Sharyn McCrumb

About the Author

Sharyn McCrumb was born in Wilmington, North Carolina on February 26, 1948. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received an M.A. in English from Virginia Tech. Her novels include the Elizabeth MacPherson series and the Ballad series. St. Dale won a 2006 Library of mostrar mais Virginia Award and the Appalachian Writers Association Book of the Year Award. Ghost Riders won the Wilma Dykeman Award for Literature and the Audie Award for Best Recorded Book. She has received numerous awards for her work including the Sherwood Anderson Short Story Award, the Perry F. Kendig Award for Achievement in Literary Arts, the Chaffin Award for Southern Literature, and the Plattner Award for Short Story. In 2014, she received the Mary Frances Hobson Prize for Southern Literature by North Carolina's Chowan University. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

Inclui os nomes: Sharyn Crumb, SharonMcCrumb, Sharon McCrum, Sharon McCrumb, Sharyn McCrumb, SHAYN Mc CRUMB, McCrumd Sharyn, Sharyn Mc Crumb, Sharyn McCrumbe, Sharyn MacCrumb, , シャーリン・マクラム

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Obras por Sharyn McCrumb

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Bimbos of the Death Sun (1988) 1,076 exemplares

She Walks These Hills (1994) 1,001 exemplares

The Rosewood Casket (1996) 928 exemplares

The Ballad of Frankie Silver (1998) 917 exemplares

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter (1992) 799 exemplares

If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him (1995) 778 exemplares

The Songcatcher (2001) 748 exemplares

Zombies of the Gene Pool (1992) 696 exemplares

If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O (1990) 658 exemplares

Ghost Riders (2003) 534 exemplares

Sick of Shadows (1984) 487 exemplares

The Windsor Knot (1990) 468 exemplares

The PMS Outlaws (2000) 459 exemplares

Lovely in Her Bones (1985) 457 exemplares

Missing Susan (1991) 444 exemplares

MacPherson's Lament (1992) 420 exemplares

Highland Laddie Gone (1986) 418 exemplares

Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories (1997) 388 exemplares

The Devil Amongst the Lawyers (2010) 359 exemplares

The Ballad of Tom Dooley (2011) 351 exemplares

Paying the Piper (1988) 338 exemplares

St. Dale (2005) 303 exemplares

The Unquiet Grave (2017) 219 exemplares

King's Mountain (2013) 180 exemplares

Once Around the Track (2007) 170 exemplares

Prayers the Devil Answers (2016) 133 exemplares

Bimbos and Zombies (1997) 119 exemplares

Nora Bonesteel's Christmas Past {novella} (2014) 110 exemplares

Malice Domestic 7: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories (1998) — Editor — 44 exemplares

Sharyn McCrumb's Appalachia (2011) 34 exemplares

Faster Pastor (2010) 27 exemplares

Our Separate Days (1989) — Editor — 8 exemplares

Happiness Is a Dead Poet and Other Tales from Foggy Mountain Breakdown (2007) 4 exemplares

Fairy Tale Princesses of the Civil War: Rattler and Celtic Magic (2012) 4 exemplares

Typewriter Man (1998) 3 exemplares

The Resurrection Man {story} 3 exemplares

The Marvin Chronicles by John of Gaunt (2021) 3 exemplares

Nine Lives to Live and Other Stories (2007) 2 exemplares

Remains to Be Seen {story} 2 exemplares

Eine Braut per Post gekauft {anthology} (2001) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares

A Predatory Woman {story} 2 exemplares

Dead Hand {story} 2 exemplares

Old Rattler {collection} (1998) 2 exemplares

Nine Lives To Live {story} 2 exemplares

The Vale of the White Horse {story} 2 exemplares

The Luncheon {story} (2009) 2 exemplares

The Ballad of Tom Dooley Photobook 1 exemplar

Highland Laddie 1 exemplar

Old Rattler {story} 1 exemplar

Typewriter Man {story} 1 exemplar

If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O/The Rosewood Casket/She Walks These Hills/The Songcatcher (Set of 4) 1 exemplar

The Hangmans Beautiful Daughter 1 exemplar

Zombies of the Gene Pool 1 exemplar

Bimbos of the Death Sun 1 exemplar

A Wing and a Prayer {story} 1 exemplar

The Sails of Tau Ceti 1 exemplar

Foggy Mountain Breakdown {story} 1 exemplar

Among My Souvenirs {story} 1 exemplar

Ghost Riders / The Songcatcher (1969) 1 exemplar

The Witness {story} 1 exemplar

The Wish Hounds {story} 1 exemplar

Precious Jewel {story} 1 exemplar

Telling the Bees {story} 1 exemplar

Love on First Bounce {story} 1 exemplar

John Knox in Paradise {story} 1 exemplar

Southern Comfort {story} 1 exemplar

A Snare as Old as Solomon {story} 1 exemplar

Not All Brides Are Beautiful {story} 1 exemplar

The Mountain House {short story} 1 exemplar

A Shade of Difference {story} 1 exemplar

A Wee Doch and Doris {story} 1 exemplar

Happiness Is a Dead Poet {story} 1 exemplar

Gentle Reader {story} 1 exemplar

The Monster of Glamis {story} 1 exemplar

The Matchmaker {story} 1 exemplar

Gerda's Sense of Snow {story} 1 exemplar

An Autumn Migration {story} 1 exemplar

Antares Dawn 1 exemplar

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Associated Works

Blood Lite (2008) — Contribuidor — 886 exemplares

Three for the Chair (1957) — Introdução, algumas edições — 794 exemplares

The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (2009) — Contribuidor — 773 exemplares

