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Sue Grafton


Born
in Louisville, Kentucky
April 24, 1940

Died
December 28, 2017

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Sue Grafton was a #1New York Timesbestselling author. She is best known for her “alphabet series” featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone in the fictional city of Santa Teresa, California. Prior to success with this series, she wrote screenplays for television movies. Her earlier novels includeKeziah Dane(1967) andThe Lolly-Madonna War(1969), both out of print. In the bookKinsey and Meshe gave us stories that revealed Kinsey's origins and Sue's past.

Grafton never wanted her novels to be turned into movies or TV shows. According to her family she would never allow a ghost writer to write in her name. Because of these things, and out of respect for Sue’s wishes, the family announced the alphabet now ends at “Y

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Average rating: 3.95 · 1,137,958 ratings · 48,638 reviews ·245 distinct worksSimilar authors
A Is for Alibi (Kinsey Mill...

3.86 avg rating — 185,703 ratings — published 1982 — 119 editions
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M is for Malice (Kinsey Mil...

4.10 avg rating — 70,994 ratings — published 1996
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B is for Burglar (Kinsey Mi...

3.88 avg rating — 57,227 ratings — published 1985 — 138 editions
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J is for Judgment (Kinsey M...

4.03 avg rating — 54,990 ratings — published 1993 — 97 editions
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C is for Corpse  (Kinsey Mi...

3.93 avg rating — 52,780 ratings — published 1986 — 10 editions
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K is for Killer (Kinsey Mil...

3.98 avg rating — 43,614 ratings — published 1994 — 104 editions
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D is for Deadbeat (Kinsey M...

3.89 avg rating — 43,208 ratings — published 1987 — 99 editions
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E is for Evidence (Kinsey M...

3.94 avg rating — 39,958 ratings — published 1988 — 106 editions
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F is for Fugitive (Kinsey M...

3.95 avg rating — 39,392 ratings — published 1989 — 111 editions
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N is for Noose (Kinsey Mill...

3.99 avg rating — 37,052 ratings — published 1998 — 92 editions
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A Is for Alibi B is for Burglar C is for Corpse D is for Deadbeat E is for Evidence F is for Fugitive G is for Gumshoe
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“Ghosts don't haunt us. That's not how it works. They're present among us because we won't let go of them.”
Sue Grafton, M is for Malice

“Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats.”
Sue Grafton

“You can’t save others from themselves because those who make a perpetual muddle of their lives don’t appreciate your interfering with the drama they’ve created. They want your poor-sweet-baby sympathy, but they don’t want to change.”
Sue Grafton, T is for Trespass

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