Brief description:
Elizabeth Peters earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago's famed Oriental Institute. During her fifty-year career, she wrote more than seventy novels and three nonfiction books on Egypt. She received numerous writing awards and, in 2012, was given the first Amelia Peabody Award, created in her honor. She died in 2013, leaving a partially completed manuscript of The Painted Queen.
Review Quotes:
Praise for Amelia Peabody's Egypt: "This attractive book both informs and enchants." - Publishers Weekly on AMELIA PEABODY'S EGYPT
"Lovely . . . [It] delightfully mixes fact with Amelia's fictional world and brings insight to both." - Anniston Star on AMELIA PEABODY'S EGYPT
Praise for Elizabeth Peters: "Amelia is rather like Indiana Jones, Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple all rolled into one." - Washington Post Book World
"Elizabeth Peters and her ebullient creation, Egyptologist Amelia Peabody, can always be counted on for a ripping yarn . . . Amelia's cheerful voice, slightly stilted (as befits the era) but with a trace of sauciness, is always a pleasure." - Seattle Times
Praise for The Murders of Richard III: "Highly entertaining." - New York Times
Praise for A River in the Sky: "Peters delivers another winner that you can't put down and yet don't want to see end." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)