.
- Stashower, Daniel (1989). Elephants in the Distance. William Morrow.
- Stashower, Daniel (1998). "A Deliberate Form of Frenzy". In Foxwell, Elizabeth (ed.). Malice Domestic 7. Avon Books.
- Stashower, Daniel (1999). The Dime Museum Murders: A Harry Houdini Mystery. Avon Books. ISBN 978-0-380-80056-8.
- Stashower, Daniel (2000). The Floating Lady Murder: A Harry Houdini Mystery. Avon Books. ISBN 978-0-380-80057-5.
- Stashower, Daniel (2001). The Houdini Specter: A Harry Houdini Mystery. Avon Books.
- Greenberg, Martin H.; Lellenberg, Jon; Stashower, Daniel, eds. (2002). Murder in Baker Street: New Tales of Sherlock Holmes. Carroll & Graf. ISBN 978-0-7867-0898-7.
- Greenberg, Martin H.; Lellenberg, Jon; Stashower, Daniel, eds. (2002). Murder, My Dear Watson: New Tales of Sherlock Holmes. Carroll & Graf.
- Greenberg, Martin H.; Lellenberg, Jon; Stashower, Daniel, eds. (2006). Ghosts in Baker Street: New Tales of Sherlock Holmes. Carroll & Graf.
- Greenberg, Martin H.; Lellenberg, Jon; Stashower, Daniel, eds. (2009). Sherlock Holmes in America. Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 978-1-60239-352-3.
- Doyle, Arthur Conan (2011). Lellenberg, Jon; Stashower, Daniel; Foss, Rachel (eds.). The Narrative of John Smith. British Library.
Anthologies
[edit]- Meanwhile, Far Across the Caspian Sea ... (Aug 2010) in Death's Excellent Vacation[18]
Nonfiction
[edit]- Stashower, Daniel (1999). Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle. Henry Holt & Co. ISBN 978-0-8050-5074-5.
- Stashower, Daniel (2002). The Boy Genius and the Mogul: The Untold Story of Television. Broadway Books. ISBN 978-0-7679-0759-0.
- Stashower, Daniel (2006). The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder. Dutton. ISBN 978-0-525-94981-7.
- Lellenberg, Jon; Stashower, Daniel; Foley, Charles, eds. (2007). Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters. Penguin.
- Doyle, Arthur Conan (2012). Lellenberg, Jon; Stashower, Daniel (eds.). Dangerous Work: Diary of an Arctic Adventure. University of Chicago Press.
- Stashower, Daniel (2013). The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War. Minotaur Books.
References
[edit]- ^ Edgar Award Winners and Nominees Database. Archived 2014-10-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-11-03.
- ^ Past Agatha Awards Winners and Nominees. Archived 2010-04-12 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-11-03.
- ^ Past Agatha Awards Winners and Nominees. Archived 2010-04-12 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-11-03.
- ^ Edgar Award Winners and Nominees Database. Archived 2014-10-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-11-03.
- ^ 2000 Anthony Award Nominees and Winners. Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-11-03.
- ^ Macavity Awards. Mystery Readers International. Retrieved 2014-11-03.
- ^ Past Agatha Awards Winners and Nominees. Archived 2010-04-12 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-11-03.
- ^ Edgar Award Winners and Nominees Database. Archived 2014-10-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-11-03.
- ^ Past Agatha Awards Winners and Nominees. Archived 2010-04-12 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-11-03.
- ^ Edgar Award Winners and Nominees Database. Archived 2014-10-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-11-03.
- ^ 2008 Anthony Award Nominees and Winners. Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-11-03.
- ^ Agatha Awards. Archived 2017-01-21 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-11-03.
- ^ Edgar Award Winners and Nominees Database. Archived 2014-10-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-11-03.
- ^ Anthony Award Nominees and Winners. Archived February 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-11-03.
- ^ Best Sellers, Hardcover Nonfiction: February 21, 2013. New York Times. Retrieved 2014-11-03.
- ^ Editors' Choice. New York Times, 22 February 2013. Retrieved 2014-11-03.
- ^ Notable Nonfiction of 2013. Washington Post, 22 November 2013. Retrieved 2014-11-03.
- ^ Harris, Charlaine, ed. (Aug 2010). Death's Excellent Adventure.
