Edna Buchanan
Britt Montero's Alter Ego?

She is one of the many amazing talents that have been with the Miami Herald, including Al Burt, Dave Barry and Carl Hiaasen.

According to Ms. Buchanan, she knew she wanted to be a writer since she was 4 years old.

Even though she had no college training, she was apparently a natural in the news business.

She moved to Florida where she got a job at the Miami Beach Daily Sun in the late 1960s.

In 1970, she was hired as a general assignment and police-beat reporter at the Miami Herald.

In 1973, she became a full-time police beat reporter. This was just about the time that Miami started becoming the center of the international drug trade.

This was the era of the "cocaine cowboys".

It was unusual in those days for a woman to be assigned a police beat.

She won a Pulitzer Prize in 1986 for general reporting, and became one of the best-known crime reporters in America.

All told, as a reporter she covered over 3,000 murders in her career.

One of her books, "Miami, It's Murder" was nominated for an Edgar Award in 1995.

She discussed some of her assignments in the non-fiction books, "The Corpse Had A Familiar Face" (1991) and "Never Let Them See You Cry" (1993).

She is retired now from reporting, and writes very successful mystery novels.

The main character in her crime mystery series is Britt Montero, a tough and appealing female Cuban-American reporter. The kind of gal I'd like to know.

Ms. Buchanan denies that Britt is her alter-ego.

ABOUT EDNA BUCHANAN FLORIDA BOOKS

Here is a listing of her fiction books:

1. (1990) Nobody Lives Forever
2. (1992) Contents under Pressure
3. (1994) Miami, It's Murder
4. (1995) Suitable for Framing
5. (1996) Act of Betrayal
6. (1996) Naked Came the Manatee *
7. (1997) Margin of Error
8. (1998) Pulse
9. (1999) Garden of Evil
10. (2001) You Only Die Twice
11. (2002) The Ice Maiden
12. (2004) Cold Case Squad
13. (2005) Shadows
14. (2007) Love Kills
15. (2008) Legally Dead

Her non-fiction is equally entertaining, usually very chilling, and includes:

1. (1979) Carr: Five Years Of Rape And Murder. The story of sex killer Robert Frederick Carr, III
2. (1987) The Corpse Had a Familiar Face: Covering Miami, America's Hottest Beat
3. (1992) Never Let Them See You Cry: More from Miami, America's Hottest Beat
4. (1992) Vice: Life and Death on the Streets of Miami

Most of Edna Buchanan's books are available at this direct link: Edna Buchanan at Amazon.com

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