Which crime writer wrote the novel 'Pagan Babies'?
"thousand dollars from Debbie and now it's only a matter of time before Debbie's desire for cold, hard cash and Terry's fundraising for Rwandan orphans join forces in a carefully plotted financial assault on Randy. They want to receive a donation of 250,000 dollars from Tony Amilia, the local wiseguy, for the 'Pagan Babies'. In Randy's restaurant all of the local wise guys, hit men, and scam artists twist and twirl around each other for the money and for their lives. Pagan Babies Pagan Babies is a 2000 crime novel written by Elmore Leonard."" The novel begins in Rwanda. The"
"Ramanauskas, provided the historical research for many of her novels. Gedge has two sons, Simon and Roger. Pauline Gedge Pauline Gedge (born December 11, 1945) is a Canadian novelist best known for her historical fiction novels, including the best-selling ""Child of the Morning"", ""The Eagle and the Raven"", her fantasy novel ""Stargate"", and her Egyptian trilogies, ""Lords of the Two Lands"" and ""The King’s Men"". She also writes science fiction, fantasy and horror. Her 13 novels have sold more than six million copies in 18 languages. Her first four novels were published with cover art by Leo and Diane Dillon."
"Pauline Gedge Pauline Gedge (born December 11, 1945) is a Canadian novelist best known for her historical fiction novels, including the best-selling ""Child of the Morning"", ""The Eagle and the Raven"", her fantasy novel ""Stargate"", and her Egyptian trilogies, ""Lords of the Two Lands"" and ""The King’s Men"". She also writes science fiction, fantasy and horror. Her 13 novels have sold more than six million copies in 18 languages. Her first four novels were published with cover art by Leo and Diane Dillon. The Dillons almost never authorized their work for sale beyond that directly commissioned, but reproductions of their"
"Gina Cascone Gina Cascone is an American author and screenwriter. Gina Cascone is an author and TV script writer. She has written two memoirs; Pagan Babies and Other Catholic Memories, a child's eye view of her years in Catholic school, and Life al Dente: Laughter and Love in an Italian American Family. She has been a syndicate writer for 17th Street, Parachute Press, and other series books for young readers. She has also co-authored teen thrillers, and a satire of Cliffs Notes with her sister Annette Cascone. Gina and Annette also wrote the Deadtime Stories series of middle-grade chillers, originally"
"Denise Mina Denise Mina (born 1966) is a Scottish crime writer and playwright. She has written the ""Garnethill"" trilogy and another three novels featuring the character Patricia ""Paddy"" Meehan, a Glasgow journalist. Described as an author of Tartan Noir, she has also dabbled in comic book writing, having written 13 issues of ""Hellblazer"". Since 2006, she has had two plays performed with unsuccessful reception. Mina's first Paddy Mehan novel, ""The Field of Blood"", was filmed by the BBC for broadcast in 2011, and stars Jayd Johnson, Peter Capaldi and David Morrissey. The second, ""The Dead Hour"" was filmed and broadcast"
"Lilian Garis Lilian C. Garis , born Lilian C. McNamara (20 October 1873 – 19 April 1954) was an American author who wrote hundreds of books of juvenile fiction between around 1915 and the early 1940s. Prior to this, she was a reporter for the ""Newark Evening News"" in New Jersey. Garis and her husband, Howard R. Garis, were possibly the most prolific children's authors of the early 20th century. For the Stratemeyer Syndicate she wrote under the pseudonym Margaret Penrose and Laura Lee Hope, with her works including some of the earliest books in the ""Bobbsey Twins"" series as"
"began as early as 1928, though her most famous work, ""Wide Sargasso Sea"", was not published until 1966. South Africa's Alan Paton's famous ""Cry, the Beloved Country"" dates from 1948. Salman Rushdie is among a number of post Second World War writers from the former British colonies who permanently settled in Britain. Rushdie achieved fame with ""Midnight's Children"" 1981, which was awarded both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and Booker prize, and was named Booker of Bookers in 1993. His most controversial novel ""The Satanic Verses"" 1989, was inspired in part by the life of Muhammad. V. S. Naipaul"
"resigned in 1991. Pagan is the author of detective novels. His first novel, ""La Mort dans une voiture solitaire"", was published in 1982. He won the Prix Mystère de la critique for ""Dernière station avant autoroute"" in 1998. In 2017, he used the same protagonist as the one in his first novel, Charles Schneider, in ""Profil perdu"". Pagan is also a television writer; he has written for ""Police District"" ""Un flic"", ""Mafiosa"" and ""Nicolas Le Floch"". Pagan resides in Charente-Maritime. Hugues Pagan Hugues Pagan (born 1947) is an award-winning French detective writer and television writer. Hugues Pagan was born in"
