100 Most Popular Contemporary Mystery Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies (Popular Authors Series)

Provide your mystery fans with background information on their favorite writers and series characters and use this as a guide for adding contemporary titles to your collections.This book examines 100 of todays top mystery novels and mystery authors hailing from countries such as the United States Great Britain France Italy South Africa and Australia. Equally valuable to students writing research papers readers craving new authors or more information about their favorite authors and teachers seeking specific types of fiction to support curricula 100 Most Popular Contemporary Mystery Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies provides revealing information about todays best mysteries and authors―without any spoilers.Each of the accomplished writers included in this guide has established a broad audience and is recognized for work that is imaginative and innovative. The rising stars of 21st century mystery will also be included as will authors who have won the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award.Provides interesting and informative profiles of 100 popular contemporary mystery and crime writers as well as overviews of their series charactersContains over 60 author photographs A bibliography lists information on each authors works as well as supporting source materials for the profiles