Dorothy Salisbury Davis: R.I.P.

Sad news. Mystery writer Dorothy Salisbury Davis passed away on August 3. She was an MWA Grand Master and 6 - time Edgar nominee. Ms Davis wrote 17 crime novels, three historical novels and numerous short stories. She served as president of MWA and was one of the founders of Sisters in Crime. She was presented with Lifetime Achievement Awards from Bouchercon and Malice Domestic.

Dorothy Salisbury Davis was a wonderful woman and terrific writer of mystery and suspense. I met her several times over the years. Each time was an honor and a pleasure. Ms Davis was born in 1916.

Open Road Media has brought out this year 22 works by pioneeing crime writer Dorothy Salisbury Davis as ebooks.

Read Sarah Weinman's essay on Dorothy Salisbury Davis in Mystery Scene this month. It's not online, but you can order a copy.

Here's a link to another article by Sarah Weinman that appeared in The Daily Beast.

A complete list of Dorothy Salisbury Davis can be found HERE.

DOROTHY SALISBURY DAVIS

Open Road Media announced that 22 works by pioneering crime writer Dorothy Salisbury Davis are now available as ebooks.

Davis’s novels tackle humanity’s imperfections and our capability for violence.

Sara Paretsky wrote about Salisbury, “She is one of the most deeply insightful thinkers into the human condition I’ve ever known. An awareness of how easy it is for ordinary people to do nasty or wicked deeds is the hallmark of her writing.”

The majority of Dorothy Salisbury Davis's novels and stories were published during the 1950s and 1960s.

Davis is a recipient of MWA's Grand Master Award, as well as lifetime achievement awards from Bouchercon and Malice Domestic. She has served as president of the Mystery Writers of America and is one of the founders of Sisters in Crime. Most recently, her story “Lost Generation” was included in Sarah Weinman's Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives.

New Dorothy Salisbury Davis ebooks from Open Road Media include the Julie Hayes Mysteries, beginning with A Death in The Life (1976), as well as standalone mysteries A Gentle Murderer (1951), The Pale Betrayer (1965), and Enemy and Brother (1967).

A complete list of titles is available on the author’s page here.