Erica and Christy gave me the Sweet Friends award! (See Right)
Carol from Under the Tiki Hut and LBDiamond from Diamond–Yup, Like the Stone
kindly gave me the Cherry on Top Award! (See Left)
For the Cherry on Top award I'm suppose to answer a question: If I had the chance to go back and change one thing in my life, would I, and what would it be?
One thing, huh? Well, I've made many mistakes (some huge) in my life but I'm not sure I'd go back and change any. I think if I did I wouldn't be at the point in my life I'd be now and I'm pretty happy right about now.
Sadly, I can only give this award to a few people because I'm limited by my imagination, so here goes: (I was going to make links to all these wonderful blogger's website but that would take until next week so if you are interested in their blogs, here's a link to yesterday's commenters, they all commmented yesterday.)
- Valerie Geary
- L'Aussie
- Summer
- DEZMOND
- Margot Kinberg
- Su
- J.L. Stratton
- Melissa J. Cunningham
- Sarah*G*
- Tricia J. O'Brien
- Nicole Zoltack
- Shallee
- Jared Larson
- Steena Holmes
- Theresa Milstein
- Marieke
- Jules
- Old Kitty
- Ezmirelda
- Eliza
- Leigh Russell
- Debbie Cowens
- Alexandra Crocodile
- CPatLarge
- Anne R. Allen
- Cindy R. Wilson
- Joanna St. James
- mshatch
- Lynda Young
- Summer Ross
- Jeffrey Beesler
- aspiring_x
- Pat Tillett
- Mary
- Kittie Howard
- DLCurran
- Mason Canyon
- KarenG
- C. N. Nevets
- Rayna M. Iyer
- Claire Dawn
- Rachael Harrie
- Solvang Sherrie
- Amanda Sablan
- Student Accomodation
- niamh
- Diane
- Cruella Collett
- Megan K. Bickel
- The Golden Eagle
- Jen Daiker
- Jenna Wallace
- LTM
- Alex J. Cavanaugh
- lbdiamond
- Carol Kilgore
- Googlover/keishua
- Ishta Mercurio
- Laura Eno
- Hart Johnson
- Laurel
- notesfromnadir
- writesbymoonlight
- Carolyn Abiad
- Talli Roland
- Dorte H
- Elana Johnson
You don't have to post the award if you already have one of these but chose whichever one you want.
Now, here is my list of 5 Most Influencial American Women Mystery Writers:
1) Harriet Adams was an American juvenile mystery novelist and publisher who authored some 200 books over her literary career. She wrote many books in the Nancy Drew series (under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene
) and a few in the Hardy Boys series (under the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon). She also oversaw other ghostwriters who wrote for these and many other series. Adams is primarily credited with keeping the Syndicate afloat through the Great Depression, and with revising the two most popular series, Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, in the 1950s and 1960s, removing stereotypes and outdated ideas and language.
2) Lilian Jackson Braun
is an American writer, well-known for her light-hearted series of "The Cat Who..." mystery novels. The "Cat Who" books center around the life of former newspaper reporter, James Qwilleran, and his two Siamese cats, KoKo and Yum Yum, in the fictitious small town of Pickax located in Moose County "400 miles north of everywhere."
3) Mary Higgins Clark
is an American author of suspense novels. Each of her forty-two books has been a bestseller in the United States and various European countries, and all of her novels remain in print as of 2007, with her debut suspense novel, Where Are The Children, in its seventy-fifth printing. Her suspense novels became very popular, and as of 2007 her books have sold more than 80 million copies in the United States alone.
4) Sue Grafton
is a contemporary American author of detective novels. She is best known as the author of the 'alphabet series' ("A" Is for Alibi, etc.) featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone in the fictional city of Santa Teresa, California.
5) Janet Evanovic
h is an American writer. She began her career writing short contemporary romance novels under the pen name Steffie Hall, but gained fame authoring a series of contemporary mysteries featuring Stephanie Plum, a lingerie buyer from Trenton, New Jersey, who becomes a bounty hunter to make ends meet after losing her job. The sixteen novels in this series consistently top the New York Times Best Seller list.Who makes your list?
36 comments:
Congratulations on your books!
Congratulations on your awards.
Thanks for the "Cherry."
Those are great choices for American Female Authors. They cover every type of reader.
Enjoy the weekend, Clarissa.
Thanks for the award! And that's quite an interesting list of writers. I'm most familiar with The Cat Who series, only by title alone though. But good list nonetheless!
woo hoo congratulations to all of us then I have read #1,3 and 5.
I love Harriet Adams I grew up with her books
First off, congrats on the awards! You deserve all the recognition you get!
too many good books to mentiion written by that great book of ladies...
congrats on getting those lovely awards,Clarissa, you really deserved them! and thanks for passing one to me as well. I shall proudly post it in my award shelf :))
Congratulations on your awards Clarissa. I'm grabbing them for my little slideshow of awards. Thanks.
Love this post. Love mystery and can't wait to read yours, so c'mon.
I love the last three authors, but haven't read the first two so will have to rectify this.
Have a great weekend..:)
I adored Nancy Drew growing up. Have mixed feelings about "Carolyn Keene'. But have bought many of Braun's books and enjoyed each one. She can make a mystery out of not much, a real talent, and has carved a warm place amoung us readers of mysteries.
