Nancy Pickard is a US crime novelist. She has won five Macavity Awards

Macavity Awards

The Macavity Awards are a literary award for mystery writers. Nominated and voted upon annually by the members of the Mystery Readers International, the award is named for the "mystery cat" of T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. The award is given in four categories -- best novel,...

, four Agatha Award

Agatha Award

The Agatha Awards are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write via the same method as Agatha Christie...

s, 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....

, and a Shamus Award

Shamus Award

The Shamus Award is awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America for the best detective fiction genre novels and short stories of the year....

. She is the only author to win all four awards. She also served on the board of directors of the Mystery Writers of America

Mystery Writers of America

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. She received a degree in journalism from the University of Missouri

University of Missouri

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 in Columbia, Missouri

Columbia, Missouri

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 and began writing at age 35.

Her novel The Virgin of the Small Plains, published in 2007, won an Agatha Award

Agatha Award

The Agatha Awards are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write via the same method as Agatha Christie...

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She is frequently a panelist at the Great Manhattan Mystery Conclave

Great Manhattan Mystery Conclave

The Great Manhattan Mystery Conclave is an annual convention for mystery writers and fans held in Manhattan, Kansas. The Conclave is a Non-profit organization.-Panelists:...

, a convention for mystery writers and fans in Manhattan, Kansas

Manhattan, Kansas

Manhattan is a city located in the northeastern part of the state of Kansas in the United States, at the junction of the Kansas River and Big Blue River. It is the county seat of Riley County and the city extends into Pottawatomie County. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 52,281...

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