Virginia Lanier

Virginia Lanier
BornVirginia Rudd Lanier
(1930-10-28)October 28, 1930
Madison County, Florida, U.S.
DiedOctober 27, 2003(2003-10-27) (aged 72)
Fargo, Georgia, U.S.
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
GenreMystery
Notable worksJo Beth Sidden series
SpouseRobert Lanier
ChildrenMichael Stewart

Virginia Rudd Lanier ((1930-10-28)October 28, 1930 – (2003-10-27)October 27, 2003) was an American mystery fiction writer, author of a series featuring bloodhound trainer Jo Beth Sidden.

Biography

Lanier was born in Madison County, Florida in 1930. She was an orphan and was adopted by Ira and Mary Holt Rudd.[1]

Death

Lanier died in her home in October 2003 after a long illness.[1][2][3][4]

Bibliography

Lanier published her first book in 1995 at age 65 after having thrown a book across the room in disgust and attempting to write something better herself.[1][2]

Novels

  • Death in Bloodhound Red (1995)
  • The House on Bloodhound Lane (1996)
  • A Brace of Bloodhounds (1997)
  • Blind Bloodhound Justice (1998)
  • Ten Little Bloodhounds (1998)
  • A Bloodhound to Die For (2003)

Short stories

Awards

Lanier's début novel Death in Bloodhound Red won the 1996 Anthony Award for "Best First Novel" and was also nominated for the same honour at the Agatha Awards the previous year.[5][6] Her fourth novel, Blind Bloodhound Justice, was nominated for the 1998 Agatha Award in the "Best Novel" category.[6] Lanier's last novel, A Bloodhound to Die For, was nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award at the 2004 Edgar Awards.[7]

Adaptations

As of 1998, the Jo Beth Sidden series was optioned to be the basis for a Hollywood movie or a TV Mini-series. However, this project appears to have been scrapped.[8][9]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Lindsay, Elizabeth Blakesley (2007). "Virginia Lanier". In Klein, Kathleen Gregory (ed.). Great Women Mystery Writers (2nd ed.). Westport, CT: Greenwood. p. 139. ISBN 9780313334283. LCCN 2006026202. OCLC 70921441.
  2. ^ a b "Other Deaths". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Nov 1, 2003. p. D-3. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
  3. ^ "Bloodhound mystery writer dies in south Georgia". AccessNorthGa. Associated Press. 2003-10-30. Archived from the original on 2013-04-11. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
  4. ^ "Local author Virginia Lanier dies". Valdosta Daily Times. 2005-12-06. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  5. ^ "Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards Nominees". Bouchercon. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
  6. ^ a b "Malice Domestic Convention - Bethesda, MD". Malice Domestic. Archived from the original on 2010-04-12. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
  7. ^ "Edgar Award Winners and Nominees in the Private Eye Genre". Thrilling Detective. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
  8. ^ "Virginia Lanier: Southeast Georgia Success Story". Waycross Journal-Herald. Mar 13, 1998. p. 19. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
  9. ^ Marks, Jeffrey. "Virginia Lanier, Mystery Author, at First Look at the Crime". Mysterynet. Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2012-04-12.