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Elizabeth Peters

Born

in Canton, Illinois, The United States

September 29, 1927

Died

August 08, 2013

Website

http://www.ameliapeabody.com/elizabethpeters.htm

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Humor

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Elizabeth Peters is a pen name of Barbara Mertz. She also wrote as Barbara Michaels as well as her own name. Born and brought up in Illinois, she earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago. Mertz was named Grand Master at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986 and Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America at the Edgar Awards in 1998. She lived in a historic farmhouse in Frederick, western Maryland until her death.

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Average rating: 4.06 · 404,496 ratings · 23,586 reviews · 179 distinct works • Similar authors

	Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 78,366 ratings — published 1975 — 94 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Curse of the Pharaohs (Amelia Peabody, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 26,191 ratings — published 1981 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mummy Case (Amelia Peabody, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 20,578 ratings — published 1985 — 75 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lion in the Valley (Amelia Peabody, #4) 4.14 avg rating — 18,696 ratings — published 1986 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Camel Died at Noon (Amelia Peabody, #6) 4.20 avg rating — 18,012 ratings — published 1991 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Deeds of the Disturber (Amelia Peabody, #5) 4.06 avg rating — 18,162 ratings — published 1988 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog (Amelia Peabody, #7) 4.22 avg rating — 14,662 ratings — published 1992 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hippopotamus Pool (Amelia Peabody, #8) 4.18 avg rating — 13,084 ratings — published 1996 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seeing a Large Cat (Amelia Peabody, #9) 4.23 avg rating — 12,172 ratings — published 1997 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	He Shall Thunder in the Sky (Amelia Peabody, #12) 4.36 avg rating — 11,776 ratings — published 2000 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Amelia Peabody (20 books)
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“No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.”
― Elizabeth Peters

tags: amelia-peabody, men, women

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“The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal - or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be.”
― Elizabeth Peters, The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog

tags: cats

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“Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.”
― Elizabeth Peters, The Mummy Case

tags: marriage

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What would you like to read for October's group read? The theme is cozy mysteries.

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #1) by Alexander McCall Smith

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

8 votes 34.8%

Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1) by Agatha Christie

Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie

7 votes 30.4%

Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1) by Louise Penny

Still Life by Tom Robbins

3 votes 13.0%

A is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone, #1) by Sue Grafton

A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton

2 votes 8.7%

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1) by Douglas Adams

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

2 votes 8.7%

The Truth Sleuth by Jacqueline Seewald

1 vote 4.3%

The Cat Who Could Read Backwards (Cat Who..., #1) by Lilian Jackson Braun

The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun

0 votes 0.0%

The Dead Cat Bounce (Home Repair is Homicide Mystery #1) by Sarah Graves

The Dead Cat Bounce by Sarah Graves

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Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1) by Elizabeth Peters

Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters

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