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Donna Andrews

ドナ・アンドリュース

Dona Andoryūsu

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
Yorktown, Virginia
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Yorktown, Virginia → Reston, Virginia

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
1999-2024
Memberships
Sisters in Crime (Chesapeake Chapter), Mystery Writers of America (Mid-Atlantic chapter), Private Investigators and Security Association
Nominations
St. Martin's Minotaur Best First Traditional Mystery contest winner (noted under awards), Dilys Award finalist 2000, 2003, 2004, Multiple Agatha Award nominations (e.g., 2003 for Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon), Multiple Lefty Award nominations

Education

University of Virginia
English and drama
Country: United States

Awards

Agatha Award for Best First Novel
1999
Work: Murder with Peacocks
Category: Best First Novel
Organization: Malice Domestic
Result: winner
Agatha Award for Best Novel
2002
Work: You've Got Murder
Category: Best Novel
Organization: Malice Domestic
Result: winner
Agatha Award for Best Short Story
2007
Work: A Rat's Tale
Category: Best Short Story
Organization: Malice Domestic
Result: winner
Anthony Award for Best First Novel
2000
Work: Murder with Peacocks
Category: Best First Novel
Organization: Bouchercon
Result: winner
Barry Award for Best First Novel
2000
Work: Murder with Peacocks
Category: Best First Novel
Organization: Deadly Pleasures
Result: winner
Lefty Award
1999
Work: Murder with Peacocks
Category: Funniest Mystery
Organization: Left Coast Crime
Result: winner
Lefty Award
2005
Work: We'll Always Have Parrots
Organization: Left Coast Crime
Result: winner
Lefty Award
2012
Work: The Real Macaw
Organization: Left Coast Crime
Result: winner
Lefty Award
2016
Work: Lord of the Wings
Category: Best Humorous Mystery Novel
Organization: Left Coast Crime
Result: winner
Toby Bromberg Award
2003
Work: Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon
Category: Most Humorous Mystery
Organization: Romantic Times
Result: winner
Toby Bromberg Award
2009
Work: Swan For The Money
Category: Most Humorous Mystery
Organization: Romantic Times
Result: winner
Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award
1999
Work: Murder with Peacocks
Category: Best First Mystery
Organization: Romantic Times
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Murder with Peacocks

1999 Mystery

First in the Meg Langslow series. A wedding planner becomes involved in murders.

Amateur sleuthHumorFamily

You've Got Murder

2002 Mystery

First in the Turing Hopper series. An AI sleuth in a unique mystery.

Artificial intelligenceCyber mysteryHumor

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Humorous styleSatiricalLight-hearted narrative
Recurring Motifs
Bird-themed pun titlesEccentric relativesRural community

Legacy

American mystery fiction writer known for two award-winning amateur sleuth series, with the Meg Langslow series exceeding 37 books.

Trivia

  • Her birthplace, Yorktown, Virginia, serves as the setting for the Meg Langslow series.