Edna Buchanan

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born

January 01, 1939 in The United States

website

http://www.ednabuchanan.com/

genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Edna Buchanan knew she wanted to be a writer since she was 4 years old. She moved to Florida where she got a job at a small newspaper. Ms. Buchanan became a reporter for the Miami Beach Daily Sun in the late 1960s.

In 1970, she was hired as a general assignment and police-beat reporter at the Miami Herald. In 1973, Ms. Buchanan became a police beat reporter, which coincided with the rise of Miami as a center of the international drug trade.

Winning a Pulitzer Prize, Ms. Buchanan became one of the best-known crime reporters in the U.S. She discussed some of her assignments in the books, The Corpse Had a Familiar Face (1991) and Never Let Them See You Cry (1993). She has retired from journalism and writes mystery novels. The main character in...more

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Average rating: 3.58 · 4,062 ratings · 419 reviews · 27 distinct works

	The Corpse Had a Familiar Face: Covering Miami, America's Hottest Beat 3.98 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 1987 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Miami, It's Murder (Britt Montero, #2) 3.71 avg rating — 203 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	Legally Dead: A Novel 3.67 avg rating — 202 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	Contents Under Pressure (Britt Montero, #1) 3.61 avg rating — 204 ratings — published 1992 — 7 editions	My rating:
	You Only Die Twice: A Novel 3.75 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 2001 — 15 editions	My rating:
	The Ice Maiden (Britt Montero, #8) 3.66 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 2002 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Cold Case Squad (Craig Burch, #1) 3.41 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 2001 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Suitable for Framing (Britt Montero, #3) 3.66 avg rating — 175 ratings — 13 editions	My rating:
	Love Kills (Craig Burch, #3) 3.47 avg rating — 179 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Garden of Evil (Britt Montero, #6) 3.70 avg rating — 149 ratings — 12 editions	My rating:

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Series by Edna Buchanan

Britt Montero (9 books)
by Edna Buchanan

3.64 avg rating — 1,581 ratings

Craig Burch (3 books)
by Edna Buchanan

3.47 avg rating — 499 ratings

Michael Venturi (1 book)
by Edna Buchanan

3.67 avg rating — 202 ratings

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