Daniel Stashower

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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.
  • Stashower, Daniel (2000). The Floating Lady Murder: A Harry Houdini Mystery. Avon Books.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Edgar Award Winners and Nominees Database. Archived 2014-10-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  2. ^ Past Agatha Awards Winners and Nominees. Archived 2010-04-12 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  3. ^ Past Agatha Awards Winners and Nominees. Archived 2010-04-12 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  4. ^ Edgar Award Winners and Nominees Database. Archived 2014-10-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  5. ^ 2000 Anthony Award Nominees and Winners. Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  6. ^ Macavity Awards. Mystery Readers International. Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  7. ^ Past Agatha Awards Winners and Nominees. Archived 2010-04-12 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  8. ^ Edgar Award Winners and Nominees Database. Archived 2014-10-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  9. ^ Past Agatha Awards Winners and Nominees. Archived 2010-04-12 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  10. ^ Edgar Award Winners and Nominees Database. Archived 2014-10-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  11. ^ 2008 Anthony Award Nominees and Winners. Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  12. ^ Agatha Awards. Archived 2017-01-21 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  13. ^ Edgar Award Winners and Nominees Database. Archived 2014-10-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  14. ^ Anthony Award Nominees and Winners. Archived February 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  15. ^ Best Sellers, Hardcover Nonfiction: February 21, 2013. New York Times. Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  16. ^ Editors' Choice. New York Times, 22 February 2013. Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  17. ^ Notable Nonfiction of 2013. Washington Post, 22 November 2013. Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  18. ^ Harris, Charlaine, ed. (Aug 2010). Death's Excellent Adventure.

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