ALANE FERGUSON BIOGRAPHY I BOOKS I PRESENTATIONS I BOOK ORDERING
and Westminster College where she studied journalism. Later, Alane became interested in writing for children, mostly, she says, to follow the example of her mother, Gloria Skurzynski. Alane and her mother subsequently co-authored a series for National Geographic's Children's Book Division. Their novel, Wolf Stalker, was the first work of fiction National Geographic had published in its 109 year history, and it was nominated for the 1998 Mystery Writer's of America 's Edgar Allan Poe Award. A recipient of the 1990 Edgar Allan Poe award for Show Me The Evidence, Alane was also nominated for an Edgar for her second young-adult mystery, Overkill, and in 2007 for The Christopher Killer, the first title in her "Forensic Mysteries." For her forensic mysteries, she does intensive research, including attending autopsies and interviewing forensic pathologists. She won the Children's Crown Classic Award for Cricket and the Crackerbox Kid, American Booksellers Association's "Pick of the List" for her picture book entitled That New Pet, and has been on numerous ALA award lists.
This is what Alane has to say about herself: "It's a joy to receive letters from children. When they connect with me, I feel as though I'm spinning stories for an ever-widening circle. Elizabeth, CO, where I live now, is the perfect spot for me to gather new writing ideas, for nature surrounds me. My husband, Ron, loves to hear about the stories and the characters that crowd inside my head. At times we sit on our deck and watch the Colorado sky and talk of these imaginary personalities as if they were real people, who can think and feel and walk out of my fingers and onto the page. It's a marvelous reward for putting my thoughts on paper!" |
Born
in Cumberland, Md. in 1957, Alane Ferguson attended the University
of Utah