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Deborah Adams

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Deborah Adams

Aliases: Deborah-Zenha Adams

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1956-01-01 （Tennessee）
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Tennessee → Western Kentucky

Career

Occupations
Author, Mystery novelist
Active Years
1992-2018
Affiliations
Southern Literary Coalition, Femmes Fatales, Oconee Spirit Press
Memberships
Southern Literary Coalition, Femmes Fatales
Nominations
Agatha Award nomination for Best First Mystery (All The Great Pretenders), Agatha Award nomination for short story (Cast Your Fate to the Wind)

Awards

Macavity Award
1995
Work: Cast Your Fate to the Wind
Category: 短編小説
Organization: Mystery Readers International
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

All The Great Pretenders

1992 Mystery

First book in the Jesus Creek series.

FamilySecrets

All The Crazy Winters

1992 Mystery

Second book in the Jesus Creek series.

WinterMadness

All The Dark Disguises

1993 Mystery

Third book in the Jesus Creek series.

DisguiseDarkness

All The Hungry Mothers

1994 Mystery

Fourth book in the Jesus Creek series, themed on domestic violence.

MothersViolence

All The Deadly Beloved

1995 Mystery

Fifth book in the Jesus Creek series.

LoveDeath

All The Blood Relations

1996 Mystery

Sixth book in the Jesus Creek series.

Blood relationsFamily ties

All The Dirty Cowards

2000 Mystery

Seventh book in the Jesus Creek series.

CowardiceGuilt

This Tale Is True

2018 Magical realism

Comedic magical-realism novel.

TruthStorytelling

Bibliography

  • All The Great Pretenders (1992)
  • All The Crazy Winters (1992)
  • All The Dark Disguises (1993)
  • All The Hungry Mothers (1994)
  • All The Deadly Beloved (1995)
  • All The Blood Relations (1996)
  • All The Dirty Cowards (2000)
  • This Tale Is True (2018)
  • Cast Your Fate to the Wind (short story)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Cozy mysteryEngaging character development
Recurring Motifs
Family secretsSmall-town life

Legacy

American mystery writer known for the Jesus Creek series. Winner of the Macavity Award.

Trivia

  • A seventh-generation Tennessean.
  • Founder of Femmes Fatales.
  • Certified naturalist and yoga teacher.