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Ellen Hart

Ellen Hart is the author of over thirty crime novels in two different series. She is a six-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Mystery, a three-time winner of the Minnesota Book Award for Best Popular Fiction, a three-time winner of the Golden Crown Literary Award in several categories, a recipient of the Alice B Medal, and was made an official GLBT Literary Saint at the Saints & Sinners Literary Festival in New Orleans in 2005. In 2010, Ellen received the GCLS Trailblazer Award for lifetime achievement in the field of lesbian literature. In 2016, she was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America (read her acceptance speech). The award "represents the pinnacle of achievement in mystery writing and was established to acknowledge important contributions to this genre, as well as for a body of work that is both significant and of consistent high quality."

For many years, Ellen has taught "An Introduction to Writing the Modern Mystery" through the The Loft Literary Center, the largest independent writing community in the nation. Ellen's latest Sophie Greenway mystery is No Reservations Required (Ballantine). In a Midnight Wood, the twenty-seventh Jane Lawless mystery, will be published by St. Martin's/Minotaur in September 2020. Bywater Books has been releasing Ellen's latest titles in paperback, starting in October 2013 with The Mirror and the Mask and The Cruel Ever After. Also, Audible.com has been releasing all of the Jane Lawless mysteries as audiobooks. Ellen and her partner of over 40 years, Kathleen Kruger, live in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

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American writer

Born 1949

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  • Cover of: Stage fright: a Jane Lawless mystery

    First published in 1992 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Robber's Wine (Jane Lawless Mysteries

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  • Cover of: A small sacrifice

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  • Cover of: A killing cure: A Jane Lawless mystery

    Cover of edition killingcurejanel00hart First published in 1993 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The mirror and the mask

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  • Cover of: The oldest sin

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  • Cover of: Faint praise: a Jane Lawless mystery

    Cover of edition faintpraise0000hart First published in 1995 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: No Reservations Required : A Culinary Mystery (Hardcover)

    Cover of edition noreservationsre00hart First published in 2005 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Death on a silver platter: (a Culinary mystery)

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  • Cover of: Vital Lies

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    First published in 1995 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: This little piggy went to murder

    First published in 1994 — 2 editions
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    First published in 2000 — 2 editions
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American writer

Born 1949

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Fiction, Lawless, jane (fictitious character), fiction, Minneapolis (minn.), fiction, Jane Lawless (Fictitious character), Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths, Women detectives, Lesbians, Fiction, lgbtq+, lesbian, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Restaurateurs, Lesbians, fiction, Cookery, Cooking, LGBTQ mystery, Lambda Literary Award Winner, Lambda Literary Awards, Restaurants, Sophie Greenway (Fictitious character), Lesbians in fiction, Women detectives in fiction, Investigation, Missing persons, Murder, Cookery in fiction, Detective and mystery stories

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Minneapolis (Minn.), Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minneapolis Metropolitan Area (Minn.), Minneapolis Metropolitan Area, New York (N.Y.), Wisconsin

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December 6, 2022 Edited by wjhollerich added VIAF ID
July 17, 2021 Edited by Jenner Add link to acceptance speech
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