Mary Jane Maffini
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Mary Jane Maffini is a Canadian mystery writer. She has crafted three mystery series and written 12 novels.
The Ladies Killing Circle and RendezVous Crime anthologies feature some of her stories, and Chatelaine, Storyteller, and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine have published her short stories. She has won two Arthur Ellis Awards for her short stories.
Mary Jane Maffini was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, and holds a BA (Hons) and a Masters in Library Sciences (MLS) from Dalhousie University.
She is a member as well as a former President of Crime Writers of Canada and a former board of directors member of the Canadian Booksellers Association. She is a member of Capital Crime Writers and the Ladies Killing Circle.
Maffini is a frequent panellist at mystery conferences such as Bouchercon and Malice Domestic in the United States and Bloody Words National Mystery Conference in Canada. She lives in Ottawa, Ontario.
Awards
Won
- But the Corpse Can't Laugh Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers' Choice List
- Winner of the Ottawa Citizen short story contest for Death Before Doughnuts 1994
- Arthur Ellis Award Best Short Story for Sign of the Times in the anthology Fit to Die 2001
- Arthur Ellis Award Best Short Story for Cotton Armour in the anthology The Ladies Killing Circle, 1995
Nominations
- Speak Ill of the Dead Shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First novel
- Kicking the Habit in Menopause Is Murder Shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Short Story, 1999
- Lament for a Lounge Lizard, nominated for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel, 1999
- The Dead Don't Get Out Much was nominated for a Barry Award, 2006
