G. M. Malliet is an American author of mystery novels and short stories. She is best known as the author of the award-winning Detective Chief Inspector St. Just mysteries and the Rev. Max Tudor mysteries. The first book in her US-based series, Augusta Hawke, appeared in 2022.
Malliet's first books followed DCI St. Just on a series of cases, all of which involved writers of mystery novels and other genres.Death of a Cozy Writer, Kirkus Reviews, April 1, 2008.Death and the Lit Chick, Publishers Weekly, February 23, 2009. Her second series, the Max Tudor mysteries, takes place in the fictional English town of Nether Monkslip, and features a vicar who is a former MI5 agent."Raising a Killer", The New York Times, Marilyn Stasio, November 3, 2011. Her third series, the Augusta Hawke mysteries, takes place in Old Town, Virginia, US, and features a crime writer turned sleuth and private eye.
Awards and honors Her first novel, Death of a Cozy Writer, won the 2008 Agatha Award for Best First Novel,Agatha Awards Past Winners and Nominees , accessed September 8, 2014. and her books Wicked Autumn, A Fatal Winter, Pagan Spring, and A Demon Summer have all been short-listed for the Agatha Best Novel award.Agatha Awards , accessed September 8, 2014. She received a Malice Domestic Grant in 2003 to write Death of a Cozy Writer.Malice Domestic Grants , accessed September 8, 2014.
Malliet's books Death of a Cozy Writer and Death and the Lit Chick were both nominated for Anthony Awards.Anthony Award Nominees and Winners , accessed September 8, 2014. Death of a Cozy Writer was also nominated for the Macavity Award for Best First Mystery.Macavity Awards, accessed September 8, 2014. Several of her short stories - published in anthologies, in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and in The Strand - have been nominated for writing awards.
She is represented by Mark Gottlieb of Trident Media Group in New York City.
Books
Max Tudor Series Wicked Autumn, St. Martin's Press, 2011 A Fatal Winter, St. Martin's Press, 2012 Pagan Spring, St. Martin's Press, 2013 A Demon Summer, St. Martin's Press, 2014 The Haunted Season, St. Martin's Press, 2015 Devil's Breath, St. Martin's Press, 2017 In Prior's Wood, St. Martin's Press, 2018 The Washing Away of Wrongs, Little, Brown, 2023
St. Just Series Death of a Cozy Writer, Midnight Ink, 2008 Death and the Lit Chick, Midnight Ink, 2009 Death at the Alma Mater, Midnight Ink, 2010 Death in Cornwall, Canongate/Severn House, 2021 Death in Print, Canongate/Severn House, 2023 Death and the Old Master, Canongate/Severn House, 2024
Augusta Hawke Series Augusta Hawke, Canongate/Severn House, 2022 Invitation to a Killer, Canongate/Severn House, 2023
Standalone Suspense Weycombe, Midnight Ink, 2017
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