Anne Emery
Canadian author of mystery novels From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anne Emery is a Canadian writer of murder mystery novels and a lawyer. Emery has been awarded the 2019 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel,[2] silver medal in the 2011 Independent Publisher Book Awards,[3] and the 2007 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel.[4] In 2023, Emery's novel Fenian Street was shortlisted for the Crime Writers of Canada Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery.[5] She has published twelve novels in her Collins-Burke mystery series,[6] which features Monty Collins, a Hallifax lawyer, and Father Brennan Burke, a Catholic priest and choirmaster,[7] and a stand-alone novel.
Anne Emery | |
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| Born | 1958 (age 66–67) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada[1] |
| Occupation | Author |
| Genre | Crime fiction |
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Personal life
Emery was raised in Moncton, New Brunswick in an Irish Catholic family.[8] She graduated from St. Francis Xavier University and Dalhousie Law School.[1] During the lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic, Emery walked every street on the Halifax peninsula, crossing off the final street in September 2020.[9]
Bibliography
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Novels
- The Keening: A Mystery of Gaelic Ireland (2021)[10]
- Collins-Burke Mystery series
- Sign of the Cross (2006), 2007 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel[4]
- Obit (2007)
- Barrington Street Blues (2008)[7]
- Cecilian Vespers (2009)[11]
- Children in the Morning (2010), silver medal winner in the 2011 Independent Publisher Book Awards;[3] the title was inspired by Leonard Cohen's song "Suzanne"[12]
- Death at Christy Burke's (2011)
- Blood on a Saint (2013),[13] on short list for 2014 Atlantic Book Awards[14]
- Ruined Abbey (2015)
- Lament for Bonnie (2016)[15][16]
- Though the Heavens Fall (2018),[17][18] 2019 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel[2]
- Postmark Berlin (2020)[19]
- Fenian Street (2022)[20]
- Counted Among the Dead (2024)[21]
References
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