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 | ||
| Transgressions, Vol. 3 | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Transgressions, Vol. 4 | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Anthologies
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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With the disaster in west North Carolina, I keep checking to see if Nora Bonesteel is OK.
I have read almost all of Sharyn McCrumb books.