Liza Cody
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Liza Cody is an English crime fiction writer.
She is the author of twelve novels and many short stories. Her Anna Lee series introduced the professional female private detective to British mystery fiction. The entire Anna Lee series was adapted for television and broadcast in both the U.K. and the U.S.
Cody is also the author of the ground-breaking Bucket Nut Trilogy featuring professional wrestler Eva Wylie, as well as the stand-alone novels Rift and Gimme More. Gimme More drew on the author’s interest and experience in the world of music and musicians. Her novels have been widely translated.
Cody’s short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines and a lavishly praised collection of her first seventeen was published as Lucky Dip and other stories.
Awards include the John Creasey Memorial Prize and the CWA Silver Dagger in the UK as well as an Anthony Award
in the U.S. and a Marlowe in Germany. She has twice been nominated for the MWA’s Edgars
as well as for another Dagger.
Most of Cody's work is set in London. Her career before she began writing was mostly in the visual arts and included a stint as a hair inserter and colouring artiste at Madame Tussaud's Waxwork museum. Currently she lives in Bath, England.
The Eva Wylie series
Stand alone novels
Short story collection
She is the author of twelve novels and many short stories. Her Anna Lee series introduced the professional female private detective to British mystery fiction. The entire Anna Lee series was adapted for television and broadcast in both the U.K. and the U.S.
Cody is also the author of the ground-breaking Bucket Nut Trilogy featuring professional wrestler Eva Wylie, as well as the stand-alone novels Rift and Gimme More. Gimme More drew on the author’s interest and experience in the world of music and musicians. Her novels have been widely translated.
Cody’s short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines and a lavishly praised collection of her first seventeen was published as Lucky Dip and other stories.
Awards include the John Creasey Memorial Prize and the CWA Silver Dagger in the UK as well as 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....
in the U.S. and a Marlowe in Germany. She has twice been nominated for the MWA’s Edgars
Edgar Award
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards , named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America...
as well as for another Dagger.
Most of Cody's work is set in London. Her career before she began writing was mostly in the visual arts and included a stint as a hair inserter and colouring artiste at Madame Tussaud's Waxwork museum. Currently she lives in Bath, England.
Books
The Anna Lee series- Dupe (1980)
- Bad Company (1982)
- Stalker (1983)
- Head Case (1985)
- Under Contract (1986)
- Backhand (1991)
The Eva Wylie series
- Bucket Nut (1992)
- Monkey Wrench (1994)
- Musclebound (1997)
Stand alone novels
- Rift (1988)
- Gimme More (2000)
Short story collection
- Lucky Dip and other stories (Crippen & Landru, 2003)