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ELIZABETH PETERS was born and brought up in Illinois and earned her PhD in Egyptology from the University of Chicago’s famed Oriental Institute. Peters was named Grandmaster at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986 and Grandmaster by the Mystery Writers of America at the Edgar Awards in 1998. She lives in a historic farmhouse in Frederick, Maryland, with six cats and two dogs. Praise for Elizabeth Peters’ Amelia Peabody novels ‘Dastardly deeds, whirlwind romances, curious mummies and all the fun and intrigue of Egyptian excavations, with a heroine who wields a sturdy parasol rather than a magnum. Accomplished entertainment.’ Guardian ‘Between Amelia Peabody and Indiana Jones, it’s Amelia – in wit and daring – by a landslide.’ New York Times Book Review ‘If Indiana Jones were female, a wife and a mother who lived in Victorian times, he would be Amelia Peabody Emerson.’ Publishers Weekly ‘A writer so popular that the public library has to keep her books under lock and key.’ Washington Post Book World ‘Amelia Peabody Emerson, archaeologist extraordinaire, and arguably the most potent female force to hit Egypt since Cleopatra, is digging in again!’ Philadelphia Enquirer Photo Credit (opposite): by Osmund Geier © 1997 Titles in this series currently available from Constable & Robinson Crocodile on the Sandbank First Amelia Peabody The Curse of the Pharaohs Second Amelia Peabody The Mummy Case Third Amelia Peabody Lion in the Valley Fourth Amelia Peabody The Deeds of the Disturber Fifth Amelia Peabody The Last Camel Died at Noon Sixth Amelia Peabody The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog Seventh Amelia Peabody The Hippopotamus Pool
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