Authors: Gloria Skurzynski
Buried Alive! (12 page)
An award-winning mystery writer and an
award-winning science writerâwho are also mother and
daughterâare working together on
Mysteries in Our National Parks!
ALANE (LANIE) FERGUSON'S
first mystery,
Show Me the
Evidence,
won the Edgar Award, given by the
Mystery Writers of America.
GLORIA SKURZYNSKI'S
Almost the Real Thing
won the
American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award.
Lanie lives in Elizabeth, Colorado. Gloria lives in Boise,
Idaho. To work together on a novel, they
connect by phone, fax, and e-mail and “often forget which
one of us wrote a particular line.”
Gloria's e-mail: [email protected]
Her Web site:
www.gloriabooks.com
Lanie's e-mail: [email protected]
Her Web site:
www.alaneferguson.com
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