Cathy Pickens ist eine US-amerikanische Bestsellerautorin, die für ihre Krimi- und Thriller-Romane bekannt ist. Sie ist insbesondere für ihre Avery-Andrews-Serie bekannt, die sie ab 2004 veröffentlichte. Den Anfang machte der Roman "Southern Fried", der 2003 mit dem St. Martin's Press/Malice Domestic Award for Best New Traditional Mystery ausgezeichnet wurde. Die Serie endete 2009 mit der Veröffentlichung von "Cant Never Tell". Neben der Avery-Andrews-Serie hat Pickens auch Sachbücher verfasst, darunter "Charleston Mysteries" (2007).
Pickens hat eine vielseitige Karriere hinter sich, wobei ihr Schreibleben als Krimiautorin begann. Ihre Faszination für die Macht von realen Kriminalgeschichten führte zu einer Serie für The History Press, darunter "Charleston Mysteries" und "Charlotte True Crime Stories". Sie ist eine häufige Rednerin auf Krimikonventionen, wo sie über Themen wie Südstaaten-Krimis, klassische True-Crime-Geschichten und die Verwendung von Giften spricht. Pickens hat auch als Strafverteidigerin für komplexe Zivilprozesse gearbeitet, als Provost einer Universität, als Hochschullehrerin für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, als Kirchenorganistin und Chorleiterin sowie als Trainerin für Ballroom und Clog Tanz.
Pickens war nationale Präsidentin von Sisters in Crime, sitzt im nationalen Vorstand von Mystery Writers of America und ist Gründungsmitglied des regionalen Forensic Medicine Program. Sie bietet Workshops zum Thema "Entwicklung des kreativen Prozesses" an, die auf ihrem Buch "CREATE! Develop Your Creative Process" basieren. Pickens coacht und unterrichtet neue Autoren über Charlotte Lit und arbeitet mit ehemaligen Strafgefangenen und Menschen in Rehabilitationseinrichtungen zusammen, um eigene Unternehmen zu gründen und ihre eigenen Geschichten zu schreiben. Sie hat eine enge Verbindung zum Süden, da sie in einem kleinen Ort in South Carolina aufgewachsen ist, wo ihre Familie seit 300 Jahren lebt. Zu den Schlüsselwörtern von Pickens gehören: South Carolina, Kriminalgeschichten, Clemson University, University of South Carolina School of Law, Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, Queens University of Charlotte, McColl School of Business, Kreativität, Innovation, kreativer Prozess und Charlotte, NC.
Southern Fried Mystery Books
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Titel
Jahr
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Southern Fried
2004
2
Done Gone Wrong
2005
3
Hog Wild
2007
4
Hush My Mouth
2008
5
Can't Never Tell
2009
Sachbücher
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Titel
Jahr
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Charlotte True Crime Stories
2019
2
True Crime Stories of Eastern North Carolina
2020
3
Triangle True Crime Stories
2021
4
True Crime Stories of Upstate South Carolina
2022
Haunted America Books
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Titel
Jahr
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Ghosts of the South Carolina Upcountry
2005
2
Haunted Howard County, Maryland (By: Shelley Davies Wygant)
1970
3
Haunted Florida Love Stories (By: Christopher Balzano)
1970
4
Ghost Stories of St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Pinellas County: Tales from a Haunted Peninsula
2007
5
Haunted Plano, Texas (By: Mary Jacobs)
1970
6
Haunted Fort Lauderdale
2008
7
Haunted Provincetown (By: Unknown)
2001
8
The Haunting of Louisiana (By: Barbara Sillery)
2001
9
Haunted Rochester: A Supernatural History of the Lower Genesee
2008
10
Haunted Charleston (By: Ed Macy)
2005
11
Haunted Birmingham
2009
12
Haunted Harbor: Charleston's Maritime Ghosts and the Unexplained (By: Ed Macy, Geordie Buxton)
2005
13
Ghosts of the Pee Dee
2009
14
Ghosts of the Triangle: Historic Haunts of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill
2009
15
Ghosts of the South Carolina Upcountry (By: Tally Johnson)
2005
16
Supernatural Saratoga: Haunted Places and Famous Ghosts of the Spa City
2009
17
Ghosts of Old Wilmington (By: John Hirchak)
2006
18
Haunted Natchez
2010
19
Asheville Ghosts and Legends (By: Ken Traylor, Delas M. House Jr.)
