Linda Barnes
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Linda Barnes is an American mystery writer who was born and raised in Detroit, and graduated cum laude from the School of Fine and Applied Arts at Boston University
. She then went on to become a drama teacher and director at Chelmsford and Lexington, Massachusetts schools. While teaching drama, Barnes wrote two plays, the award-winning "Wings" and "Prometheus" but went on to write highly successful mystery novels.
She is best known for her series featuring Carlotta Carlyle, a 6'1" redheaded detective from Boston
. Carlotta Carlyle is in the tradition of the hard-boiled female detectives created by Sue Grafton
and Sara Paretsky
. Linda Barnes is also a poet.
Linda Barnes lives near Boston with her husband and son.
Carlotta Carlyle series:
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
. She then went on to become a drama teacher and director at Chelmsford and Lexington, Massachusetts schools. While teaching drama, Barnes wrote two plays, the award-winning "Wings" and "Prometheus" but went on to write highly successful mystery novels.
She is best known for her series featuring Carlotta Carlyle, a 6'1" redheaded detective from Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
. Carlotta Carlyle is in the tradition of the hard-boiled female detectives created by Sue Grafton
Sue Grafton
Sue Taylor Grafton is a contemporary American author of detective novels. She is best known as the author of the 'alphabet series' featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone in the fictional city of Santa Teresa, California. The daughter of detective novelist C. W...
and Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky is a modern American author of detective fiction.-Life and career:Paretsky was born in Ames, Iowa and raised in Kansas, graduating from the University of Kansas with a degree in political science. She did community service work on the south side of Chicago in 1966 and returned in...
. Linda Barnes is also a poet.
Linda Barnes lives near Boston with her husband and son.
Novels
Michael Spraggue series:- Blood Will Have Blood (1981)
- Bitter Finish (1982)
- Dead Heat (1984)
- Cities Of The Dead (1985)
Carlotta Carlyle series:
- A Trouble Of Fools (1987)
- The Snake Tattoo (1989)
- Coyote (1990)
- Steel Guitar (1991)
- Snapshot (1993)
- Hardware (1995)
- Cold Case (1997)
- Flashpoint (1999)
- The Big Dig (2002)
- Deep Pockets (2004)
- Heart Of The World (2006)
- Lie Down With The Devil (2008)