Elizabeth Foxwell, editor and writer

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McFarland Companions to Mystery Fiction (ed. foxwell)

Vol 1: John Buchan

Vol 3: Ed McBain/Evan Hunter

Vol 2: E. X. Ferrars

Cover of John Buchan A Companion to the Mystery Fiction with photo of Buchan and native bearers.

By Kate Macdonald. 

Learn about this author, historian, and politician who wrote the classic thriller The Thirty-Nine Steps.


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Vol 2: E. X. Ferrars

Vol 3: Ed McBain/Evan Hunter

Vol 2: E. X. Ferrars

By Gina Macdonald and Elizabeth Sanders. Learn about this Scottish-born author, one of the most popular and prolific British crime writers of the twentieth century. 


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Vol 3: Ed McBain/Evan Hunter

Vol 3: Ed McBain/Evan Hunter

VOL 4: Mary Elizabeth Braddon

By Erin E. MacDonald. The first comprehensive treatment of the works by the author of The Blackboard Jungle, screenwriter for "The Birds," and pioneer of the police procedural.


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VOL 4: Mary Elizabeth Braddon

VOL 4: Mary Elizabeth Braddon

VOL 4: Mary Elizabeth Braddon

By Anne-Marie Beller. Learn about the author of Lady Audley's Secret, whose colorful life read like one of her successful sensation novels.


"one of the first comprehensive studies of Braddon's works to explain the overarching influence of her work on the development of detective and mystery fiction."
—American Reference Books Annual


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VOL 5: Andrea Camillieri

VOL 4: Mary Elizabeth Braddon

VOL 5: Andrea Camillieri

By Lucia Rinaldi. This is the first comprehensive reference work in English on the works of world-famous Italian mystery author Andrea Camilleri, creator of Inspector Salvo Montalbano.


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VOL 6: James Ellroy

VOL 4: Mary Elizabeth Braddon

VOL 5: Andrea Camillieri

By Jim Mancall. Learn about the author of the LA Trilogy and My Dark Places.  


Edgar Award and Silver Falchion Award nominee

"this A-Z guide is an essential key to unlock the complexities of one of America's most distinctive and powerful writers."
—The Guardian (read the full review)


"a clear, comprehensive guide to the Demon Dog’s dark, complex literary world." 
—Shamus nominee Dick Lochte


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VOL 7: Sara Paretsky

VOL 7: Sara Paretsky

VOL 7: Sara Paretsky

By Margaret KInsman. This first comprehensive look at the career of Sara Paretsky includes her groundbreaking mystery series about Chicago private investigator V.I. Warshawski.


Macavity Award winner and
Agatha Award nominee


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VOL 8: P. D. James

VOL 7: Sara Paretsky

VOL 7: Sara Paretsky

By Laurel A. Young.  Phyllis Dorothy James White  (1920–2014) reinvented herself at age 38 as P.D. James, crime novelist.  Most of her 20 novels feature one or both of her series detectives, Adam Dalgliesh  of Scotland Yard and private eye Cordelia Gray.


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VOL 9: ngaio marsh

VOL 7: Sara Paretsky

VOL 9: ngaio marsh

By Bruce Harding. Learn about the multifaceted Dame Ngaio Marsh—celebrated author of classic British detective fiction, successful theater director, and talented painter.


"another winner in a consistently excellent reference series"—Mystery Scene


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VOL 10: Ian rankin

VOL 11: Dorothy L. Sayers

VOL 9: ngaio marsh

By Erin E. MacDonald. Learn about Ian Rankin, considered by many to be Scotland’s greatest living crime fiction author and best known for his Inspector Rebus series.


Edgar and Macavity Award nominee

“Fascinating biography…definitely belongs in mystery reference  collections.”—Booklist


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VOL 11: Dorothy L. Sayers

VOL 11: Dorothy L. Sayers

VOL 11: Dorothy L. Sayers

Cover of Dorothy L. Sayers: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction with photos of Sayers, Ian Carmichael

By Eric Sandberg. This companion delves into the works of the creator of Lord Peter Wimsey and Montague Egg.


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Vol 12: Agatha Christie

VOL 11: Dorothy L. Sayers

VOL 11: Dorothy L. Sayers

Cover with image of Agatha Christie and an illustration of Hercule Poirot

By J. C. Bernthal. Learn about the creator of Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple, one of the most popular and inventive mystery writers of all time. Includes never-before-discussed material.


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Proposals for the series

Want to submit a proposal for the companion series? Potential subjects must have a substantial body of work (roughly defined as a minimum of 25 books). For details on submitting a proposal, contact Elizabeth.

Other Books

In Their Own Words: American Women in World War I

In Their Own Words: American Women in World War I

In Their Own Words: American Women in World War I

Nurse Anna Perit Rochester feeding a wounded soldier in WWI

Ed. Elizabeth Foxwell. This anthology presents first-person accounts by American women who served in World War I. Combating restrictions on the duties they could  undertake, these women often faced discrimination, danger, and even  death in their desire to serve their country, the men in combat, and the  civilians suffering the effects of war. 


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No Man's Land & Other Stories

In Their Own Words: American Women in World War I

In Their Own Words: American Women in World War I

This short story collection of mostly historical  mysteries includes "No Man's Land" (Agatha winner, Macavity nominee)  and "Keeper of the Flame" (first-prize winner, 2003 Cape Fear Crime  Festival Short Story Content). Settings range from the Civil War and the Titanic to World War I and the 1918 flu pandemic, including figures  such as Dorothea Dix, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, and Oscar Wilde.


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Miss Cayley's Adventures

The Robert B. Parker Companion

The Robert B. Parker Companion

By Grant Allen. Introduction by Elizabeth Foxwell. When her stepfather dies, Miss Lois  Cayley finds herself alone in the world with only twopence in her pocket. Undaunted, the intelligent, attractive, and infinitely resourceful young woman decides to set off in search of adventure. Her travels take her from London to Germany, Italy, Egypt, and India, as she  faces various challenges and meets an assortment of eccentric characters. But when her true love, Harold Tillington, is accused of forging a will and faces prison, Miss Cayley will need all her ingenuity to investigate the case, solve the mystery, and save Harold from the diabolical plot!


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The Robert B. Parker Companion

The Robert B. Parker Companion

The Robert B. Parker Companion

By Dean James and Elizabeth Foxwell. A. complete guide to Robert B. Parker's novels from Spenser and Jesse Stone to Sunny Randall, plot summaries, cast of characters, Boston locations  and maps, and more. 


Now in e-book format  from Kobo.


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