A native of the Detroit area, Marcia Muller grew up in a house full of books and self-published three copies of her first novel at age twelve, a tale about her dog complete with primitive illustrations. The "reviews" were generally positive. In the early 1970s, having moved to California, Muller found herself unemployable and began experimenting with mystery novels. In the ensuing thirty-some years, Muller has authored over 35 novels—three of them in collaboration with husband Bill Pronzini—seven short-story collections, and numerous nonfiction articles. Together she and Pronzini have edited a dozen anthologies and a nonfiction book on the mystery genre. Muller received the Shamus Award, "The Eye" (Lifetime achievement award) in 1993. In 2005 Muller was named a Grand Master by Mystery Writers of America, the organization's highest award. Pronzini was named Grand Master in 2008, making them the only living couple to share the award (the other being Margaret Millar and Ross Macdonald). The Mulzinis, as friends call them, live in Sonoma County, California, in yet another house full of books.
Series
Books
The Cheshire Cat's Eye
1983
Where Echoes Live
1991
The legend of the slain soldiers
1985
The Spook Lights Affair
2013
The Dangerous Ladies Affair
2017
Reader's Digest Great Detective Stories
1998
Merrill-Go-Round
2014
Vanishing Point
2006
Both Ends of the Night
1997
Till the Butchers Cut Him Down
1994
The Tree of Death
1983
Leave a Message for Willie
1984
The Breakers
2018
The Dangerous Hour
2004
McCone & Friends
2000
The Cavalier in White
1986
Edwin of the Iron Shoes
1977
There Hangs the Knife
1988
Cyanide Wells
2003
The Shape of Dread
1989
The Color of Fear
2017
The Bughouse Affair
2013
Listen to the Silence
2000
Trophies and Dead Things
1990
There's Nothing to Be Afraid Of
1985
Circle in the Water
2024
Someone Always Knows
2016
The Night Searchers
2014
Dark Star
1989
City of Whispers
2011
Ice and Stone
2021
Deceptions
1991
The McCone Files
1995
Tell Me Who I Am
2016
Locked In
2009
Crucifixion River
2007
Coming Back
2010
Wolf in the Shadows
1993
The Ever-Running Man
2007
A Walk Through the Fire
1999
Games to Keep the Dark Away
1984
Ask the Cards a Question
1982
Looking for Yesterday
2012
While Other People Sleep
1998
There's Something in a Sunday
1990
A Wild and Lonely Place
1995
Point Deception
2001
Burn Out
2008
Eye of the Storm
1988
Detective Duos
1997
Dead Midnight
2002
Double
1984
Duo
1998
Moist
A Novel
2002
Pennies on a Dead Woman's Eyes
1992
The Plague of Thieves Affair
2016
The Body Snatchers Affair
2015
Skeleton in the Closet
2012
The Broken Promise Land
1996
Somewhere in the City
Selected Stories
2007
Cape Perdido
2005
