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Paula L. Woods

ポーラ・エル・ウッズ

Pōra Eru Uddzu

Aliases: Paula Woods

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1953-01-01 (Los Angeles)
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Los Angeles

Career

Occupations
crime novelist, literary critic
Active Years
1992-2006

Awards

Macavity Award
1999
Work: Inner City Blues
Category: best first mystery
Organization: Mystery Readers International
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Inner City Blues

1999 Crime fiction

A crime novel featuring L.A. policewoman Charlotte Justice.

racial issuesurban crime

Stormy Weather

2001 Crime fiction

Dirty Laundry

2003 Crime fiction

Strange Bedfellows

2006 Crime fiction

Bibliography

  • Inner City Blues
  • Stormy Weather
  • Dirty Laundry
  • Strange Bedfellows
  • Spooks, Spies and Private Eyes: Black Mystery, Crime and Suspense Fiction of the 20th Century
  • Merry Christmas, Baby: A Christmas and Kwanzaa Treasury
  • I Hear a Symphony: African Americans Celebrate Love
  • I, Too, Sing America: The African American Book of Days

Legacy

Known as an African-American crime novelist who won the Macavity Award for her Charlotte Justice series.

Trivia

  • African-American.
  • Born in Los Angeles.