Agatha Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 23 (2010) Winner
Sarah Smith
サラ・スミス
Sara Sumisu
Aliases:
Sarah Winthrop Rishworth Smith
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1947-12-09 （Boston, Massachusetts）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Brookline, Massachusetts
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 1968-2024
- Affiliations
- Lisp Machines Inc., Bachman Inc., ITP Systems, Inc., Effective Educational Tech
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | — | English literature | BA | — | United States |
| Harvard University | — | English literature | PhD | — | United States |
Harvard University
English literature
Degree:
BA
Year of Graduation:
1968
Country:
United States
Harvard University
English literature
Degree:
PhD
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Fulbright Fellowship | — | — | Fulbright | winner |
| 1977 | Mellon Fellowship | — | — | Mellon Foundation | winner |
| 1997 | Woman of the Year | — | — | The College Club of Boston | winner |
| 2010 | Agatha Award | The Other Side of Dark | Best Children/Young Adult | Malice Domestic | winner |
| 2011 | Massachusetts Book Award | The Other Side of Dark | — | Massachusetts Center for the Book | winner |
Fulbright Fellowship
1968
Organization:
Fulbright
Result:
winner
Mellon Fellowship
1977
Organization:
Mellon Foundation
Result:
winner
Woman of the Year
1997
Organization:
The College Club of Boston
Result:
winner
Agatha Award
2010
Work:
The Other Side of Dark
Category:
Best Children/Young Adult
Organization:
Malice Domestic
Result:
winner
Massachusetts Book Award
2011
Work:
The Other Side of Dark
Organization:
Massachusetts Center for the Book
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Vanished Child
1989 Historical mysteryFirst in a historical mystery series set in turn-of-the-century Boston and Paris featuring amnesiac Alexander von Reisden.
AmnesiaHistorical setting
The Knowledge of Water
1996 Historical mysterySecond in the series.
A Citizen of the Country
2000 Historical mysteryThird in the series.
King of Space
1991 Science fiction, Hypertext fictionHypertext novel published by Eastgate Systems, pioneer of electronic literature.
The Other Side of Dark
2010 MysteryBibliography
- The Vanished Child
- The Knowledge of Water
- A Citizen of the Country
- Chasing Shakespeares
- The Other Side of Dark
- Crimes and Survivors
- King of Space
- The Boys Go Fishing (anthology story)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Historical whodunnitInterstitial artsHypertext fiction
- Recurring Motifs
- AmnesiaTurn-of-the-century Boston and Paris
Legacy
American author best known for her four-novel historical mystery series featuring Alexander von Reisden, and as a pioneer in electronic literature with the hypertext novel King of Space.