# Alane Ferguson

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{{short description|American mystery writer (born 1957)}}
'''Alane Ferguson''' (born 1957) is an American author. She won the [Edgar Award](/source/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](/source/Cumberland%2C_Maryland), in 1957. Her mother is children's author [Gloria Skurzynski](/source/Gloria_Skurzynski). Ferguson collaborated with her mother on a series of novels titled ''Mysteries in Our National Parks'' for the [National Geographic Society](/source/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
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*''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

==References==
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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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