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Dorothy Cannell

ドロシー・キャネル

Doroshī Kyanneru

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1943 （London, England）
Nationality
British, American
Languages
English
Residence History
London, England → Peoria, Illinois → Belfast, Maine

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
1984-2022
Nominations
1989 Anthony Award nomination for Best Novel (The Widow's Club), 1989 Agatha Award nomination for Best Novel (The Widow's Club), 1991 Agatha Award nomination for Best Short Story (The High Cost of Living), 1992 Agatha Award nomination for Best Short Story (The January Sales Stowaway), 1996 Agatha Award nomination for Best Short Story (Cupid's Arrow)

Awards

Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement
2014
Organization: Malice Domestic
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Thin Woman

1984 Mystery

First Ellie Haskell novel, selected as one of the 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Twentieth Century by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association.

MysteryHumor

Bibliography

  • The Thin Woman (1984)
  • The Widow's Club (1988)
  • Mum's the Word (1990)
  • Femmes Fatal (1992)
  • How to Murder Your Mother-In-Law (1994)
  • How to Murder the Man of Your Dreams (1995)
  • The Spring Cleaning Murders (1998)
  • The Trouble with Harriet (1999)
  • Bridesmaids Revisited (2000)
  • The Importance of Being Ernestine (2002)
  • Withering Heights (2007)
  • Goodbye, Ms. Chips (2008)
  • She Shoots to Conquer (2009)
  • Down The Garden Path (1985)
  • God Save the Queen (1997)
  • Naked Came The Farmer (1998)
  • The Sunken Sailor (2004)
  • Sea Glass Summer (2012)
  • The Family Jewels and Other Stories (2001)
  • Murder at Mullings (2014)
  • Death at Dovecote Hatch (2015)
  • Peril in the Parish (2022)

Legacy

Known for the Ellie Haskell mystery series featuring humorous mysteries.