About the Author
Miriam Grace Monfredo lives in western New York State, the scene of her critically acclaimed Seneca Falls Historical Mystery Series. She is a historian and a former librarian. Monfredo’s first novel, Seneca Falls Inheritance, Agatha nominated for Best First Mystery Novel 1992, is set against the backdrop of the first Women’s Rights Convention held in 1848. Since then she has written eight more novels that focus on the history of America and the evolution of women and minority rights. Her latest book, Children of Cain, is the third volume of a Civil War trilogy set in Washington D.C. and Virginia, during the Union’s 1862 Peninsula Campaign.
Monfredo’s Brothers of Cain was awarded the 2001 Herodotus as the year’s Best Historical Mystery. She is the recipient of the 2000 Career Achievement Award for Historical Mystery Writing by Romantic Times. Her second book, North Star Conspiracy, was chosen for the statewide 2002 “Alaska Reads A Book” program; it was also chosen by the Alaska Association of School Librarians for the 2002-03 “Battle of the Books” motivational reading program . North Star Conspiracy was also chosen for the 2005 Brookline Reads The Same Book in Massachusetts, and by the 2005-2006 Central New York Reads Consortium.
The Voice of Youth Advocacy selected her fifth book, The Stalking Horse, as one of 1998’s best adult mysteries for young adults. She was the recipient of the 1996 Writing In Rochester Award presented by Writers & Books.
In demand as a speaker on the history of nineteenth-century American women, Monfredo has lectured nationwide and in Europe. Her short fiction has appeared in magazines and anthologies, including two Best of the Year collections, and she is the co-editor of two historical mystery anthologies. Monfredo’s books are also published in France and Germany. She has served on the Advisory Board of the Friends of the United States Park Service Seneca Falls Memorial Site.
Monfredo occasionally teaches writing workshops at Rochester, NY's literary locus, Writers & Books. She lives on historic Irondequoit Creek with three dogs and two cats, and hosts a motley gang of itinerant mallard ducks.
Education
BA (cum laude) Nazareth College, History/Sociology
MLS University of New York
Bibliography
The Seneca Falls Historical Mystery Novels
Seneca Falls Inheritance, 1992
North Star Conspiracy, 1993
Blackwater Spirits, 1995
Through A Gold Eagle, 1996
The Stalking Horse, 1998
Must The Maiden Die, 1999
The Cain Civil War Trilogy
Sisters of Cain, 2000
Brothers of Cain, 2001
Children of Cain, 2002
Anthologies:
Crime Through Time, 1997, co-edited by Monfredo and Sharan Newman
Crime Through Time II, 1998, Monfredo and Newman
Short Stories:
“The Vigil Table,” EQMM, Feb. 1989
“Gather Not Thy Rose, “EQMM, July 1992.
Anthologized in Once Upon A Crime, 1994
“The Apprentice,” EQMM, Nov. 1993.
Anthologized in The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories, 1994
Anthologized in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, 1994
“Suffer A Witch,” Crime Through Time, 1997
“A Mule Named Sal,” Crime Through Time II, 1998
“Buffalo Gals Won’t You Come Out Tonight,” Malice 8, 1999
“A Single Spy,” Crime Through Time III
"Raise a Song, Sound The Timbrel", The Muse's Hand, Amazon e-book, 2013
Forthcoming: "The Tavern Keeper's Daughter, EQMM
Papers:
“Last Night I Dreamt I Went to Manderly Again” (conference paper)
Anthologized as “Daphne du Maurier” in AZ Murder Goes…Classic, Poisoned Pen Press (1998)
Monfredo’s Brothers of Cain was awarded the 2001 Herodotus as the year’s Best Historical Mystery. She is the recipient of the 2000 Career Achievement Award for Historical Mystery Writing by Romantic Times. Her second book, North Star Conspiracy, was chosen for the statewide 2002 “Alaska Reads A Book” program; it was also chosen by the Alaska Association of School Librarians for the 2002-03 “Battle of the Books” motivational reading program . North Star Conspiracy was also chosen for the 2005 Brookline Reads The Same Book in Massachusetts, and by the 2005-2006 Central New York Reads Consortium.
The Voice of Youth Advocacy selected her fifth book, The Stalking Horse, as one of 1998’s best adult mysteries for young adults. She was the recipient of the 1996 Writing In Rochester Award presented by Writers & Books.
In demand as a speaker on the history of nineteenth-century American women, Monfredo has lectured nationwide and in Europe. Her short fiction has appeared in magazines and anthologies, including two Best of the Year collections, and she is the co-editor of two historical mystery anthologies. Monfredo’s books are also published in France and Germany. She has served on the Advisory Board of the Friends of the United States Park Service Seneca Falls Memorial Site.
Monfredo occasionally teaches writing workshops at Rochester, NY's literary locus, Writers & Books. She lives on historic Irondequoit Creek with three dogs and two cats, and hosts a motley gang of itinerant mallard ducks.
Education
BA (cum laude) Nazareth College, History/Sociology
MLS University of New York
Bibliography
The Seneca Falls Historical Mystery Novels
Seneca Falls Inheritance, 1992
North Star Conspiracy, 1993
Blackwater Spirits, 1995
Through A Gold Eagle, 1996
The Stalking Horse, 1998
Must The Maiden Die, 1999
The Cain Civil War Trilogy
Sisters of Cain, 2000
Brothers of Cain, 2001
Children of Cain, 2002
Anthologies:
Crime Through Time, 1997, co-edited by Monfredo and Sharan Newman
Crime Through Time II, 1998, Monfredo and Newman
Short Stories:
“The Vigil Table,” EQMM, Feb. 1989
“Gather Not Thy Rose, “EQMM, July 1992.
Anthologized in Once Upon A Crime, 1994
“The Apprentice,” EQMM, Nov. 1993.
Anthologized in The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Stories, 1994
Anthologized in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, 1994
“Suffer A Witch,” Crime Through Time, 1997
“A Mule Named Sal,” Crime Through Time II, 1998
“Buffalo Gals Won’t You Come Out Tonight,” Malice 8, 1999
“A Single Spy,” Crime Through Time III
"Raise a Song, Sound The Timbrel", The Muse's Hand, Amazon e-book, 2013
Forthcoming: "The Tavern Keeper's Daughter, EQMM
Papers:
“Last Night I Dreamt I Went to Manderly Again” (conference paper)
Anthologized as “Daphne du Maurier” in AZ Murder Goes…Classic, Poisoned Pen Press (1998)