The Art of Survival

Maxwell, A. E.

ISBN 10: 0385248466 / ISBN 13: 9780385248464

Published by Doubleday, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1989

About this Item

Slight edgewear, clean interior. Scant wear to dust jacket. 264 pages, no stamps or writing, bright yellow endpapers. Size: 8 1/2" X 5 3/4" Stated First Edition, "BG" Letters Follo.

Seller Inventory # 012006

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Art of Survival
• Publisher: Doubleday, New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385248466
• ISBN 13: 9780385248464
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Cvr Art By Alan Neider
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

When a previously unknown Georgia O'Keefe painting surfaces in the hands of an unscrupulous Santa Fe gallery owner, Fiddler investigates the dealings, the tax frauds, and the five murders that accompany the discovery

About the Author

\Individually and with co-author/husband Evan, Ann Maxwell has written over 60 novels and one non-fiction book. There are 30 million copies of these books in print, as well as reprints in 30 foreign languages. The novels range from science fiction to historical fiction, from romance to mystery to suspense.

Writing as Ann Maxwell, she began her career in 1975 with a science fiction novel, Change. Since then, seven of her nine science fiction novels have been recommended for the Science Fiction Writers of America Nebula Award; A Dead God Dancing was nominated for what was then called TABA (The American Book Award).

In 1976 Ann and Evan (as A. E. Maxwell) collaborated with a Norwegian hunter and photographer, Ivar Ruud, on The Year-Long Day, a non-fiction work that was condensed in Reader’s Digest and published in four foreign editions and three book club editions. In 1985, the first A. E. Maxwell crime novel featuring a couple called Fiddler and Fiora was published by Doubleday. The Frog and the Scorpion, received a creative writing award from the University of California. The fourth book in the series, Just Enough Light to Kill, was named by Time magazine as one of the best crime novels of 1988.

Ann and Evan (writing as Ann Maxwell) have published four suspense novels, the most recent of which is Shadows and Silk. These novels appeared on nation-wide bestseller lists.

In 1982, Ann began publishing romances as Elizabeth Lowell. Under that name she has received numerous professional awards in the romance field, including a Lifetime Achievement award from the Romance Writers of America (1994). Since July of 1992, she has had more than thirty novels on the New York Times list. Her most recent book is Death Echo. Visit her online at www.elizabethlowell.com.