"Geraldine McCaughrean Geraldine McCaughrean ( ; born 6 June 1951) is a British children's novelist. She has written more than 170 books, including ""Peter Pan in Scarlet"" (2004), the official sequel to ""Peter Pan"" commissioned by Great Ormond Street Hospital, the holder of Peter Pan's copyright. Her work has been translated into 44 languages worldwide. She has received the Carnegie Medal twice and the Michael L. Printz Award among others. McCaughrean was born in London and grew up in North London. She was the youngest of three children. She studied teaching but found her true vocation in writing. She claims"
"Salman Rushdie Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (born 19 June 1947) is a British Indian novelist and essayist. His second novel, ""Midnight's Children"" (1981), won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be ""the best novel of all winners"" on two separate occasions, marking the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize. Much of his fiction is set on the Indian subcontinent. He combines magical realism with historical fiction; his work is concerned with the many connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations. His fourth novel, ""The Satanic Verses"" (1988), was the subject of a major"
"Caroline Graham Caroline Graham (born 17 July 1931) is an English playwright, screenwriter and novelist. Graham was born in Nuneaton, and attended Nuneaton High School for Girls (a girls' grammar school, now Etone College). She studied with the Open University, and received a degree in writing for the theatre from the University of Birmingham. She currently resides in Suffolk. Her first published book was ""Fire Dance"" (1982), a romance novel. She is best known as the writer of the ""Chief Inspector Barnaby"" series, dramatised for television as ""Midsomer Murders"". The first Inspector Barnaby novel, ""The Killings at Badger's Drift"", was"
"Truman Capote Truman Garcia Capote (; born Truman Streckfus Persons, September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, playwright, and actor. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, including the novella ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" (1958) and the true crime novel ""In Cold Blood"" (1966), which he labeled a ""nonfiction novel"". At least 20 films and television dramas have been produced from his work. Capote rose above a childhood troubled by divorce, a long absence from his mother, and multiple migrations. He had discovered his calling as"
"Margaret Peterson Haddix Margaret Peterson Haddix (born April 9, 1964) is an American writer known best for the two children's series, ""Shadow Children"" (1998–2006) and ""The Missing"" (2008-2015). She also wrote the tenth volume in ""The 39 Clues"", published by Scholastic. Haddix grew up on a farm about halfway between two small towns: Washington Court House, Ohio, and Sabina, Ohio. Her family was predominantly farmers and she grew up in a family of voracious readers. Some of her favorite books growing up included E.L. Konigsburg books, Harriet the Spy, Anne of Green Gables, Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, Anne Frank,"
"in the grip of terror. —Review by ""Publishers Weekly"" Two Graves Two Graves is a thriller novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. It was released on December 11, 2012 by Grand Central Publishing. This is the twelfth book in the Special Agent Pendergast series and also the third novel in the Helen trilogy. The preceding novel is ""Cold Vengeance"". Pendergast's bloodlust continues as he chases those responsible for the abduction of Helen, who was revealed to have been alive and well for the past twelve years at the climax of ""Cold Vengeance"". But a new threat intrudes upon Pendergast's"
"Gábor Nógrádi Gábor Nógrádi (born June 22, 1947, Nyíregyháza) is a Hungarian book author, screenwriter, playwright, essayist, publicist and poet who is best known for his children's novels, such as the ""Pigeon Granny"" and ""The Story of"" ""Pie (""original title PetePite"")"", a book which won the 2002 Children's Book of the Year award, was on the Honor List of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBI) and was ranked among the 100 most popular books in Hungary in the 2005 'Big Book' competition. His books have become part of Hungary's national school curriculum in literature. Over the past"
"novels attributed to Margaret Truman. While Bain initially denied this, he wrote a column in the March 14, 2014 issue of ""Publishers Weekly"" and finally acknowledged writing ""27 novels in the Margaret Truman Capital Crimes series (mostly bylined by Truman, my close collaboratormy name is on only the most recent entries, released after her death)."" Donald Bain (writer) Donald Slitheran Bain (March 6, 1935 – October 21, 2017) was a United States author and ghostwriter, having written over 115 books in his 40-year career. byline: Trudy Baker and Rachel Jones byline: Jessica Fletcher and Donald Bain A spin-off book series"
