Sarah Booth Conroy of the Washington Post described the Amelia Peabody series as the equivalent of consuming many alcoholic beverages as it was a guarantee that, in a time of sadness, good will always triumph over evil. Noted literary critics have similarly heaped praise upon her work. Some of the accolades attributed to her work include a nomination for “Best Novel” at the Anthony Awards in 1988 winning the 1989 Agatha Award for “Best Novel” several “Best Novel” nominations at the Agatha Awards the first Amelia Peabody Award in 2012. She was awarded a PhD in Egyptology in 1952, named Grand Master at the first Anthony Awards in 1986, and named Grand Master at the Edgar Awards in 1998. Her work was met with widespread praise throughout her career and she was the recipient of numerous awards. She passed away at the age of 85 near her home in Frederick, Maryland. She claimed that being a compulsive reader helps being a writer, while it took her over a quarter of a century to realize that writing was her true calling and what she should have spent her life devoted to.

She consumed such works of fiction as Mark Twain, Shakespeare, Dracula, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and many others. She was also responsible for the Vicky Bliss series, the Jacqueline Kirby series, and almost a dozen other works of fiction.īorn in a small town in Illinois in 1927, Barbara Metz spent much of her early life reading. She was so invested in that series that the name of the titular character was drawn from the author’s two children. She published a broad range of literature across a multitude of series including, but not limited to, her most famous work – the 19-book Amelia Peabody series. Vanish with the Rose (As: Barbara Michaels)Įlizabeth Peters was one of the pseudonyms of American author Barbara Mertz, which she used from 1968 until her death in 2013. Search the Shadows (As: Barbara Michaels) The Wizard's Daughter (As: Barbara Michaels)īe Buried in the Rain (As: Barbara Michaels) The Walker in Shadows (As: Barbara Michaels) Wait for What Will Come (As: Barbara Michaels)

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