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Elizabeth Peters

Born

in Canton, Illinois, The United States

September 29, 1927

Died

August 08, 2013

Website

http://www.ameliapeabody.com/elizabethpeters.htm

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Humor

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Elizabeth Peters is a pen name of Barbara Mertz. She also wrote as Barbara Michaels as well as her own name. Born and brought up in Illinois, she earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago. Mertz was named Grand Master at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986 and Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America at the Edgar Awards in 1998. She lived in a historic farmhouse in Frederick, western Maryland until her death.

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Average rating: 4.06 · 417,364 ratings · 24,447 reviews · 177 distinct works • Similar authors

	Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 80,642 ratings — published 1975 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Curse of the Pharaohs (Amelia Peabody, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 27,289 ratings — published 1981 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mummy Case (Amelia Peabody, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 21,346 ratings — published 1985 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lion in the Valley (Amelia Peabody, #4) 4.13 avg rating — 19,292 ratings — published 1976 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Camel Died at Noon (Amelia Peabody, #6) 4.20 avg rating — 18,549 ratings — published 1991 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Deeds of the Disturber (Amelia Peabody, #5) 4.06 avg rating — 18,696 ratings — published 1978 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog (Amelia Peabody, #7) 4.22 avg rating — 15,133 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hippopotamus Pool (Amelia Peabody, #8) 4.18 avg rating — 13,477 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seeing a Large Cat (Amelia Peabody, #9) 4.23 avg rating — 12,540 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	He Shall Thunder in the Sky (Amelia Peabody, #12) 4.36 avg rating — 12,043 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Amelia Peabody (20 books)
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“No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.”
― Elizabeth Peters

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“The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal - or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be.”
― Elizabeth Peters, The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog

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“Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.”
― Elizabeth Peters, The Mummy Case

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