"Savage Season Savage Season is a crime novel by American author Joe R. Lansdale, published in 1990. It is the first in a series of books and stories written by Lansdale featuring the characters Hap Collins and Leonard Pine. The novel was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Best (Mystery) Novel of 1990. Hap and Leonard are two Texan men who are down on their luck, both working low paying jobs well into their 40s. Hap's ex-wife Trudy returns, involving the pair in a scheme to retrieve hundreds of thousands of dollars stolen from a bank and then lost"
"1749-2000, 2010 Revised Edition (Locus Press)). Malone is an extremely tough private detective who specializes in cases of murder. Shane Stevens (author) Shane Craig Stevens (October 8, 1941 – 2007) was an American author of crime novels. His parents are John and Caroline (Royale) Stevens. His novels include ""Go Down Dead"" (1966), ""Way Uptown in Another World"" (1971), ""Dead City"" (1973), ""Rat Pack"" (1974), ""By Reason of Insanity"" (1979), and ""The Anvil Chorus"" (1985). Stephen King wrote an appreciation of Stevens in the Afterword of his novel ""The Dark Half"" and paid tribute to him in that book, in which"
"Dan Brown Daniel Gerhard Brown (born June 22, 1964) is an American author of thriller novels, most notably the Robert Langdon stories, ""Angels & Demons"" (2000), ""The Da Vinci Code"" (2003), ""The Lost Symbol"" (2009), ""Inferno"" (2013) and ""Origin"" (2017). His novels are treasure hunts set in a 24-hour period, and feature the recurring themes of cryptography, keys, symbols, codes, art, and conspiracy theories. His books have been translated into 56 languages, and as of 2012, sold over 200 million copies. Three of them, ""Angels & Demons"" (2000), ""The Da Vinci Code"" (2003) and ""Inferno"" (2013) have been adapted into"
"Barry Siegel Barry Siegel (born September 7, 1949) is an American journalist. He is a former national correspondent for the ""Los Angeles Times"" who won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing in 2002 for his piece ""A Father's Pain, a Judge's Duty, and a Justice Beyond Their Reach."" In 2003, University of California, Irvine recruited Siegel to chair the school's new undergraduate degree program in literary journalism. Siegel is the author of the true crime novel ""A Death in White Bear Lake"", which is considered by many to be a seminal document regarding child abuse. He is also the author"
"Meg Cabot Meg Cabot (born Meggin Patricia Cabot; February 1, 1967) is an American author of romantic and paranormal fiction for teens and adults. She has written and published over fifty books, and is best known for ""The Princess Diaries"", later made by Walt Disney Pictures into two feature films of the same name. Meg's books have been the recipients of numerous awards, including the New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age, the American Library Association Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, the Tennessee Volunteer State TASL Book Award, the Book Sense Pick, the Evergreen Young Adult Book Award,"
"Gerald Griffin Gerald Griffin (12 December 1803 – 12 June 1840) was an Irish novelist, poet and playwright. Gerald Griffin was born in Limerick, Ireland, the son of a brewer. He went to London in 1823 and became a reporter for one of the daily papers, and later turned to writing fiction. One of his most famous works is ""The Collegians"", a novel based on a trial he had reported on, that of John Scanlan, a Protestant Anglo-Irish man who murdered Ellen Hanley, a young Catholic Irish girl. The novel was adapted to the stage as ""The Colleen Bawn"", by"
"St Michael & All Angels Church, Northfield, Rotherham, on 31 January 1947. They had a son, Max (b 1949), who later moved to the USA; and a daughter, Juliet (b 1954), who later moved to France. Juliet continued the Pel detective series created by her father. - ""The Martin Falconer Series"" (for junior readers) - ""The Ira Penaluna Series"" (in chronological order) -""The Kelly McGuire Trilogy"" -""The Goff Family Trilogy"" -""The Dicken Quinney Trilogy"" John Harris (novelist) John Harris (18 October 1916 – 7 March 1991) was a British author. He published a series of crime novels featuring the character"
"Books 1999), ""The Vending Machine of Justice"" (Quartet Books 2001) and ""Whitehawk"" (Revenge Ink 2010). Simon Maginn Simon Maginn (born 1961 in Wallasey, Merseyside) is a British writer who has published five novels under his own name: ""Sheep"" (Corgi 1994), ""Virgins and Martyrs"" (Corgi, 1995), ""A Sickness of the Soul"" (Corgi 1995), ""Methods of Confinement"" (Black Swan 1996) and ""Rattus"" (Pendragon Press 2010) which was published alongside a novella by Gary Fry entitled ""The Invisible Architect of Psychopathy"". A film version of ""Sheep"" has been released as ""The Dark"". The novels are horror/psychological thrillers, and are mostly out of print."
