Elisabeth Bowers
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Elisabeth Bowers (born October 10, 1949) is a Canadian writer of mystery fiction.
A native of Vancouver, British Columbia, Bowers later moved to the Gulf Islands. She is an alumna of the University of British Columbia, and during her career has held a variety of jobs. She wrote two detective novels, set in Vancouver, featuring Meg Lacey, a full-time detective and divorced mother.[1] The first, Ladies' Night, was a finalist for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel.[2] Her work has been described as "some of the very best in Canadian crime writing".[3]
Works
- Ladies Night (1988)
- No Forwarding Address (1991)
References
- ^ Kathleen Gregory Klein (1994). Great Women Mystery Writers: Classic to Contemporary. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-28770-1.
- ^ "Elisabeth Bowers". www.stopyourekillingme.com. Retrieved Mar 31, 2020.
- ^ David Skene-Melvin (December 1995). Investigating Women: Female Detectives by Canadian Writers : an Eclectic Sampler. Dundurn. pp. 25–. ISBN 978-0-88924-269-2.
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