Sue Grafton

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born

April 24, 1940 in Louisville, Kentucky, The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.suegrafton.com/

genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Received the Shamus Award, "The Eye" (Lifetime achievement award) in 2003.

Family History:

Father: C.W. Grafton, born 1909, third son of Presbyterian Missionaries, born and raised in China, educated Presbyterian College, Clinton, South Carolina; practicing attorney in Louisville, Kentucky with a 40-year specialty in municipal bonds. Author of THE RAT BEGAN TO GNAW THE ROPE, THE ROPE BEGAN TO HANG THE BUTCHER, BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT, MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER NAGEL. Died, 1982.

Mother: Vivian Harnsberger, oldest daughter of Presbyterian Missionaries; born 1908 in Spruce, West Virginia, raised in China, educated at Radford State Teachers College with a degree in secondary education...more

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Books by Sue Grafton

Average rating: 3.78 · 220,478 ratings · 8,695 reviews · 79 distinct works

	A is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 30,145 ratings — published 1982 — 46 editions	My rating:
	M Is for Malice (Kinsey Millhone, #13) 3.93 avg rating — 14,123 ratings — published 1996 — 26 editions	My rating:
	B is for Burglar (Kinsey Millhone, #2) 3.72 avg rating — 12,471 ratings — published 1985 — 46 editions	My rating:
	C is for Corpse (Kinsey Millhone, #3) 3.75 avg rating — 11,109 ratings — published 1986 — 46 editions	My rating:
	J is for Judgment (Kinsey Millhone, #10) 3.84 avg rating — 10,797 ratings — published 1993 — 34 editions	My rating:
	D is for Deadbeat (Kinsey Millhone, #4) 3.74 avg rating — 10,353 ratings — published 1987 — 33 editions	My rating:
	F is for Fugitive (Kinsey Millhone, #6) 3.78 avg rating — 9,793 ratings — published 1989 — 34 editions	My rating:
	K is for Killer (Kinsey Millhone, #11) 3.84 avg rating — 9,867 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions	My rating:
	E is for Evidence (Kinsey Millhone, #5) 3.76 avg rating — 9,788 ratings — published 1988 — 34 editions	My rating:
	G is for Gumshoe (Kinsey Millhone, #7) 3.79 avg rating — 9,442 ratings — published 1990 — 31 editions	My rating:

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Series by Sue Grafton

Kinsey Millhone (22 books)
by Sue Grafton

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"A Is for Alibi introduced P.I. heroine Kinsey Millhone almost 30 years ago. The crime writer reveals what lies ahead as the end of the alphabet looms in V Is for Vengeance." ...More

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Quotes by Sue Grafton

“Thinking is hard work, which is why you don't see many people doing it.”
― Sue Grafton

tags: humor , independent-thought , thought

208 people liked it

“You can’t save others from themselves because those who make a perpetual muddle of their lives don’t appreciate your interfering with the drama they’ve created. They want your poor-sweet-baby sympathy, but they don’t want to change.”
― Sue Grafton, T is for Trespass

tags: change , drama , kinsey-milhone , poor-baby , sue-grafton , sympathy

131 people liked it

“I love being single. It's almost like being rich.”
― Sue Grafton

tags: feminism

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