The Weekend Was Murder

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Author:

Nixon, Joan Lowery

Series title:

Mary Elizabeth Ser.

ISBN:

978-0-440-21901-9

Publication Date:

Feb 1994

Publisher:

Random House Children's Books

Imprint:

Laurel Leaf

Book Format:

Paperback

List Price:

USD $7.99

Book Description:

For fans of Gillian Flynn, Caroline Cooney, and R.L. Stine comes The Weekend was Murder! from four-time Edgar Allen Poe Young Adult Mystery Award winner Joan Lowery Nixon. Mary Elizabeth can't wait for the weekend to begin at the Ridley Hotel, where a famous mystery writer and a troupe of actors are coming to enact a murder mystery for 150 amateur sleuths. Mary Elizabeth's role is to discover the "body" in Room 1927, which is...
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Book Details

Pages:	208
Detailed Subjects:	Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	4.19 x 6.88 x 0.49 Inches
Book Weight:	0.275 Pounds

Author Biography

Nixon, Joan Lowery (Author)

Joan Lowery Nixon was born in Los Angeles, California. She attended the University of Southern California where she received a B.A. in journalism and later an education certificate from California State.

She has written over 100 mystery books for young adults. She is known for her Orphan Train Adventure Series and other titles including A Family Apart, The Seance and Other Side of the Dark. Her works have earned her the honor of being the only writer to win four Edgar Allen Poe awards and in addition, two Spurs from Western Writers of America. She was a past President of the Mystery Writers of America.

She died from complications of pancreatic cancer on June 28, 2003, in Houston, Texas. She was 76.

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