2006
20
Haunted Virginia Beach (By: Alpheus J. Chewning)
2006
21
Haunted St. Paul
2010
22
Washington's Haunted Past (By: Pamela E. Apkarian-Russell)
2006
23
Ghosts of St. Charles
2010
24
Haunted Hannibal : History and Mystery in America's Hometown
2010
25
Haunted Pubs of New England (By: Roxie J. Zwicker)
2007
26
Ghosts of the South Carolina Midlands (By: Tally Johnson)
2007
27
Haunted Vicksburg
2010
28
Haunted Pensacola
2010
29
Haunted Portsmouth (By: Roxie J. Zwicker)
2007
30
Haunted Richmond: The Shadows of Shockoe (By: Scott Bergman, Sandi Bergman)
2007
31
Ghosts of the SouthCoast
2010
32
Haunted Meridian, Mississippi
2011
33
Roswell (By: Dianna Avena)
2007
34
Haunted Southern Tier
2011
35
Ghosts of Newport (By: John Brennan)
2007
36
Ghosts of Virginia's Tidewater
2011
37
Charleston Mysteries
2007
38
Haunted Door County
2012
39
Historic Haunts of Winchester (By: Mac Rutherford)
2007
40
Haunted Inns, Pubs and Eateries of St. Augustine
2012
41
Haunted Daytona Beach (By: Dusty Smith)
2007
42
Haunted Tuscaloosa
2012
43
Nashville Ghosts and Legends (By: Ken Traylor, Delas M. House Jr.)
2007
44
Ghosts of Boston: Haunts of the Hub
2012
45
Ghost Stories and Legends of Eastern Connecticut (By: Donna Kent)
2007
46
Haunted Portland (By: Roxie J. Zwicker)
2007
47
Haunted History of Delaware
2013
48
Haunted Roanoke
2013
49
Lewisboro Ghosts (By: Maureen Koehl)
2007
50
Ghost Stories of St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Pinellas County (By: Deborah Frethem)
2007
51
Ghosts of Georgetown
2013
52
Haunted Big Bend, Florida
2013
53
Hauntings of the Hudson River Valley (By: Vincent T. Dacquino)
2007
54
Civil War Ghosts of Central Georgia and Savannah
2013
55
Haunted Providence (By: Rory Raven)
2008
56
Civil War Ghosts of Atlanta
2013
57
Haunted Austin: History and Hauntings in the Capital City (By: Jeanine Plumer)
2008
58
Haunted St. Augustine and St. Johns County
2013
59
Ghosts of Mount Holly:: A History of Haunted Happenings (By: Jan Lynn Bastien)
2008
60
Haunted Alabama Black Belt
2013
61
Haunted Fort Lauderdale (By: John Marc Carr)
2008
62
Haunted Tampa: Spirits of the Bay
2013
63
Haunted Yarmouth (By: Paul Cote)
2008
64
Haunted Rochester: A Supernatural History of the Lower Genesee (By: Tim Shaw, Mason Winfield, John Koerner, Rob Lockhart)
2008
65
Ghosts of Boulder
2013
66
Ghosts of Atlanta: Phantoms of the Phoenix City (By: Reese Christian)
2008
67
Ghosts of Bobby Mackey's Music World
2013
68
Campus Ghosts of Norman, Oklahoma
2013
69
Ghosts of Central Jersey: Historic Haunts of the Somerset Hills (By: Loyd Auerbach, Gordon Thomas Ward, Garrett Husveth, Al Rauber)
2008
70
Haunted DeLand and the Ghosts of West Volusia County ( By: Dusty Smith)
2008
71
The Haunted South
2014
72
Ghosts and Legends of Alcatraz (By: Brian Clune, Bob Davis, Foreword by Janice Oberding)
2008
73
Haunted Granbury
2014
74
Haunted Springfield, Missouri
2014
75
Haunted Kingsport: Ghosts of Tri-City Tennessee (By: Pete Dykes)
2008
76
New Orleans Vampires (By: Marita Woywod Crandle)
2008
77
Ghosts of Salem: Haunts of the Witch City
2014
78
Haunted Birmingham (By: Alan Brown)
2009
79
Haunted Ybor City
2014
80
Haunted Hillsborough County
2014
81
Ghosts of the North Carolina Piedmont (By: Frances Harding Casstevens)
2009
82
Ghosts of the Queen Mary
2014
83
Ghost Stories and Legends of Southwestern Connecticut (By: Donna Kent)
2009
84
Haunted History of Kalamazoo (By: Nicole Bray, Robert DuShane)
2009
85
Haunted Norman, Oklahoma
2014
86
Ghosts of Manhattan (By: Philip Ernest Schoenberg)
2009
87
Haunted Burlington, Wisconsin
2014
88
Ghosts of the Pee Dee (By: Tally Johnson)
2009
89
Haunted Guthrie, Oklahoma
2015
90
The Haunted Mid-Shore: Spirits of Caroline, Dorchester and Talbot Counties
2015
91
Ghosts and Legends of Michigan's West Coast (By: Amberrose Hammond)
2009
92
Massachusetts Book of the Dead (By: Roxie J. Zwicker)
2009
93
Ghosts of the Rio Grande Valley
2016
94
Haunted Stark County (By: John B. Kachuba, Sherri Brake)
2009
95
Haunted Tuscarawas County
2016
96
