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Alane Ferguson

b. 1957

American writer

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Born 1957. Alane Ferguson is an American writer and journalist.

Alane Ferguson (born 1957) is an American author. She won the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery novel in 1990 for Show Me the Evidence.

Ferguson was born in Cumberland, Maryland, in 1957. Her mother is children's author Gloria Skurzynski. Ferguson collaborated with her mother on a series of novels titled Mysteries in Our National Parks for the National Geographic Society.

Ferguson is the author of many novels and mysteries, including the Edgar Award-winning Show Me The Evidence. She does intensive research for her books by attending autopsies and interviewing forensic pathologists.

Works The Dying Breath, September 2009 Circle Of Blood, Viking, 2007 hardcover, 2007 Angel of Death, Viking, 2006 hardcover, 2006 The Christopher Killer, Viking, 2006 hardcover, 2006 Buried Alive, National Geographic, 2003 paperback, 2003 Escape from Fear, National Geographic, 2002 paperback, 2002 Out of the Deep, National Geographic, 2002 paperback, 2002 Running Scared, National Geographic, 2002 paperback. 2002 Over the Edge, National Geographic, 2001 paperback, 2001 Valley of Death, National Geographic, 2001 paperback, 2001 Ghost Horses, National Geographic, 2000 paperback, 2001 The Hunted, National Geographic, 2000 paperback, 2001 Deadly Waters, National Geographic, 1999 paperback, 2001 Cliff-Hanger, National Geographic, 1999 paperback, 2001 Rage of Fire, National Geographic, 1998 paperback, 2001 Wolf Stalker, National Geographic, 1997 paperback, 2001 The Mystery of the Fire in the Sky, Troll Associates|Troll Books, 1997

The Mystery of the Vanishing Creatures, Troll Books, 1996 The Mystery of the Spooky Shadow, Troll Books, 1996 Secrets, Simon & Schuster, 1997 Night Terrors, an anthology, 1996 See You in September, Avon Books, 1995 A Tumbleweed Christmas, Bradbury Press, 1995 Poison, Bradbury Press, 1994 Stardust, Bradbury Press, 1993 Overkill, Bradbury Press, 1992 The Practical Joke War, Bradbury Press, 1991 Cricket and the Crackerbox Kid, Bradbury Press, 1990 Show Me the Evidence, Bradbury Press, 1989 That New Pet, Lothrop Lee & Shephard, 1987

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American writer

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Alane Ferguson was born on 8 February 1957 in Cumberland.

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Alane Ferguson is a writer and journalist.

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