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Margaret Maron

マーガレット・マロン

Margaret Maron

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1938-08-25 （Greensboro, North Carolina, United States）
Died
2021-02-23 （Raleigh, North Carolina, United States） age 82
Nationality
United States
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
1981-2021

Awards

Agatha Award — Best Short Story
1991
Work: Deborah's Judgment
Category: 最優秀短篇賞
Organization: Agatha Awards
Result: winner
Agatha Award — Best Novel
1992
Work: Bootlegger's Daughter
Category: 最優秀長篇賞
Organization: Agatha Awards
Result: winner
Agatha Award — Best Novel
1996
Work: Up Jumps the Devil
Category: 最優秀長篇賞
Organization: Agatha Awards
Result: winner
Agatha Award — Best Novel
2000
Work: Storm Track
Category: 最優秀長篇賞
Organization: Agatha Awards
Result: winner
Agatha Award — Best Novel
2011
Work: Three-Day Town
Category: 最優秀長篇賞
Organization: Agatha Awards
Result: winner
Agatha Award — Best Short Story
2002
Work: The Dog That Didn't Bark
Category: 最優秀短篇賞
Organization: Agatha Awards
Result: winner
Macavity Award — Best Short Story
1992
Work: Deborah's Judgment
Category: 短編賞
Organization: Macavity Awards
Result: winner
Macavity Award — Best Novel
1993
Work: Bootlegger's Daughter
Category: 長編賞
Organization: Macavity Awards
Result: winner
Anthony Award — Best Novel
1993
Work: Bootlegger's Daughter
Category: 長編賞
Organization: Anthony Awards
Result: winner
Edgar Award — Best Novel
1993
Work: Bootlegger's Daughter
Category: 長編賞
Organization: Edgar Awards
Result: winner
Edgar Award — Grand Master
2013
Category: 巨匠賞
Organization: Edgar Awards
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Bootlegger's Daughter

1992 Mystery

Set in North Carolina, follows Deborah Knott as she confronts family secrets and corruption in her community.

familySouthern communityjustice
Translations
  • Bootlegger's Daughter

Up Jumps the Devil

1996 Mystery

A Deborah Knott entry exploring conspiracies and personal conflicts in a Southern town.

conspiracylocal tensions
Translations
  • Up Jumps the Devil

Three-Day Town

2011 Mystery

A murder that unfolds over three days exposes the town's history and tangled relationships.

communitylegacy of the past

Bibliography

  • Bootlegger's Daughter — 1992
  • Southern Discomfort — 1993
  • Up Jumps the Devil — 1996
  • Three-Day Town — 2011

Translations of Works

  • Bootlegger's Daughter (Hayakawa Bunko, trans. Motoko Takase, 1995)
  • Southern Discomfort (Hayakawa Bunko, trans. Motoko Takase, 1996)
  • Sand Sharks (Hayakawa Bunko, trans. Motoko Takase, 1997)
  • Up Jumps the Devil (Hayakawa Bunko, trans. Motoko Takase, 1998)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Realist style with Southern literary elementsCharacter-driven dialogue
Recurring Motifs
family secretsSouthern social structures and customsjustice and redemption

Legacy

Best known for the Deborah Knott series set in North Carolina. She won multiple major mystery awards and is highly regarded in American crime fiction.

Trivia

  • Married to Joe Maron.
  • Official website: http://margaretmaron.com