P.D. Workman
P.D. Workman | |
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| Born | 1972 Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Genre | Young adult fiction, Cozy mystery |
| Notable awards | USA Today Best-Selling Books (2019)[1] In the Margins Top Fiction Award (2016)[2] InD’tale Magazine’s Crowned Heart award (2018)[3] |
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| pdworkman.com | |
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P.D. Workman (born 1972) is a Canadian novelist who writes mystery/suspense and young adult fiction.
Biography[edit]
Workman was born in Fort McMurray, Alberta in 1972 and moved to Calgary, Alberta at the age of seven. She wrote her first novel-length fiction at the age of twelve. She continued to write novels for her own enjoyment, but did not publish her debut novel, Looking Over Your Shoulder until 2013. She has now published over 70 novels. In the early part of her career as an author, Workman focused on young adult literature, but for the latter part has written mostly mystery and suspense novels. She is best known for her cozy mystery series Auntie Clem’s Bakery and Reg Rawlins, Psychic Investigator, and her P.I. series Zachary Goldman Mysteries. She is an independent publisher.
With her nomination and win of the In the Margins Committee Top Ten Books for Teens award[4] for her second published book, Ruby, Between the Cracks, Workman's young adult fiction books began to be recognized for their frank and insightful treatment of issues facing BIPOC youth and youth on the street or in restrictive custody.[5]
In addition to receiving additional In the Margins and other niche awards, Workman has placed on the USA Today Best-Selling Books list,[1] along with several other authors of Do No Harm, a special collection of medical thriller novels that includes Workman’s Unlawful Harvest (book #1 in her Kenzie Kirsch Medical Thriller series).
Awards & Nominations[edit]
Ruby, Between the Cracks, book #1 in the Between the Cracks series, won the “In The Margins” Top Ten Best Books for Teens Award 2015,[4], awarded to “relevant books for our communities that validate, illuminate and humanize those living in the margins.”[6]
Questing for a Dream was a contender in What’s Up Yukon’s “Literary Fisticuffs” in January 2016.[7]
Tattooed Teardrops, book #1 in the Tamara’s Teardrops series, won the In the Margins Committee Top Fiction Award, 2016,[8]
June and Justin, book #2 in the Between the Cracks series, and Michelle, book #3 in the Between the Cracks series, were also nominated for the In the Margins Committee literary awards in 2016.
Endless Change and Chloe, book #4 in the Between the Cracks series, both placed on the In the Margins Committee Recommended Reads, 2018 by Library Services for Youth in Custody.[9] Endless Change also won InD’tale Magazine’s Crowned Heart award in March 2018.[3]
Do No Harm, a multi-author collection including Workman’s Unlawful Harvest, placed on the USA Today Best-Selling Books list on August 8, 2019.[1]
Ronnie, book #5 in the Between the Cracks series, won the In the Margins Fiction Award 2019, Recommended Reading.[10]
Gem, Himself, Alone won the In the Margins Committee Recommended Reads 2020.[11]
Selected Works[edit]
- Gluten-Free Murder, book #1 in the Auntie Clem’s Bakery series, pd workman (2017), ISBN 9781988390819 Search this book on
. - What the Cat Knew, book #1 in the Reg Rawlins, Psychic Investigator series, pd workman (2019), ISBN 9781989080580 Search this book on .
- She Wore Mourning, book #1 in the Zachary Goldman Mysteries series, pd workman (2017), ISBN 9781988390765 Search this book on .
- Out with the Sunset, book #1 in the Parks Pat Mystery series, pd workman (2021), ISBN 9781774680605 Search this book on .
- Ruby, Between the Cracks, book #1 in the Between the Cracks series, pd workman (2014), ISBN 9781926500249 Search this book on .
- Tattooed Teardrops, book #1 in the Tamara’s Teardrops series, pd workman (2014), ISBN 9781989080016 Search this book on .
- Questing for a Dream, pd workman (2015), ISBN 9781989080085 Search this book on .
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 USA Today Best-Selling Books list search for author name p.d. workman, Retrieved August 4, 2021
- ↑ In the Margins Book Awards 2016 Fiction & NonFiction Recommended List, Retrieved August 4, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 InD'tale Magazine, March 2018, p.92, Retrieved August 4, 2021
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 In the Margins Book Awards 2015 Fiction and Nonfiction Recommended List Retrieved August 4, 2021
- ↑ In the Margins Book Awards Mission Statement, Retrieved August 5, 2021
- ↑ Amy Cheney, Chair, In the Margins Book Award and Committee, news release dated February 4, 2015, not available online
- ↑ What's Up Yukon, January 21, Retrieved August 4, 2021
- ↑ In the Margins Book Awards, 2016 Fiction & NonFiction Recommended List Retrieved August 4, 2021
- ↑ In the Margins Book Awards, 2018 Complete Fiction and Nonfiction Titles, Retrieved August 4, 2021
- ↑ In the Margins Book Awards, 2019 FICTION, NONFICTION RECOMMENDED Lists, Retrieved August 4, 2021
- ↑ In the Margins Book Awards, 2020 Recommended Fiction List, Retrieved August 4, 2021
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- 1972 births
- Women mystery writers
- Canadian mystery writers
- Canadian crime fiction writers
- Canadian fiction writers
- Women writers of young adult literature
- Canadian writers of young adult literature
- Canadian Latter Day Saint writers
- People from Fort McMurray
- Writers from Alberta
- 20th-century Canadian novelists
- 21st-century Canadian women writers
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