Donna Leon

Donna Leon

"I have no memory for what happens in what books. I don't know when I might remember a scene, but beats me what book it's in because there are 14 of them now."

Donna Leon (born September 29, 1942, in Montclair, New Jersey) is an American author of a series of crime novels set in Venice and featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti.

Donna Leon has lived in Venice for over twenty-five years. She has worked as a lecturer in English Literature for the University of Maryland University College - Europe (UMUC-Europe) in Italy, then as a Professor from 1981 to 1999 at the american military base of Vicenza (Italy) and a writer.

Her crime novels are all situated in or near Venice. They are written in English and translated into many foreign languages, although not, by her request, into Italian. Her ninth Brunetti novel, Friends in High Places, won the Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger in 2000

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The Commissario Guido Brunetti series

Acqua Alta : Guido Brunetti: Book 5 - Donna Leon
Uniform Justice : Guido Brunetti: Book 12 - Donna Leon
A Refiner's Fire - Donna Leon

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Fatal Remedies : Guido Brunetti: Book 8 - Donna Leon
The Girl of His Dreams : Guido Brunetti: Book 17 - Donna Leon
Wilful Behaviour : Guido Brunetti: Book 11 - Donna Leon
Beastly Things : Guido Brunetti: Book 21 - Donna Leon
Earthly Remains : Guido Brunetti: Book 26 - Donna Leon
So Shall You Reap - Donna Leon

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About Face : Guido Brunetti: Book 18 - Donna Leon
The Golden Egg : Guido Brunetti: Book 22 - Donna Leon
By Its Cover : Guido Brunetti: Book 23 - Donna Leon
Falling in Love : Guido Brunetti: Book 24 - Donna Leon

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