Barbara Michaels (1927–2013)
Författare till Crocodile on the Sandbank
Om författaren
Barbara Mertz was born on September 29, 1927 in Astoria, Illinois. She received a bachelor's degree in 1947, a master's degree in 1950 and doctorate in Egyptology in 1952 from the University of Chicago. She wrote a few books using her real name including Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs (1964), Red visa mer Land, Black Land (1966), and Two Thousand Years in Rome (1968). She also wrote under the pen names Barbara Michaels and Elizabeth Peters. She made her fiction debut, The Master of Blacktower, under the name Barbara Michaels in 1966. She wrote over two dozen novels using this pen name including Sons of the Wolf, Someone in the House, Vanish with the Rose, Dancing Floor, and Other Worlds. Her debut novel under the pen name Elizabeth Peters was The Jackal's Head in 1968. She also wrote the Amelia Peabody series and Vicky Bliss Mystery series using this name. She died on August 8, 2013 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
Serier
Verk av Barbara Michaels
Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt (1964) — Författare — 738 exemplar
Malice Domestic 1: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories (1992) — Redaktör; Inledning — 181 exemplar
Liz Peters, PI [short story] 2 exemplar
The Vengeance of Sekhmet 1 exemplar
Amelia Peabody (20 Book Series) 1 exemplar
The Dancing Floor 1 exemplar
TEMPLES, TOMBS & HYEROGLIPS 1 exemplar
Amelia Peabody, Egyptologist & Archeologist - 14 Book Set; (The Crocodile on the Sandbank, Curse of the Pharaohs, Lion… (2004) 1 exemplar
Crocodile on the Sandbank | The Curse of the Pharaohs | The Last Camel Died at Noon | The Snake, the Crocodile, and the… (1996) 1 exemplar
Be Buried In The Rain 1 exemplar
The Dark on the Other Side 1 exemplar
Amelia Peabody Series 1-5 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
A Gothic Treasure Trove: Moonraker's Bride / The Golden Unicorn / Kirkland Revels / Wings of the Falcon / Lady of… (1987) — Bidragsgivare — 95 exemplar
The Curse of the Pharoahs | Spend Game | Murder on Martha's Vineyard (1981) — Bidragsgivare — 5 exemplar
Maigret's Pickpocket | The Jackal's Head | Murder Most Fouled Up (1968) — Bidragsgivare — 2 exemplar
Deadly Trap | Wait for What Will Come | The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (1978) — Bidragsgivare — 2 exemplar
La Balsa; Vlucht naar de heuvels; Captain te koop; Ammie, kom naar huis — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Mertz, Barbara Louise
- Andra namn
- Michaels, Barbara
Peters, Elizabeth
Gross, Barbara Louise
Mertz, Barbara Louise Gross - Födelsedag
- 1927-09-29
- Avled
- 2013-08-08
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- Canton, Illinois, USA
- Dödsort
- Frederick, Maryland, USA
- Dödsorsak
- pulmonary embolism
- Bostadsorter
- Canton, Illinois, USA
Frederick, Maryland, USA - Utbildning
- University of Chicago (PhD|Egyptology) ∙ 1952)
- Yrken
- writer
archaeologist
Egyptologist - Relationer
- Mertz, Richard (former spouse)
Mertz, Elizabeth (offspring)
Mertz, Peter (offspring) - Organisationer
- Egypt Exploration Society
- Priser och utmärkelser
- MWA Grand Master (1998)
Romance Writers of America (Lifetime Achievement Award ∙ 1991)
Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement (2003) - Agent
- Dominick Abel Literary
Medlemmar
Recensioner
Listor
British Mystery (2)
Scholar Novels (19)
1980s (1)
Next in Series (1)
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- Verk
- 102
- Även av
- 35
- Medlemmar
- 67,375
- Popularitet
- #198
- Betyg
- 3.8
- Recensioner
- 1,489
- ISBN
- 1,772
- Språk
- 13
- Favoritmärkt
- 54