Joan Lowery Nixon
Author · 74 books
Author of more than one hundred books, Joan Lowery Nixon is the only writer to have won four Edgar Allan Poe Awards for Juvenile Mysteries (and been nominated several other times) from the Mystery Writers of America. Creating contemporary teenage characters who have both a personal problem and a mystery to solve, Nixon captured the attention of legions of teenage readers since the publication of her first YA novel more than twenty years ago. In addition to mystery/suspense novels, she wrote nonfiction and fiction for children and middle graders, as well as several short stories. Nixon was the first person to write novels for teens about the orphan trains of the nineteenth century. She followed those with historical novels about Ellis Island and, more recently for younger readers, Colonial Williamsburg. Joan Lowery Nixon died on June 28, 2003—a great loss for all of us.
Series
Books
Maria's Story, 1773
2001
Laugh Till You Cry
2004
Playing for Keeps
2001
High Trail to Danger
1991
Circle of Love
1997
Ann's Story
1747
2000
The Name of the Game Was Murder
1993
The Stalker
1985
Gus & Gertie and The Missing Pearl
2000
Gus & Gertie and The Lucky Charms
2001
Maggie, Too
1985
The Trap
2002
Ghost Town
Seven Ghostly Stories
2000
Caught in the Act
1988
The Séance
1980
The Other Side of Dark
1986
Land of Dreams
1994
Lucy's Wish
1998
The Specter
1982
The Weekend Was Murder
1991
Whispers from the Dead
1989
The Internet Escapade
1997
A Family Apart
1987
Nightmare
2003
Spirit Seeker
1995
Check in to Danger
1995
Caesar's Story
1759
2000
Shadowmaker
1994
Aggie's Home
1998
Haunted Island
1987
Search for the Shadowman
1996
Encore
1990
If You Were a Writer
1988
Adventures of the Red Tape Gang
1974
DEADLY GAME OF MAGIC
1985
You Bet Your Britches, Claude
1989
Sabotage on the Set
1996
Land of Promise
1993
Fear Stalks Grizzly Hill
1996
The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore
1979
Secret of the Time Capsule
1996
A Candidate for Murder
1991
The Haunting
1998
Land of Hope
1992
Don't Scream
1996
The Ghosts of Now
1984
In the Face of Danger
1988
The Dark and Deadly Pool
1987
Keeping Secrets
1995
Will's Story
1771
2001
Murdered, My Sweet
1997
The House on Hackman's Hill
1986
The Island of Dangerous Dreams
1989
Will's Choice
1998
Nobody's There
2000
A Deadly Promise
1992
The Legend of Deadman's Mine
1995
Mystery of Hurricane Castle
1964
Secret, Silent Screams
1988
Beats Me, Claude
1986
A Place to Belong
1989
The Statue Walks at Night
1995
David's Search
1998
Star Baby
1989
Two Mysteries
2005
Backstage with a Ghost
1995
The Making of a Writer
2002
A Dangerous Promise
1994
The House Has Eyes
1996
Nancy's Story
1765
2000
Overnight Sensation
1990
Who Are You?
1999
John's Story
1775
2001
Fat Chance, Claude!
1987
