Alane Ferguson
{{short description|American mystery writer (born 1957)}}
Alane Ferguson (born 1957) is an American author. She won the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery novel in 1990 for Show Me the Evidence.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mysterynet.com/edgars/previous/youngadult.shtml |title=Best Young Adult Mystery Book Edgar Award Winners and Nominees - Complete Lists |access-date=2009-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303135424/http://www.mysterynet.com/edgars/previous/youngadult.shtml |archive-date=2009-03-03 |url-status=dead }}
Ferguson was born in Cumberland, Maryland, in 1957. Her mother is children's author Gloria Skurzynski. Ferguson collaborated with her mother on a series of novels titled Mysteries in Our National Parks for the National Geographic Society.{{cite web|title=Gloria Skurzynski Papers |url=http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=ascead;cc=ascead;q1=skurzynski;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-PPiU-sc201302 |website=University of PIttsburgh ULS |accessdate=16 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404061431/http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=ascead%3Bcc%3Dascead%3Bq1%3Dskurzynski%3Brgn%3Dmain%3Bview%3Dtext%3Bdidno%3DUS-PPiU-sc201302 |archivedate=4 April 2015 }}
Ferguson is the author of many novels and mysteries, including the Edgar Award-winning Show Me The Evidence. She does intensive research for her books by attending autopsies and interviewing forensic pathologists.
Works
- The Dying Breath, September 2009
- Circle Of Blood, Viking, 2007 hardcover, 2007
- Angel of Death, Viking, 2006 hardcover, 2006
- The Christopher Killer, Viking, 2006 hardcover, 2006
- Buried Alive, National Geographic, 2003 paperback, 2003
- Escape from Fear, National Geographic, 2002 paperback, 2002
- Out of the Deep, National Geographic, 2002 paperback, 2002
- Running Scared, National Geographic, 2002 paperback. 2002
- Over the Edge, National Geographic, 2001 paperback, 2001
- Valley of Death, National Geographic, 2001 paperback, 2001
- Ghost Horses, National Geographic, 2000 paperback, 2001
- The Hunted, National Geographic, 2000 paperback, 2001
- Deadly Waters, National Geographic, 1999 paperback, 2001
- Cliff-Hanger, National Geographic, 1999 paperback, 2001
- Rage of Fire, National Geographic, 1998 paperback, 2001
- Wolf Stalker, National Geographic, 1997 paperback, 2001
- The Mystery of the Fire in the Sky, Troll Associates|Troll Books, 1997
- The Mystery of the Vanishing Creatures, Troll Books, 1996
- The Mystery of the Spooky Shadow, Troll Books, 1996
- Secrets, Simon & Schuster, 1997
- Night Terrors, an anthology, 1996
- See You in September, Avon Books, 1995
- A Tumbleweed Christmas, Bradbury Press, 1995
- Poison, Bradbury Press, 1994
- Stardust, Bradbury Press, 1993
- Overkill, Bradbury Press, 1992
- The Practical Joke War, Bradbury Press, 1991
- Cricket and the Crackerbox Kid, Bradbury Press, 1990
- Show Me the Evidence, Bradbury Press, 1989
- That New Pet, Lothrop Lee & Shephard, 1987
References
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External links
{{Portal|Children and Young Adult Literature}}
- [http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=ascead;cc=ascead;q1=skurzynski;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-PPiU-sc201302 The Gloria Skurzynski Papers]
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Category:American women writers
Category:People from Cumberland, Maryland
Category:21st-century American women
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