Shadowmaker

Joan Lowery Nixon

2013년 2월 · Recorded Books · 내레이터: Stina Nielsen

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WINNER 1996 Texas Lone Star Reading List

For fans of Gillian Flynn, Caroline Cooney, and R.L. Stine comes Shadowmaker from four-time Edgar Allen Poe Young Adult Mystery Award winner Joan Lowery Nixon.

When Katie Gillian and her mother move from Houston to a small Texas town, they never imagine that violence and intrigue will interrupt their six-month stay. Could the two bodies found have anything to do with the newspaper articles Katie’s reporter mother is writing—or with the shadowy figures Katie has noticed lurking outside her house at night?

“Strong female characters[,] … affecting and fast-paced, this mystery delivers.”—Publishers Weekly

“Nixon deftly weaves the ordinary difficulties of a new kid in school into a suspenseful mystery … [and her] characters are interestingly complicated.”—Booklist

“[A] smoothly knit novel.”—Kirkus Reviews

WINNER 1996 Texas Lone Star Reading List For fans of Gillian Flynn, Caroline Cooney, and R.L. Stine comes Shadowmaker from four-time Edgar Allen Poe Young Adult Mystery Award winner Joan Lowery Nixon. When Katie Gillian and her mother move from Houston to a small Texas town, they never imagin...

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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.