Nancy Pickard

Nancy Pickard (born September 19, 1945 in Kansas City, Missouri) is a US crime novelist. She has won five Macavity Awards, four Agatha Awards, an Anthony Award, and a Shamus Award. She is the only author to win all four awards. She also served on the board of directors of the Mystery Writers of America. She received a degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri and began writing when she was 35 years old.
She is frequently a panelist at the Great Manhattan Mystery Conclave, a convention for mystery writers and fans in Manhattan, Kansas.

• 1986 Anthony award winner, best paperback original, Say No to Murder
• 1987 Anthony award nominee, best novel, No Body
• 1988 Agatha award nominee, best novel, Dead Crazy
• 1988 Anthony award nominee, best novel, Marriage is Murder
• 1988 Macavity award winner, best novel, Marriage is Murder
• 1989 Agatha award nominee, best short story, "Afraid All The Time"
• 1990 Edgar award nominee, best short story, "Afraid All the Time"
• 1990 Agatha award winner, best novel, Bum Steer
• 1990 Anthony award winner, best short story, "Afraid All the Time"
• 1990 Macavity award winner, best short story, "Afraid All the Time"
• 1991 Agatha award winner, best novel, I.O.U.
• 1991 Shamus award winner, best short story, "Dust Devil"
• 1992 Anthony award nominee, best novel, I.O.U.
• 1992 Edgar award nominee, best mystery novel, I.O.U.
• 1992 Macavity award winner, best novel, I.O.U.
• 1995 Agatha award nominee, best novel, Twilight
• 1999 Agatha award winner, best short story, "Out of Africa"
• 2000 Edgar award nominee, best novel, The Whole Truth
• 2001 Macavity award nominee, best mystery novel, The Whole Truth
• 2006 Agatha award winner, best novel, The Virgin of Small Plains
• 2006 Anthony award nominee, best novel, The Virgin of Small Plains
• 2006 Edgar award nominee, best novel, The Virgin of Small Plains
• 2006 Macavity award winner, best short story, "There Is No Crime on Easter Island"
• 2007 Macavity award winner, best mystery novel, The Virgin of Small Plains
• 2008 Agatha award nominee, best short story, "A Nice Old Guy"
• 2011 Macavity award nominee, best mystery novel, The Scent of Rain and Lightning

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