Order of Sharyn McCrumb Books
Sharyn McCrumb is an American author of crime fiction, mystery novels and Appalachian fiction. She writes the Elizabeth MacPherson series and the Ballad series. Sharyn has won the Edgar Award, Agatha Award, Nero Award, Anthony Award and Macavity Award for her work. She earned her Master’s Degree in English from Virginia Tech. Her novels have been translated into eleven different languages.
Sharyn McCrumb made her fiction debut in 1984 with the novel Sick of Shadows, which began her Elizabeth MacPherson mystery series. Below is a list of Sharyn McCrumb’s books in order of when they were first published:
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Publication Order of Ballad Books
If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
She Walks These Hills | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Rosewood Casket | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Ballad of Frankie Silver | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Songcatcher | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Ghost Riders | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Devil Amongst the Lawyers | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Ballad of Tom Dooley | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
King's Mountain | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Nora Bonesteel's Christmas Past | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Prayers the Devil Answers | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Elizabeth MacPherson Books
Sick of Shadows | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Lovely in Her Bones | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Highland Laddie Gone | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Paying the Piper | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Windsor Knot | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Missing Susan | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
MacPherson's Lament | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him... | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The PMS Outlaws | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Jay Omega Books
Bimbos of the Death Sun | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Zombies of the Gene Pool | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of St. Dale Books
St. Dale | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Once Around The Track | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Faster Pastor | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
The Unquiet Grave | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
A Wee Doch and Doris | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Luncheon | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Remains to Be Seen | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Happiness Is a Dead Poet | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Monster of Glarnis | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Our Separate Days | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Fairy Tale Princesses of the Civil War | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Old Land, Dark Land, Strange Land | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Sharyn McCrumb's Appalachia | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Transgressions Books
Transgressions | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Transgressions, Vol. 2 | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Mistletoe Mysteries | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Sisters in Crime 2 | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Malice Domestic 1 | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Women of Mystery II | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Partners in Crime | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1995 | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Great Writers and Kids Write Mystery Stories | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Vengeance is Hers | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
First Cases, Volume 2 | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Mystery's Most Wanted | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
AZ Murder Goes... Artful | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Once Upon a Crime | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Malice Domestic 7 | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Murder, My Dear Watson | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Dark: New Ghost Stories | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The World\\\'s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: 4 | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Mr. President, Private Eye | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5 | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Thou Shalt Not Kill | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Transgressions | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Transgressions vol. 4 | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Poe: 19 New Tales of Suspense, Dark Fantasy, and Horror Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Blood Lite | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
The Monster's Corner | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
27 Views of Asheville: A Southern Mountain Town in Prose & Poetry | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Not Everyone's Cup of Tea | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Notes: If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O was also published as If Ever I Return. Faster Pastor was co-authored by Adam Edwards.
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Sharyn McCrumb Synopses: Sharyn McCrumb’s Appalachia is a non-fiction book, collecting the essays of Sharyn McCrumb. The collection includes Keepers of the Legends, A Novelist Looks at the Land, The Celts and the Appalachians, Magic Realism in Appalachia, Nora Bonesteel and the Sight, and Reflections on Historical Fiction.
Our Separate Days by Sharyn McCrumb is a collection of both short stories and poems about life in southern Appalachia.
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