Sue Taylor Grafton was an American author of detective novels died she was 77? . She is best "A" Is for Alibi, etc.) featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone in the fictional city of Santa Teresa, California. The daughter of detective novelist C. W. Grafton, she said the strongest influence on her crime novels was author Ross Macdonald. Prior to success with this series, she wrote screenplays for television movies.
(April 24, 1940 – December 28, 2017)
On June 13, 2000, Sue Grafton was the recipient of the 2000 YWCA of
Lexington Smith-Breckinridge Distinguished Woman of Achievement Award.[20]In 2004, she received the Ross Macdonald Literary Award, which is given to "a California writer whose work raises the standard of literary excellence." In 2008, Grafton was awarded the Cartier Dagger by the British Crime Writers' Association, honoring a lifetime's achievement in the field. Grafton received the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America in 2009.[21] In 2013, she was presented Bouchercon's Lifetime Achievement Award.[22]
In 2014, she was a Guest of Honor at Left Coast Crime.[23] She was also nominated for a 2014 Shamus Award in the category of Best Hardcover Novel, which she had won three times previously.[24]
She married her third husband, Steven F. Humphrey, in 1978.[7] They lived in Santa Barbara, California, and Louisville, Kentucky, as Humphrey taught at universities in both cities.[12] In 2000, the couple bought and later restored Lincliff, a 28-acre (11 ha) Louisville estate once owned by hardware baron William Richardson Belknap.[3][25]
Grafton died on December 28, 2017, after a two-year battle with cancer.[15][26][7]
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