Agatha Christie of course!! And I grew up loving Nancy Drew. Now I only read the original versions, not the hacked up modern ones-- uck. Wow you had a lot of commenters yesterday! Even listing them must have taken all day!
Oh wait sorry and I know Agatha Christie isn't American. Duh! Well then, Mary Higgins Clark.
Raquel, thanks!
Mary, glad you like my choices. And congrats yourself. Enjoy the weekend too.
Jeffrey, thanks, I haven't read all in the series but most know these people.
Joanna, I grew up with them too! They're great.
Pat, they have written so many, that's true.
DEZMOND, thanks. I can't wait to see who you pass them on to.
L'Aussie, I'll work as fast as I can to get the book done so you can read it.
Kittie, yes, that's true. THey have influenced us a lot.
Karen, I know. I'm so thankful for all the wonderful support.
CD
Congratulations on your award. An excellent list of great writers there. I loved Nancy Drew when I was a kid and my high school librarian was a cat-lover who introduced me to 'The cat who...' books. I haven't read any of Janet Evanovich's books though. My top 5 would have to include Kathy Reichs and Patricia Cornwell.
Debbie, those are some great writers I've left off the list. Thank you for posting.
CD
Congratulations on the awards! Thanks for passing one on as well.:)
The only author I would add Kathy Reich. Have a good weekend :D
Jules @ Trying To Get Over The Rainbow
Congrats on your awards - you so deserve them! And thanks so much for passing them on. I'm going to try one of those nifty slideshows... though, as I am a relative computer-dummy, it might be interesting.
I haven't read a lot of mystery - but I did read Nancy Drew (and the Hardy Boys - what? I have a big brother and I read whatever I could get my grubby little hands on!) when I was a kid and loved them. I've heard Mary Higgins Clark is quite good and I should really try her out as well.
Have a fantastic weekend Clarissa!
Thanks, Clarissa! And congratulations.
Congratulations on your awards, well deserved. Thanks for passing one along to me, I'm honored. I enjoy your list. Those are some wonderful authors and there are so many others it would be hard to select just a few. I really enjoy Lilian Jackson Braun's series.
Congratulations again on your contract.
Mason
Thoughts in Progress
Hi Clarissa, thanks for passing on the award, and congrats to you!!!
Rach
I have read only Mary Higgins Clark and Sue Grafton- you and Margot make me realise how patchy my knowledge is :-(
Congratulations on everyone of your awards. I think I have all three, but I will grab one of them, because I love them all.
Meant to write, but didn't, that I am glad you have Harriet Adams on the list- I am sure every adult lover of mystery novels, read her as a child, even if they did not know who it was they were reading.
I rememeber the moment when I realised that Carolyn Keen and Franklin W. Dixon were the same person- it was one of 'those' moments.
I love Sue Grafton!!! Her Kinsey Milhone is fabulous!!!
Now I think I read most of the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series so I must have come across Harriet Adams! I hope I did because she sounds ever so fascinating!
I think this is a great list - I can't think who else to add!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS with your wonderful awards!!!
I am so with you "je nais regrette rein"!!! Cos I too won't be the person I am now (content, happy) if it hadn't been for the decisions I made before (some v. painful too!).
Take care
x
Thank you so much and congrats on your awards!
<3 Thank you! And congrats! :D
LJB! Too cool--I have several of her books! You know I've never read any Grafton...
Congrats on the awards, and thanks! :o) I'm w/you on the changes. The things that have happened have happened to get us to where we are now. Yes? ;p
Congrats on the awards! And I had no idea about Mary Higgins Clark. That is amazing.
Jules, yeah, I can't believe I forgot the bones woman!
DL, I haven't read much of Mary's books but I hope to while on vacation.
Alex, thanks and you're welcome!
Mason, thank you. I hope it goes well.
Rachael, thank.
Rayna, yeah, I read her books too as a child. ANd yes, Margot is a wealth of knowledge, I want to read more because of her.
Old Kitty, thanks and you're right about the question.
Laura and Marieke, you're welcome and enjoy.
LTM and RaShelle, I wish I could put more authors down because there are so many!
Everyone, have a great weekend!
CD
Excellent choices. Can you believe I've read from all but Evanovich? I started one of her books recently, but haven't finished yet. Patricia Cornwell is another writer whose books I enjoy.
I started Evanovich with Finger Lickin' Fifteen. Someday I'll go back to one and catch up. There are days when I just need a delightful, no stress read.
Aren't you fabulous for being so inclusive in your award distribution! Congrats for receiving them and THANK YOU!
And thanks for the influential women mystery writers! I have Janet Evanovich in my TBR pile, but I will check out a few of the others, too!
I've read all those authors except Harriet Adams. As to the other four, good choices!
I just read The Cat Who Tailed A Thief yesterday, my tenth Cat Who book. Can't get enough of Qwill and the Siamese!
I heard through the grapevine you have a book deal. If so then Congrats! on this major milestone!
Stephen Tremp
I haven't read any books by those authors; I'll have to check them out.
Congrats again on your book deal!
Yay! Thanks for the award! :)
I used to read a lot of Mary Higgins Clark. I found her books so readable and you always knew it would come out right in the end.
Fabulous list!!! Thanks for the fabulous award! You're too sweet!
Thank you for the award!
I agree exactly with what you said about changing the past. I am who I am because of it, and I happen to think I'm pretty darn cool :)
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