


^ a b c d e "Edgar Award Winners and Nominees Database".^ a b "Previous Awards-James Tiptree, Jr."The SF Site Featured Review: I am Mordred: A Tale from Camelot". Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade (2022).Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche (2021).The Case of the Gypsy Goodbye (2010) also published with the title The Case of the Disappearing Duchess.The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline (2009).The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan (2008).The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets (2008).The Case of the Left-Handed Lady (2007).The Case of the Missing Marquess (2006).Rowan Hood: Outlaw Girl of Sherwood Forest (2001).The Book of Suns (1977) expanded as The Silver Sun (1980).Chance and Other Gestures of the Hand of Fate (1985).In 2007, they moved to Bonifay, Florida, in a secluded part of the Florida panhandle, a place conducive to her hobbies of birdwatching, horseback riding and fishing, and his love of aviation. She met her second husband, Jaime Fernando Pinto, in 1999, while she was working in a no-kill animal shelter. She remained in Pennsylvania for forty-six years, raising two children, Jonathan Paul (born in 1974) and Nora Lynn (born in 1978), by her first husband Joel Springer, a minister and fine art photographer. Her parents had purchased a motel, which she helped work. Springer was 14 when her mother's health began to deteriorate due to cancer, menopause and an early-onset form of Alzheimer's. Her mother was a professional artist, who painted oil portraits of pets. Her two older brothers had left the family for college by the time she hit puberty. She was raised to "speak grammatically" and is well versed with Victorian literature. and Helen Connor, moving to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with her family when she was thirteen.Īs a child, she read a lot about King Arthur and his Round Table and Robin Hood and had often read and reread Sherlock Holmes. Nancy Springer was born in Montclair, New Jersey to Harry E.

The Enola Holmes Mysteries was adapted in 2020 as the Netflix film Enola Holmes and a 2022 sequel Enola Holmes 2. Her other series include The Book of the Isle fantasy series and the Tales of Rowan Hood. She released her first Enola Holmes book in 2006 and followed by 7 sequels in the series. She has written more than fifty books over a career that has spanned nearly four decades. Field Award from the Pennsylvania Library Association in 1999 for her novel I am Mordred. Additionally, she received the Carolyn W.

She also received the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for her novels Toughing It in 1995 and Looking for Jamie Bridger in 1996. Her novel Larque on the Wing won the Tiptree Award in 1994. Nancy Springer (born July 5, 1948) is an American author of fantasy, young adult literature, mystery, and science fiction.
