{{short description|American mystery writer (born 1957)}} '''Alane Ferguson''' (born 1957) is an American author. She won the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery novel in 1990 for ''Show Me the Evidence''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mysterynet.com/edgars/previous/youngadult.shtml |title=Best Young Adult Mystery Book Edgar Award Winners and Nominees - Complete Lists |access-date=2009-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303135424/http://www.mysterynet.com/edgars/previous/youngadult.shtml |archive-date=2009-03-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Ferguson was born in Cumberland, Maryland, in 1957. Her mother is children's author Gloria Skurzynski. Ferguson collaborated with her mother on a series of novels titled ''Mysteries in Our National Parks'' for the National Geographic Society.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gloria Skurzynski Papers |url=https://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=ascead;cc=ascead;q1=skurzynski;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-PPiU-sc201302 |website=University of PIttsburgh ULS |accessdate=16 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404061431/http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=ascead%3Bcc%3Dascead%3Bq1%3Dskurzynski%3Brgn%3Dmain%3Bview%3Dtext%3Bdidno%3DUS-PPiU-sc201302 |archivedate=4 April 2015 }}</ref>
Ferguson is the author of many novels and mysteries, including the Edgar Award-winning ''Show Me The Evidence''. She does intensive research for her books by attending autopsies and interviewing forensic pathologists.
==Works== *''The Dying Breath'', September 2009 *''Circle Of Blood'', Viking, 2007 hardcover, 2007 *''Angel of Death'', Viking, 2006 hardcover, 2006 *''The Christopher Killer'', Viking, 2006 hardcover, 2006 *''Buried Alive'', National Geographic, 2003 paperback, 2003 *''Escape from Fear'', National Geographic, 2002 paperback, 2002 *''Out of the Deep'', National Geographic, 2002 paperback, 2002 *''Running Scared'', National Geographic, 2002 paperback. 2002 *''Over the Edge'', National Geographic, 2001 paperback, 2001 *''Valley of Death'', National Geographic, 2001 paperback, 2001 *''Ghost Horses'', National Geographic, 2000 paperback, 2001 *''The Hunted'', National Geographic, 2000 paperback, 2001 *''Deadly Waters'', National Geographic, 1999 paperback, 2001 *''Cliff-Hanger'', National Geographic, 1999 paperback, 2001 *''Rage of Fire'', National Geographic, 1998 paperback, 2001 *''Wolf Stalker'', National Geographic, 1997 paperback, 2001 *''The Mystery of the Fire in the Sky'', Troll Associates|Troll Books, 1997 * *''The Mystery of the Vanishing Creatures'', Troll Books, 1996 *''The Mystery of the Spooky Shadow'', Troll Books, 1996 *''Secrets'', Simon & Schuster, 1997 *''Night Terrors'', an anthology, 1996 *''See You in September'', Avon Books, 1995 *''A Tumbleweed Christmas'', Bradbury Press, 1995 *''Poison'', Bradbury Press, 1994 *''Stardust'', Bradbury Press, 1993 *''Overkill'', Bradbury Press, 1992 *''The Practical Joke War'', Bradbury Press, 1991 *''Cricket and the Crackerbox Kid'', Bradbury Press, 1990 *''Show Me the Evidence'', Bradbury Press, 1989 *''That New Pet'', Lothrop Lee & Shephard, 1987
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==External links== {{Portal|Children and Young Adult Literature}} * [https://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=ascead;cc=ascead;q1=skurzynski;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-PPiU-sc201302 The Gloria Skurzynski Papers]
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