Ghosts of the Yadkin Valley (By: R.G. Absher)
2009
97
Haunted Southwest
2016
98
Haunted Mobile: Apparitions of the Azalea City (By: Elizabeth Parker)
2009
99
Ghosts of Mississippi’s Golden Triangle
2016
100
Ghosts of the Triangle: Historic Haunts of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill (By: Richard Jackson)
2009
101
Haunted Oklahoma City
2016
102
Haunted Burlington: Spirits of Vermont's Queen City (By: Thea Lewis)
2009
103
Haunted Pittsburgh
2016
104
Haunted Buffalo: Ghosts in the Queen City (By: Dwayne Claud, Cassidy O'Connor, Richard J. Kimmel)
2009
105
A Guide to Haunted New England: Tales from Mount Washington to the Newport Cliffs (By: Thomas D'Agostino)
2009
106
Haunted South Georgia
2017
107
Haunted Lafayette (By: , Dorothy Salvo Davis)
2009
108
Haunted Central Georgia
2017
109
Ghosts and Legends of the Merrimack Valley (By: C.C. Carole)
2009
110
Haunted Anchor Bay, Michigan
2017
111
Haunted Lawrence
2017
112
Haunted Eastern Shore: Ghostly Tales from East of the Chesapeake (By: Mindie Burgoyne)
2009
113
Haunted Memphis (By: Laura Cunningham)
2009
114
Haunted Sumter County, Florida
2019
115
Haunted Portland, Oregon: Ghost Hunting in the City of Roses
2021
116
Ghosts of Genesee Country: From Captain Kidd to the Underground Railroad (By: Ralph Esposito)
2009
117
Haunted Kenosha (By: Candice Shatkins)
2009
118
Haunted History of Philadelphia
2022
119
Supernatural Saratoga: Haunted Places and Famous Ghosts of the Spa City (By: Mason Winfield)
2009
120
Ghosts of Cincinnati (By: Dan Smith, Teri Casper)
2009
121
Haunted Flint (By: Roxanne Rhoads, Joe Schipani)
2010
122
The Haunted History of the Ohio State Reformatory (By: Sherri Brake)
2010
123
Haunted Macomb (By: Garret Moffett)
2010
124
Haunted Marietta (By: Lynne Sturtevant)
2010
125
Ghosts and Legends of Lake Erie's North Coast (By: Victoria King Heinsen)
2010
126
Haunted Natchez (By: Alan Brown)
2010
127
Ghosts of St. Charles (By: Michael Henry)
2010
128
Haunted Hannibal (By: Ken Marks, Lisa Marks)
2010
129
Haunted New Orleans (By: Troy Taylor)
2010
130
Historic Haunts of Shreveport (By: Gary D. Joiner, Cheryl H. White PhD)
2010
131
Haunted St. Paul (By: Chad Lewis)
2010
132
Ghosts and Mysteries of Broward County (By: , Dorothy Salvo Davis)
2010
133
Ghosts of Alexandria (By: Michael Lee Pope)
2010
134
Ghosts of Southwestern Pennsylvania (By: Thomas White)
2010
135
Haunted North Alabama (By: Jessica Penot)
2010
136
Haunts of Virginia's Blue Ridge Highlands (By: Joe Tennis)
2010
137
Haunted Vicksburg (By: Alan Brown)
2010
138
Ghosts of Bristol: Haunting Tales from the Twin Cities (By: V.N. Bud Phillips)
2010
139
Missouri's Haunted Route 66 (By: Janice Tremeear)
2010
140
A History of Vampires in New England (By: Thomas D'Agostino)
2010
141
Haunted Tales from The Region: Ghosts of Indiana's South Shore (By: Dorothy Salvo Davis)
2010
142
Ghosts of New Hampshire's Lakes Region (By: Katie Boyd, Beckah Boyd)
2010
143
Ghosts of Historic Delaware, Ohio (By: John B. Ciochetty)
2010
144
Haunted Green Bay (By: Timothy Freiss)
2010
145
Haunted Pensacola (By: Alan Brown)
2010
146
Ghosts of the SouthCoast (By: Jeff Belanger)
2010
147
Haunted Willoughby, Ohio (By: Cathi Weber, David E. Anderson)
2010
148
Haunted Miami Valley (By: Jennifer Eblin)
2010
149
Haunted Aurora (By: Diane A. Ladley)
2010
150
Haunted York County (By: Roxie J. Zwicker)
2010
151
The Haunted Heart of Denver (By: Kevin Pharris)
2011
152
Haunted Etowah County, Alabama (By: Mike Goodson)
2011
153
Haunted Meridian, Mississippi (By: Alan Brown)
2011
154
Haunted Marion, Ohio (By: Joshua Simpkins)
2011
155
Haunted Akron (By: John Holland, Ken Summers, Jeri Holland)
2011
156
Haunted Monticello, Florida (By: Betty Davis, Big Bend Ghost Trackers)
2011
157
Ghosts of Virginia's Tidewater (By: L.B. Taylor Jr.)
2011
158
Haunted Southern Tier (By: Elizabeth Tucker)
2011
159
A Haunted History of Columbus, Ohio (By: Nellie Kampmann)
2011
160
Haunted Wausau: The Ghostly History of Big Bull Falls (By: Shawn Blaschka, Anji Spialek, Sharon Abitz)