{{short description|Canadian author of mystery novels}} {{about|the author of mystery novels|the author of teenage romance novels|Anne Emery (young adult author)|the British actress|Ann Emery}} {{Infobox writer <!--For more information, see :Template:Infobox Writer/doc.--> | name = Anne Emery | honorific_prefix = | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1958}} | birth_place = Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada<ref name="sps">{{cite web |title=Anne Emery |url=http://anneemery.com/ |accessdate=15 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815150040/http://anneemery.com/ |archive-date=15 August 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Author | language = | nationality = | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | period = | genre = Crime fiction | subject = <!-- or: | subjects = --> | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = <!-- or: | spouses = --> | partner = <!-- or: | partners = --> | children = | relatives = | awards = {{plainlist| * Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel * Independent Publisher Book Awards silver medal * Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel }} | signature = | signature_alt = | years_active = | module = | website = | portaldisp = <!-- "on", "yes", "true", etc; or omit --> }} '''Anne Emery''' is a Canadian writer of murder mystery novels and a lawyer. Emery has been awarded the 2019 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel,<ref name="ellis2">{{cite news |last1=van Koeverden |first1=Jane |title=Anne Emery wins best crime novel award for Though the Heavens Fall |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/anne-emery-wins-best-crime-novel-award-for-though-the-heavens-fall-1.5147563 |accessdate=10 August 2019 |publisher=CBC |date=May 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817042448/https://www.cbc.ca/books/anne-emery-wins-best-crime-novel-award-for-though-the-heavens-fall-1.5147563 |archive-date=17 August 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> silver medal in the 2011 Independent Publisher Book Awards,<ref name="silver">{{cite web |title=2011 Independent Publisher Book Awards Results Announcement |url=http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1442 |website=Independent Publisher |accessdate=10 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802230936/http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1442 |archive-date=2 August 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the 2007 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel.<ref name="ellis1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.crimewriterscanada.com/awards/arthur-ellis-awards/past-winners/63-books/ccc-previous-issues/367-arthur-ellis-2007-winners|title=Arthur Ellis Awards - 2007 Winners|last=|first=|date=|website=Crime Writers of Canada|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810235518/https://www.crimewriterscanada.com/awards/arthur-ellis-awards/past-winners/63-books/ccc-previous-issues/367-arthur-ellis-2007-winners|archive-date=2019-08-10|access-date=2019-08-10|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2023, Emery's novel ''Fenian Street'' was shortlisted for the Crime Writers of Canada Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery.<ref>{{cite web | title=Crime Writers of Canada announces awards shortlists | website=Quill and Quire - Canada's magazine of book news and reviews | date=April 21, 2023 | url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/crime-writers-of-canada-announces-awards-shortlists/ | access-date=April 21, 2023}}</ref> She has published twelve novels in her Collins-Burke mystery series,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/six-women-mystery-writers-to-add-to-your-reading-list/|title=Six women mystery writers to add to your reading list|date=2017-10-12|website=Quill and Quire|access-date=2019-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811002742/https://quillandquire.com/omni/six-women-mystery-writers-to-add-to-your-reading-list/|archive-date=2019-08-11|url-status=live}}</ref> which features Monty Collins, a Hallifax lawyer, and Father Brennan Burke, a Catholic priest and choirmaster,<ref name="houston" /> and a stand-alone novel.
== Personal life ==
Emery was raised in Moncton, New Brunswick in an Irish Catholic family.<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=Telegraph-Journal | location= Saint John, New Brunswick | date=August 27, 2011 | page=F4 | title=Six must-read literary ladies | id={{ProQuest|885460125}}}}</ref> She graduated from St. Francis Xavier University and Dalhousie Law School.<ref name="sps" /> During the lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic, Emery walked every street on the Halifax peninsula, crossing off the final street in September 2020.<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=Chronicle-Herald | location=Halifax, Nova Scotia | date=15 September 2020 | page=A5 | last=DeMont | first=John |author-link=John DeMont | title=Writer finding distraction and inspiration on Halifax's streets | id={{ProQuest|2442848069}}}}</ref>
==Bibliography== {{Incomplete list |date=January 2025}}{{bots|deny=Citation bot}}
