Barbara Mertz
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Mertz wrote more than 35 mysteries under thename Elizabeth Peters, including her most popular series about a daring Victorian archaeologist namesd Amelia Peabody. She also wrote 29 suspense novels under the pen name Barbara Michaels, and under her own name, she wrote nonfiction books about ancient Egypt. In 1950, Mertz received her MA from the University of Chicago. She so loved archaeology and was drawn to Egyptology that she received her Ph.D in 1952 from the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Mertz married in 1950. After moving to Germany with her husband, she tried her hand at writing. She wrote two nonfiction books about Egypt under her name before having her first fiction book published, ”The Master of Blacktower”, under the Michael’s name.Mertz passed on August 8, 2013 at her home in Frederick, Maryland.
”Grandmaster Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Mystery Writers of America, 1998
A river in the sky : | Amelia Peabody mysteries. | Crocodile on the sandbank / | Czarna tȩcza | Czekaj nieubÅ‚agengo losu | He shall thunder in the sky : | Houses of stone | Il caso del sarcofago scomparso : | Il flagello di Horus : | Il mistero della cittaÌ€ perduta : | Il papiro insanguinato : | Il segreto della tomba d’oro : | Indagine nel museo egizio : | La maledizione di Nefertiti : | Lion in the valley | Naked once more | Night train to Memphis | Other worlds | Patriot’s dream | Red land, black land : | Shattered silk. | Someone in the house | Szary brzask | Taneczny krąg | Temples, tombs, and hieroglyphs : | The Copenhagen connection | The Dead Sea cipher | The curse of the pharaohs / | The dark on the other side | The golden one : | The hippopotamus pool / | The jackal’s head | The mummy case / | The sea king’s daughter | The serpent on the crown / | The snake, the crocodile, and the dog / | The walker in shadows | Tomb of the golden bird / | Trojan gold : | Tutaj zostanę | Witch