Alane Ferguson is an author who has won the Edgar Award

Edgar Award

The Edgar Allan Poe Awards , named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America...

 for Best Young Adult Mystery novel in 1990 for Show Me the Evidence.

Ferguson was born in Cumberland, Maryland

Cumberland, Maryland

Cumberland is a city in the far western, Appalachian portion of Maryland, United States. It is the county seat of Allegany County, and the primary city of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2010 census, the city had a population of 20,859, and the metropolitan area had a...

, in 1957. Her mother is children's author Gloria Skurzynski

Gloria Skurzynski

Gloria Joan Skurzynski is an American writer of books for young people, including both fiction and non-fiction.She was born in Duquesne, Pennsylvania and educated at Carlow University. She is the author of more than sixty books for young readers.-Sources:Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale...

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Alane is the author of many novels and mysteries, including the Edgar Award winning Show Me The Evidence. She does very intensive research for her books by attending autopsies and interviewing forensic pathologists.

Books published by Ferguson

• The Dying Breath, September 2009
• Circle Of Blood, Viking, 2007 hardcover, 2007
• Angel of Death, Viking, 2006 harcover, 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 Books, 1997
• The Mystery of the Haunted Silver Mine, 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