=== Novels === *''The Keening: A Mystery of Gaelic Ireland'' (2021)<ref>{{cite magazine | magazine=Publishers Weekly | date=June 18, 2021 | volume=268 | issue=25 | last=Cannon | first=Peter | title=Fall 2021 Announcements | page=26 | id={{ProQuest|2542948211}}}}</ref> ;Collins-Burke Mystery series #''Sign of the Cross'' (2006), 2007 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel<ref name="ellis1" /> #''Obit'' (2007) #''Barrington Street Blues'' (2008)<ref name="houston">{{cite web |title=Distractions Hinder Barrington Street Blues |url=https://www.chron.com/life/books/article/Distractions-hinder-Barrington-Street-Blues-1762719.php |website=Houston Chronicle |date=11 May 2008 |accessdate=15 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815151049/https://www.chron.com/life/books/article/Distractions-hinder-Barrington-Street-Blues-1762719.php |archive-date=15 August 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> #''Cecilian Vespers'' (2009)<ref>{{cite web |title=Cecilian Vespers |url=https://quillandquire.com/review/cecilian-vespers/ |website=Quill & Quire |date=2 July 2009 |accessdate=15 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815151419/https://quillandquire.com/review/cecilian-vespers/ |archive-date=15 August 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> #''Children in the Morning'' (2010), silver medal winner in the 2011 Independent Publisher Book Awards;<ref name="silver" /> the title was inspired by Leonard Cohen's song "Suzanne"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/local/john-demont-writer-finding-distraction-and-inspiration-on-halifaxs-streets-497097/|website=Chronicle Herald|title=Writer finding distraction and inspiration on Halifax's streets|last=DeMont|first=John|date=September 15, 2020}}</ref> #''Death at Christy Burke's'' (2011) #''Blood on a Saint'' (2013),<ref>{{cite news |title=Books: Murder, mayhem and a miracle, too |url=https://lfpress.com/2013/11/29/books-murder-mayhem-and-a-miracle-too/wcm/f2eea680-72d9-bb9d-c400-17dbf998057d |accessdate=11 August 2019 |work=London Free Press |issue=November 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811003649/https://lfpress.com/2013/11/29/books-murder-mayhem-and-a-miracle-too/wcm/f2eea680-72d9-bb9d-c400-17dbf998057d |archive-date=11 August 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> on short list for 2014 Atlantic Book Awards<ref>{{cite web |title=2014 Atlantic Book Awards |url=https://atlanticbookstoday.ca/2014-atlantic-book-awards-shortlists/ |website=Atlantic Books Today |accessdate=15 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815150504/https://atlanticbookstoday.ca/2014-atlantic-book-awards-shortlists/ |archive-date=15 August 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> #''Ruined Abbey'' (2015) #''Lament for Bonnie'' (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://atlanticbookstoday.ca/anne-emerys-search-for-a-missing-girl/|title=Anne Emery's Search for a Missing Girl|last=Fegan|first=Heather|date=2017-03-28|website=Atlantic Books Today|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811000317/https://atlanticbookstoday.ca/anne-emerys-search-for-a-missing-girl/|archive-date=2019-08-11|access-date=2019-08-11|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/review-new-crime-fiction-from-peter-robinson-graham-moore-and-anne-emery/article32360878/|title=Review: New crime fiction from Peter Robinson, Graham Moore and Anne Emery|access-date=2019-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101183036/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/review-new-crime-fiction-from-peter-robinson-graham-moore-and-anne-emery/article32360878/|archive-date=2017-01-01|url-status=live}}</ref> #''Though the Heavens Fall'' (2018),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ottawareviewofbooks.com/single-post/2019/02/02/Though-the-Heavens-Fall-by-Anne-Emery|title=Though the Heavens Fall by Anne Emery|last=Hawkin|first=Wendy|date=Feb 2, 2019|website=Ottawa Review of Books|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810235924/https://www.ottawareviewofbooks.com/single-post/2019/02/02/Though-the-Heavens-Fall-by-Anne-Emery|archive-date=August 10, 2019|access-date=2019-08-10|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lfpress.com/entertainment/books/irelands-troubles-entangle-lawyer-priest-in-heavens-fall|title=Ireland's troubles entangle lawyer, priest in Heaven's Fall|last1=Barfoot|first1=Joan|date=2018-10-12|website=London Free Press|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811003216/https://lfpress.com/entertainment/books/irelands-troubles-entangle-lawyer-priest-in-heavens-fall|archive-date=2019-08-11|access-date=2019-08-11|url-status=live}}</ref> 2019 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel<ref name="ellis2" /> #''Postmark Berlin'' (2020)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cannon|first=Margaret|date=May 24, 2020|title=Six new mystery books – including an unintentionally timely epidemic thriller|work=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-six-new-mystery-books-including-an-unintentionally-timely-epidemic/|access-date=2020-05-26}}</ref> #''Fenian Street'' (2022)<ref>{{cite web | last=Lawlor | first=Allison | title=The Book Shelf: Murder most foul in Anne Emery's latest mystery novel | website=SaltWire | date=June 7, 2022 | url=https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/lifestyles/the-book-shelf-murder-most-foul-in-anne-emerys-latest-mystery-novel-100768918/ | access-date=September 3, 2022}}</ref> #''Counted Among the Dead'' (2024)<ref>{{cite web | last=Beattie | first=Steven W. e | title=Louise Penny, Ian Rankin and John le Carré (sort of!) return with new mysteries | website=Toronto.com | date=November 10, 2024 | url=https://www.toronto.com/things-to-do/books/louise-penny-ian-rankin-and-john-le-carr-sort-of-return-with-new-mysteries/article_9eb59e55-3f21-5603-a7bd-b149dede6ee5.html | access-date=November 12, 2024}}</ref>
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