Nancy Means Wright
is the author of fifteen books of fiction, nonfiction and poetry,
including five mystery novels from St. Martin’s Minotaur: MAD
SEASON, HARVEST OF BONES, POISON APPLES, STOLEN HONEY, AND MAD COW NIGHTMARE; they all feature earthy, hot-tempered, fiercely independent dairy farmer Ruth Willmarth. Nancy’s novella, “Fire and Ice,” set during the 1998 northeastern ice storm, appears in Worldwide Mystery's CRIMES OF PASSION. Her stories and poems have appeared in numerous literary and mystery magazines—most recently in Quarry, an Anthology of Crime Fiction from Level Best Books, and in ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE. MIDNIGHT FIRES, a mystery with Mary Wollstonecraft, will be out in April 2010, from Perseverance Press. She has also published two mysteries for young people: THE PEA SOUP POISONINGS won the 2006 Agatha Award, and THE GREAT CIRCUS TRAIN ROBBERY was a 2008 nominee for the Agatha.
A former teacher, Bread Loaf scholar, and current scholar for the Vermont Humanities Council, Nancy lives and writes on a dirt road in bucolic Cornwall, Vermont.
Check out her Web site to read a piece on how she
hooked an agent and published her first novel, MAD SEASON, (NOW AN EBOOK FROM BELGRAVE HOUSE).
SEASON, HARVEST OF BONES, POISON APPLES, STOLEN HONEY, AND MAD COW NIGHTMARE; they all feature earthy, hot-tempered, fiercely independent dairy farmer Ruth Willmarth. Nancy’s novella, “Fire and Ice,” set during the 1998 northeastern ice storm, appears in Worldwide Mystery's CRIMES OF PASSION. Her stories and poems have appeared in numerous literary and mystery magazines—most recently in Quarry, an Anthology of Crime Fiction from Level Best Books, and in ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE. MIDNIGHT FIRES, a mystery with Mary Wollstonecraft, will be out in April 2010, from Perseverance Press. She has also published two mysteries for young people: THE PEA SOUP POISONINGS won the 2006 Agatha Award, and THE GREAT CIRCUS TRAIN ROBBERY was a 2008 nominee for the Agatha.
A former teacher, Bread Loaf scholar, and current scholar for the Vermont Humanities Council, Nancy lives and writes on a dirt road in bucolic Cornwall, Vermont.
Check out her Web site to read a piece on how she
hooked an agent and published her first novel, MAD SEASON, (NOW AN EBOOK FROM BELGRAVE HOUSE).
Mysteries by Author:
- Mad Season
- Harvest Of Bones
- Poison Apples
- Stolen Honey
- Mad Cow Nightmare
- Mary Wollstonecraft Mystery:
- Midnight Fires
- The Nightmare
- Young Adult Mysteries:
- The Pea Soup Poisonings
- Northern Spy Club series (ages 8-12):
- The Great Circus Train Robbery