Agatha Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 19 (2006) Excellence Award
Toni Leigh Perry Kelner
トニー・リィー・ペリー・ケルナー
Toni Rī Perī Kerunā
Aliases:
Toni Kelner
Pen Names:
Toni L.P. Kelner（Primary pen name for novels）,
Leigh Perry（Pen name for Family Skeleton series）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Mystery novelist, Fantasy author
- Active Years
- 1993-2024
- Nominations
- Agatha Award nomination (short story), Anthony Award nomination (short story), Macavity Award nomination (short story), Derringer Award nomination (short story), RT BOOKclub awards nomination (novels)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Agatha Award | Sleeping With the Plush | Best Short Story | Malice Domestic | Winner |
| — | RT BOOKclub Career Achievement Award | — | — | RT BOOKclub | Winner |
Agatha Award
2006
Work:
Sleeping With the Plush
Category:
Best Short Story
Organization:
Malice Domestic
Result:
Winner
RT BOOKclub Career Achievement Award
Organization:
RT BOOKclub
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Down Home Murder
1993 MysteryFirst Laura Fleming novel.
Southern mysteryFamily
A Skeleton in the Family
2013 Fantasy mysteryFamily Skeleton series, features a talking skeleton.
SkeletonHumorFamily
Many Bloody Returns
2007 Urban fantasyCo-edited anthology with Charlaine Harris, NYT bestseller.
VampiresHolidays
Bibliography
- Down Home Murder
- Dead Ringer
- Trouble Looking for a Place to Happen
- Country Comes to Town
- Tight as a Tick
- Death of a Damn Yankee
- Mad as the Dickens
- Wed and Buried
- Curse of the Kissing Cousins
- Who Killed the Pinup Queen?
- Blast from the Past
- A Skeleton in the Family
- The Skeleton Takes a Bow
- The Skeleton Haunts a House
- The Skeleton Paints a Picture
- The Skeleton Makes a Friend
- The Skeleton Stuffs a Stocking
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Humorous narrativeSouthern satire
- Recurring Motifs
- Talking skeletonsFamily bondsSupernatural
Legacy
Prolific author of mystery series and co-editor of NYT bestselling urban fantasy anthologies with Charlaine Harris. Agatha Award winner for short story.
Trivia
- Southern double name (Toni Leigh) typical of Southerners.
- Married to Stephen Paul Kelner, Jr., two daughters.
- Recent short story: 'The Skeleton Rides a Horse'.