About Abigail Padgett
Born 1942. Abigail Padgett is an American novelist and writer.
Mary Abigail Padgett (born May 13, 1942, in Vincennes, Indiana) is an American author of mystery novels who features in Great Women Mystery Writers.
Biography Padgett graduated in 1964 from Indiana University Bloomington with a degree in education, then earned a master's in counselling from the University of Missouri in 1969; between the two she taught high school English in St. Louis. She then had several different jobs before becoming a court investigator for Child Protective Services in San Diego, a post she left in 1988 to concentrate on writing and advocacy for children and the mentally ill.
In 2023 Padgett was awarded the Alice B Readers Award.
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Abigail Padgett was born on 13 May 1942 in Vincennes.
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