Linda Barnes

Barnes er født og opvokset i Detroit og uddannet på Boston University, hvorefter hun blev dramalærer og instruktør i Chelmsford og Lexington i Massachusetts. Mens hun underviste, skrev hun to skuespil, "Wings" og "Prometheus", men skiftede genre og har skrevet en lang række kriminalromaner.

Linda Barnes bor i omegnen af Boston sammen med sin mand.

Barnes er bedst kendt for Carlotta Carlyle-serien, hvis hovedperson er en høj, rødhåret privatdetektiv fra Boston i samme tradition som Sue Grafton og Sara Paretskys kvindelige detektiver.

Michael Spraggue-serien

• Blood Will Have Blood (1981)
• Bitter Finish (1982)
• Dead Heat (1984)
• Cities Of The Dead (1985)

Carlotta Carlyle-serien

• A Trouble Of Fools (1987)
• The Snake Tattoo (1989)
• Coyote (1990)
• Steel Guitar (1991)
• Snapshot (1993)
• Hardware (1995)
• Cold Case (1997)
• Flashpoint (1999)
• The Big Dig (2002)
• Deep Pockets (2004)
• Heart Of The World (2006)
• Lie Down With The Devil (2008)

Em Moore

• The Perfect Ghost (2013)

• The Perfect Ghost Carolyn Haley skrev (i New York Journal of Books) “Don’t be surprised if Linda Barnes gets an award for The Perfect Ghost,...”
• Kirkus skrev "Barnes puts aside her Carlotta Carlyle series (Lie Down With the Devil, 2008, etc.) for an eerie, suspenseful stand-alone that focuses more on the characters and their dark pasts than on a clever mystery."
• Publishers Weekly skrev "Although the mystery is slow to build, Barnes delivers a captivating story of love, rivalry, and revenge."

Priser

Vundne

• 1986 Anthony award for Best short story, "Lucky Penny"
• 1987 Edgar award for Best novel, A Trouble of Fools

Nomineringer

• 1986 Shamus award for Best private eye short story, "Lucky Penny"
• 1988 Anthony award for Best novel, A Trouble of Fools
• 1988 Edgar award for Best mystery novel, A Trouble of Fools
• 1988 Shamus award for Best private eye novel, A Trouble of Fools