"Cabal (novella) Cabal is a 1988 horror novel by the British author Clive Barker. It was originally published in the United States as part of a collection comprising a novel and several short stories from Barker's sixth and final volume of the ""Books of Blood"". The book was adapted into the film ""Nightbreed"" in 1990, written and directed by Barker himself, starring Craig Sheffer and David Cronenberg. Boone, a young man suffering from an unspecified mental disorder, is told by his psychiatrist, Decker, that he is responsible for brutal serial murders in Calgary. Boone, however, has no recollection of committing"
"Blaine Pardoe Blaine Lee Pardoe is an American author, known primarily for writing the ""Battletech"" and """" series of science fiction books, business management books, military history works on a number of Great War topics, and true crime works. In more recent years, he has written true crime books with his daughter, Victoria Hester. Together they made the New York Times Bestseller List for Crime and Punishment for their book, The Murder of Maggie Hume. Pardoe is one of the original writers for ""Battletech""'s fiction. He contributes more stories to on-line pay-to-read fiction website, Battlecorps. His best known book in"
"her first crime novel, ""Say It With Poison"", was published in 1991. Ann Granger Patricia Ann Granger (born 1939) is a British crime writer. Granger was born in Portsmouth, England. She took a Modern Languages degree at the University of London, taught English for a year in France, but eventually went to work in the visa sections of British consulates and embassies in Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and Austria. She married a colleague in the foreign service and went with him to Zambia and Germany before returning to live in England with their two children. Her first novels were historical romances published"
"a computer."" Burke is the daughter of famed fellow crime novelist James Lee Burke. She currently lives in New York City and is married. Alafair Burke Alafair S. Burke (born October 1969) is an American crime novelist, professor of law, and legal commentator. She is the New York Times bestselling author of two series of crime novels—one featuring NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher; the other, Portland, Oregon, prosecutor Samantha Kincaid. Her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Burke was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and raised primarily in Wichita, Kansas, where her mother, Pearl Pai Chu, was"
"is especially remembered for his dystopian novel ""A Clockwork Orange"" 1962. Mervyn Peake (1911–68) published his Gothic fantasy Gormenghast trilogy between 1946 and 1959. Angela Carter (1940–1992) was a novelist and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realism, and picaresque works. Writing from the 1960s until the 1980s. Sir Salman Rushdie is among a number of post Second World War writers from former British colonies who permanently settled in Britain. Rushdie achieved fame with ""Midnight's Children"" (1981). His most controversial novel ""The Satanic Verses"" (1989) was inspired in part by the life of Muhammad. Doris Lessing from Southern Rhodesia (now"
"PhD thesis on the ascription of mental illness to female offenders, and teaching criminology and criminal law at Strathclyde University in the 1990s, that she decided to write her first novel ""Garnethill"", published in 1998 by Transworld. Mina lives in Glasgow. Denise Mina Denise Mina (born 1966) is a Scottish crime writer and playwright. She has written the ""Garnethill"" trilogy and another three novels featuring the character Patricia ""Paddy"" Meehan, a Glasgow journalist. Described as an author of Tartan Noir, she has also dabbled in comic book writing, having written 13 issues of ""Hellblazer"". Since 2006, she has had two"
"Jack Higgins Henry Patterson (born 27 July 1929), known by his pen name Jack Higgins, is a British writer. He is one of the best-selling authors of popular thrillers and espionage novels. His breakthrough novel ""The Eagle Has Landed"" (1975) sold over 50 million copies and was adapted into a successful film by the same title. Some of his other notable books are ""A Prayer for the Dying"" (1987), ""The Eagle Has Flown"" (1991), ""Thunder Point"" (1993), ""Angel of Death"" (1995), ""Flight of Eagles"" (1998), and ""Day of Reckoning"" (2000). His 85 novels in total have sold over 150 million"
"Parrot"" (1984), ""England, England"" (1998), and ""Arthur & George"" (2005). He has also written crime fiction under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh. Two significant contemporary Irish novelists are John Banville (born 1945) and Colm Tóibín (born 1955). Banville is also an adapter of dramas, a screenwriter, and a writer of detective novels under the pseudonym Benjamin Black. Banville has won numerous awards: ""The Book of Evidence"" was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the Guinness Peat Aviation award in 1989; his eighteenth novel, ""The Sea"", won the Booker Prize in 2005; he was awarded the Franz Kafka Prize in 2011."
"Magdalen Nabb Magdalen Nabb (16 January 1947 – 18 August 2007) was a British author, best known for the Marshal Guarnaccia detective novels. Born near Blackburn in Lancashire as Magdalen Nuttal, she was educated at the Convent Grammar School, Bury, before going on to art college in Manchester, where she studied arts and pottery, which she taught in an art school. In 1975 she moved to Florence in Italy with her son, Liam, even through she didn't speak Italian. There, she continued to work on pottery in a pottery town near Florence, and began writing. It was in Montelupo that"