P.M. Carlson taught psychology and statistics at Cornell University before deciding that mystery writing was more fun. She has published eleven mystery novels and a dozen mystery short stories. Her novels have been nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award, the Macavity Award, and twice for the Anthony Awards given at the World Mystery Convention (Bouchercon). Two short stories were finalists for the Agatha Christie award. She edited the Mystery Writers Annual for Mystery Writers of America for several years, and served as President of the international organization Sisters in Crime. She lived in southern Indiana for seven years. Besides reading mysteries, she enjoys working on her Victorian house and traveling. Currently she lives in New York with her husband and a Belgian sheepdog named Poirot.
Marty Hopkins series (police procedural)
GRAVESTONE, Pocket Books hardcover, June 1993, ISBN 0-671-76974-X; Pocket Books paperback June 1994, ISBN 0-671-76975-8; Japanese edition Hayakawa 1994; German edition titled Grabes Stimme, Ariadne Krimi, Argument Verlag March 1996; French edition titled Fin de Carriere, Le Masque-Hachette, 1998; Croatian edition titled Grob U Kamenu, Mozaik Knjiga, 2003.
BLOODSTREAM, Pocket Books hardcover, June 1995, ISBN 0-671-76977-4; Pocket Books paperback 1996, ISBN 0-671-76978-2; German edition titled Blutstrom, Ariadne Krimi, Argument Verlag, 1997; German edition titled Knochenstrom, Scherz Taschenbuch, S. Fischer Verlag, 2004; French edition titled La Riviere assassine, Le Masque-Hachett, 1999.
DEATHWIND, Severn House hardcover, November 2004 (UK), February 2005 (USA), ISBN 0-7278-6175-1; German edition titled Todes Hauch, Ariadne Krimi, Argument Verlag 1998; German edition titled Todes Hauch, Scherz Taschenbuch, S. Fischer Verlag, 2004.
CROSSFIRE, Severn House hardcover, September 2006 (UK),December 2006 (USA), ISBN 978 0 7278 6388 1.
Maggie Ryan and Nick O’Connor series (amateur sleuth):
AUDITION FOR MURDER, Avon paperback, 1985, ISBN 0-380-89538-2; Japanese edition Sankei Shuppan, 1989; German edition titled Vorspiel zum Mord, Ariadne Krimi, Argument Verlag, 1990.
MURDER IS ACADEMIC, Avon paperback, 1985; ISBN 0-380-89738-5; French edition titled Folie Douce, Editions Gérard de Villiers, 1990; Japanese edition, Sankei Shuppan, 2002; German edition titled Sicher ist nur Mord, Ariadne Krimi, Argument Verlag, 1991;
*****finalist for Anthony Award, Best Paperback Original of 1986
MURDER IS PATHOLOGICAL, Avon paperback, 1986; ISBN 0-380-75071-6; German edition titled Versuch mit Mord, Ariadne Krimi, Argument Verlag, 1992;
MURDER UNRENOVATED, Bantam paperback, January 1988; ISBN 0-553-26989-5; reissued Bantam, December 1990; ISBN 0-553-18552-5; German edition titled Makler und Mord, Ariadne Krimi, Argument Verlag, 1994;
*****finalist for Macavity Award for Best Mystery of 1988
*****finalist for Anthony Award, Best Paperback Original of 1988
REHEARSAL FOR MURDER, Bantam paperback, July 1988; ISBN 0-553-27234-9; German edition titled Bühne frei für Mord, Ariadne Krimi, Argument Verlag, 1995.
MURDER IN THE DOG DAYS, Bantam paperback, January 1991; ISBN 0-553-27778-2; Japanese edition Sankei Shuppan, 1993; German edition titled Heiss genug für Mord, Ariadne Krimi, Argument Verlag, 1995.
*****finalist for Edgar Award, Best Paperback Original of 1991
MURDER MISREAD, Doubleday Crime Club hardcover, December 1990, ISBN 0-385-41642-3; Bantam paperback December 1991, ISBN 0-553-29374-5; German edition titled Studie mit Mord, Ariadne Krimi, Argument Verlag, 1996.
*****Chosen for Drood Review Editor’s Choice of ten best mysteries of 1990.
BAD BLOOD, Doubleday Perfect Crime hardcover, December 1991, ISBN 0-385-42122-2; German edition titled Blut ist dicker als Mord, Ariadne Krimi, Argument Verlag, 1998.
Bridget Mooney short story collection (historical)
RENOWNED BE THY GRAVE; or, THE MURDEROUS MISS MOONEY, Crippen & Landru 1998; ISBN 1-885941-23-4; German edition titled Miss Mooney, Ariadne Krimi, Argument Verlag,2001.
(with Moshe Anisfeld) “Some Observations on the Linguistic Competence of a Two-Year-Old Child,” in Stewart Cohen, editor, Child Development: A Study of Growth Processes, F.E. Peacock, 1971
(with Marion Potts, Rodney Cocking, and Carol Copple)
STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT IN CHILD LANGUAGE; THE PRESCHOOL YEARS, Cornell University Press, 1979; ISBN 0-8014-1184-X
(with Richard Darlington) BEHAVIORAL STATISTICS: LOGIC AND METHODS, Free Press, 1987; ISBN 0-02-907860-1
