Meg Gardiner

Meg Gardiner ( born May 15, 1957 in Oklahoma) is an American writer.

Life

She grew up with two sisters and a brother in Santa Barbara ( California).

She took a degree in Ecology at Stanford University, and a as a lawyer at Stanford Law School and worked as a lawyer in Los Angeles. Later she was writing courses at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 2002 she published her first crime novel.

Today she lives with her husband, Paul Shreve, and their three children in Cobham ( Surrey ) near London.

Works

The main character in the first five novels, the attorney Evan Delaney. The heroine in the following four books is forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett.

Evan Delaney - series

  • China Lake ( 2002) (Engl. by Stefan Rohmig worship. Heyne, München 2008, ISBN 978-3-453-67553-7 )
  • Mission Canyon ( 2003) (German Imke Walsh - Araya vindictiveness. Heyne, München 2009, ISBN 978-3-453-43321-2 )
  • Jericho Point ( 2004) (German Imke Walsh - Araya feared. Heyne, München 2009, ISBN 978-3-453-43322-9 )
  • Crosscut (2005) (Engl. by Bea Reiter painless. Heyne, München 2008, ISBN 978-3-453-43320-5 )
  • Kill Chain ( 2006) (German Imke Walsh - Araya missing. Heyne, München 2008, ISBN 978-3-453-43323-6 )

Jo Beckett - series

  • The Dirty Secrets Club (2008) (German Friedrich Mader Confession. Heyne, München 2008, ISBN 978-3-453-26593-6 )
  • The Memory Collector ( 2009) (German Friedrich Mader Punishment. Heyne, München 2009, ISBN 978-3-453-26596-7 )
  • The Liar 's Lullaby (2010) (German Friedrich Mader Repentance. Heyne, München 2010, ISBN 978-3-453-26656-8 )
  • The Nightmare Thief (2012 ) (German Friedrich Mader fearlessness. Heyne, München 2012, ISBN 978-3-453-26676-6 )

Audiobooks

  • Brigitte - Strong Voices - The Mystery Volume 09: Hannah Herzsprung reads the confession. Random House Audio, Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-8371-0086-0

Awards

  • 2008 Romantic Times Reviewers ' Choice Award for Best Procedural Novel: The Dirty Secrets Club ( Confession )
  • 2009 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel as an original paperback: China Lake ( worship)
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