The Book of Ballads (2004) — Contribuidor — 566 exemplares

Transgressions {ten novellas} (2005) — Contribuidor — 269 exemplares

A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women (2000) — Contribuidor — 266 exemplares

Mistletoe Mysteries (1989) — Contribuidor — 235 exemplares

Blood Lite II: Overbite (2010) — Contribuidor — 217 exemplares

Tails of Wonder and Imagination: Cat Stories (2010) — Contribuidor — 215 exemplares

Malice Domestic 1: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories (1992) — Contribuidor — 182 exemplares

The Dark (2003) — Contribuidor — 178 exemplares

Hellboy: Odder Jobs (2004) — Contribuidor — 176 exemplares

The Monster's Corner (2011) — Contribuidor — 160 exemplares

A Century of Great Suspense Stories (2001) — Contribuidor — 154 exemplares

Once Upon a Crime (1998) — Contribuidor — 124 exemplares

Poe: 19 New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe (2009) — Contribuidor — 124 exemplares

Cat Crimes II (1992) — Contribuidor — 119 exemplares

Murder, My Dear Watson: New Tales of Sherlock Holmes (2002) — Contribuidor — 114 exemplares

Sisters in Crime 4 (1991) — Contribuidor — 105 exemplares

Sisters in Crime 2 (1990) — Contribuidor — 100 exemplares

The Best of Sisters in Crime (1997) — Contribuidor — 92 exemplares

Crime Through Time III (2000) — Contribuidor — 80 exemplares

Malice Domestic 3 (1994) — Contribuidor — 73 exemplares

Charles Vess' Book of Ballads & Sagas (2018) — Contribuidor — 60 exemplares

A Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries (1994) — Contribuidor — 58 exemplares

Women of Mystery II: Stories From Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (1994) — Contribuidor — 52 exemplares

Bloodroot: Reflections on Place by Appalachian Women Writers (1998) — Contribuidor — 46 exemplares

A Taste of Murder: Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers (1999) — Contribuidor — 45 exemplares

Transgressions, Volume 4 (2006) — Contribuidor — 41 exemplares

First Cases 2: First Appearances of Classic Amateur Sleuths (1997) — Contribuidor — 32 exemplares

Vengeance Is Hers (1997) — Contribuidor — 26 exemplares

Partners in Crime (1994) — Contribuidor — 24 exemplares

Royal Crimes (1994) — Contribuidor — 17 exemplares

The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Second Annual Edition (1993) — Contribuidor — 12 exemplares

The Book of Ballads and Sagas # 1 (1995) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares

AZ Murder Goes Artful (2000) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares

Crimes of Passion: Twenty-Three Tales of Love and Hate (1993) — Contribuidor — 8 exemplares

The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fifth Annual Edition (1996) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares

Sharon Gless Reads Crime's Leading Ladies {audiobook} (1995) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares

Murder to Go (1993) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares

Death's Betrayal: Two Novellas from Transgressions {audio} (2005) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares

Great Writers and Kids Write Mystery Stories (1996) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares

First Cases [Unabridged Audiobook] (2002) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares

Transgressions 3: Four Brand New Novellas (UK Edition) (1887) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares

Great Cat Mysteries: No Hard Feelings, Nine Lives to Live & the Maggody Files: Hillbilly Cat (1997) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares

Detecting Women: New American Short Stories (1998) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome legal: McCrumb, Sharyn Elaine Arwood
Data de nascimento: 1948-02-26
Sexo: female
Nacionalidade: USA
Local de nascimento: Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Locais de residência: Virginia, USA
Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Educação: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Ocupações: teacher
author
Prémios e menções honrosas: Best Appalachian Novel (1985, 1992)
Outstanding Contribution to Appalachian Literature (1997)
Appalachian Writer of the Year (1999)
Wilma Dykeman Award for Regional Historical Literature (2003)
Chaffin Award
Plattner Award (mostrar todos 7)
Flora McDonald Award

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Discussions

plot includes lyrics to Appalachian ballad em Name that Book (Janeiro 2012)

Críticas

The hangman's beautiful daughter por Sharyn McCrumb

Very enjoyable. The combination of psychology, folklore and solid storytelling makes for a great read

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cspiwak | 11 outras críticas | Mar 6, 2024 |

Prayers the Devil Answers: A Novel por Sharyn McCrumb

Times are hard for everyone — it is 1936 and there are no safety nets for anyone. Ellie Robbin’s and her family are forced to move into town from their beloved countryside. Albert adjusts to town life faster and when the opportunity arises he becomes the sheriff. His sudden death forces Ellie to fill in for him in order to make ends meet. It takes a strong will to make the town and deputies accept her. Well written, the usual strong sense of place, strong feel for the people, and the history of the land. Loved it.… (mais)

½

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bgknighton | 15 outras críticas | Feb 25, 2024 |