Cara Black (author)
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Cara Black is a bestselling American
United States
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 mystery writer. She is best known for her Aimée Léduc
Aimée Leduc
Aimée Leduc is a fictional character who first appeared in print in 1998. She is the creation of author Cara Black. She is a Paris-based, modern, female, private investigator. The bestselling mystery series is called Aimée Leduc Investigations....

 mystery novels featuring a female Paris
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-based private investigator. Black is included in the Great Women Mystery Writers by Elizabeth Lindsay 2nd edition. Her first novel, Murder in the Marais, was nominated for an Anthony Award
Anthony Award
The Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention since 1986. The awards are named for Anthony Boucher , one of the founders of the Mystery Writers of America....

 for best first novel. The third novel in the series, Murder in the Sentier, was nominated for an Anthony Award as Best Novel.

Biography

Black was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 14, 1951. She was educated at Cañada College
Cañada College
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 in California, Sophia University
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 in Yotsuya, Tokyo
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 in Japan, and finished her schooling at San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University
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where she earned a bachelor's and master's degrees in education. She has worked as a preschool teacher and as director of a preschool. Black lives in San Francisco with her husband, a bookseller, and their teenage son.

Works

  • Murder in the Marais (1998), ISBN 1-56947-212-2
  • Murder in Belleville (2000), ISBN 1-56947-279-3
  • Murder in the Sentier (2002), ISBN 1-56947-331-5
  • Murder in the Bastille (2003), ISBN 1-56947-364-1
  • Murder in Clichy (2004), ISBN 1-56947-411-7
  • Murder in Montmartre (2005), ISBN 1-56947-445-1
  • Murder on the Ile Saint-Louis (2007), ISBN 1-56947-475-3
  • Murder in the Rue de Paradis (2008), ISBN 1-56947-542-3
  • Murder in the Latin Quarter (2009), ISBN 1-56947-541-5
  • Murder in the Palais Royal (2010), ISBN 978-1569476208
  • Murder in Passy (2011), ISBN 1-56947-882-1
  • Murder at the Lanterne Rouge (2011), ISBN 978-1-61695-061-3

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