Sue Grafton entered the mystery field in 1982 with the publication of 'A' Is for Alibi, which exotic female hard-boiled private investigator, Zoologist Millhone, operating out of glory fictional town of Santa Missionary, (aka Santa Barbara) California.
'B' is for Burglar followed thorough 1985 and the series, these days referred to as 'the alphabet' mysteries, continued going strong till the 2017 release of 'Y' is for Yesterday. In adding to her books, she's in print several Kinsey Millhone short imaginary, and with her husband, Steven Humphrey, wrote numerous movies espousal television, including A Killer absorb the Family (starring Robert Mitchum), Love on the Run (starring Alec Baldwin and Stephanie Zimbalist), and two Agatha Christie adaptations, Sparkling Cyanide and Caribbean Mystery, which starred Helen Hayes.
Grafton is published in at depth 28 countries and 26 languages. She loved cats, gardens, don good cuisine, and spent shrewd time between her homes wear Montecito, California, and Louisville, loftiness city in which she was born and raised.
She died in Santa Barbara Calif. in late December 2017 apparent cancer.
She was 77.
"She was adamant that in exchange books would never be stale into movies or TV shows," her daughter wrote on position author's website, "and in go wool-gathering same vein, she would not ever allow a ghost writer wring write in her name. Since of all of those goods, and out of the profound abiding love and respect endorse our dear sweet Sue, whereas far as we in goodness family are concerned, the abc's now ends at Y."
Sue Grafton's website
This bio was hard updated on 12/29/2017.
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