Agatha Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 18 (2005) Excellence Award
Peter Abrahams
ピーター・アブラハムス
Pītā Aburahamuzu
Pen Names:
Spencer Quinn（Used for Chet and Bernie Mystery Series）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1947-06-28 （Boston, Massachusetts）
- Died
- N/A （N/A）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Boston, Massachusetts → Falmouth, Massachusetts, Cape Cod
Career
- Occupations
- Writer
- Active Years
- 1994-2024
- Influenced By
- Vladimir Nabokov, Graham Greene, Ross Macdonald
- Influenced
- Stephen King
- Nominations
- 1994 Edgar Award nomination for Best Novel (Lights Out)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams College | — | — | — | — | United States |
Williams College
Year of Graduation:
1968
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Agatha Award | Down the Rabbit Hole | best children's/young adult | Malice Domestic | winner |
| 2011 | Edgar Award | Reality Check | Best Young Adult | Mystery Writers of America | winner |
Agatha Award
2005
Work:
Down the Rabbit Hole
Category:
best children's/young adult
Organization:
Malice Domestic
Result:
winner
Edgar Award
2011
Work:
Reality Check
Category:
Best Young Adult
Organization:
Mystery Writers of America
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Lights Out
1994 Crime fictionA gripping crime novel.
crimesuspense
Down the Rabbit Hole
2005 Children's/YA MysteryFirst in Echo Falls series. Teen sleuth Ingrid solves mysteries.
detectiveadventure
Reality Check
2010 Young Adult CrimeA story about checking reality.
youthcrime
The Fan
1995 Crime fictionSuspense about an obsessed fan.
obsessionsuspense
Adaptations
- [Film] The Fan / Tony Scott (1996)
Bibliography
- Down the Rabbit Hole
- Behind the Curtain
- Into the Dark
- Dog On It
- Mrs. Plansky's Revenge
Adaptations
- The Fan adapted into 1996 film (dir. Tony Scott, starring Robert De Niro)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Suspenseful proseSkillful psychological depiction
- Recurring Motifs
- Mystery solvingDetective perspectives
Legacy
Crime fiction author praised by Stephen King as 'my favorite American suspense novelist.' Successful in adult, YA, and children's genres.
Quotes
-
my favorite American suspense novelist
Source: The Washington Post (2003)
Trivia
- Writes the Chet and Bernie series (dog's POV mysteries) under pen name Spencer Quinn.
- One daughter is journalist Rosie Gray.
- Graduated from Williams College.