Elizabeth Foxwell
New Jersey-born Elizabeth Foxwell is 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 reviews mysteries for _Publishers Weekly_. 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.
Works
Ian Rankin: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction
Vol. 10 in the McFarland Companions to Mystery Fiction by Erin E. MacDonald (ed. Elizabeth Foxwell) focuses on the life and works of Scottish novelist Ian Rankin, creator of Inspector John Rebus. "“Fascinating biography … definitely belongs in mystery reference collections"--Booklist
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Ngaio Marsh: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction (ed.)
P. D. James: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction (ed.)
"'I Write Christie': The Mysteries of Isaac Asimov," Critical Insights: Isaac Asimov
Sara Paretsky: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction (ed.)
In Their Own Words: American Women in World War I
James Ellroy: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction (ed.)
Ed McBain/Evan Hunter: A Literary Companion (ed.)
Andrea Camilleri: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction (ed.)
E. X. Ferrars: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction (ed.)
John Buchan: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction (ed.)
The Robert B. Parker Companion
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
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Location
Arlington, VA
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Category
Fiction & Literature, Mystery & Crime, Journalism, Biography & History, Essays