About

New Jersey-born Elizabeth Foxwell is an editor at McFarland & Co. interested in women's history and the history of mystery/detective/crime fiction. She also serves as the managing editor of _Clues: A Journal of Detection_, the oldest US scholarly journal on mystery/detective/crime fiction; and editor of the McFarland Companions to Mystery Fiction series. She has edited several mystery anthologies, writes frequently on mystery history, and is a columnist for _Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine_. She also edited _In Their Own Words: American Women in World War I_ (2015) and coauthored _The Robert B. Parker Companion_ (2005). Foxwell lives outside of Washington, DC.

Featured Work

James Sallis: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction (ed.)

2024
Cover of James Sallis: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction with headshot of Sallis in a cap and an illustration of a city scene

Vol. 13 in the McFarland Companions to Mystery Fiction series by Nathan Ashman (ed. Elizabeth Foxwell) provides a comprehensive look at the multigenre career of James Sallis: author of _Drive_, creator of PI Lew Griffin, and biographer of Chester Himes.

Other Works

  • Dorothy L. Sayers: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction (ed.)

    2022

  • "125 Pounds of Nerve and Pluck" [on pioneer aviator Ruth Bancroft Law, Aviation History magazine]

    2022

  • Agatha Christie: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction (ed.)

    2022

  • Ian Rankin: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction (ed.)

    2020

  • Ngaio Marsh: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction (ed.)

    2019

  • P. D. James: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction (ed.)

    2017

  • "'I Write Christie': The Mysteries of Isaac Asimov," Critical Insights: Isaac Asimov

    2017

  • Sara Paretsky: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction (ed.)

    2016

  • In Their Own Words: American Women in World War I

    2015

  • James Ellroy: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction (ed.)

    2013

  • Ed McBain/Evan Hunter: A Literary Companion (ed.)

    2012

  • Andrea Camilleri: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction (ed.)

    2012

  • E. X. Ferrars: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction (ed.)

    2011

  • John Buchan: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction (ed.)

    2009

  • The Robert B. Parker Companion

    2005

Awards and Recognition

  • Agatha Award winner, Best Short Story ("No Man's Land")
  • Anthony Award nominee, Best Anthology (_Malice Domestic 9_)
  • Macavity Award nominee, Best Short Story ("No Man's Land")
  • George N. Dove Award recipient, for contributions to the serious study of mystery/detective/crime fiction, Detective/Mystery Caucus, Popular Culture Assn

Press and Media Mentions