Called the “Queen of Comedy" by the Toronto Sun, Melodie Campbell was also named the “Canadian literary heir to Donald Westlake” by Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. Winner of 10 awards, including The Derringer (US) and the Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence, she has multiple bestsellers, and was featured in USA Today.
Her publications include over 100 comedy credits, 16 novels and 60 short stories, but she’s best known for The Goddaughter mob caper series. The Merry Widow Murders (from Cormorant Books) will be released early 2023.
AWARDS:
WINNER of the 2015 Hamilton Literary Council, "HAMILTON READS" Award
The Goddaughter Series
WINNER of the 2014 ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD (Novella)
"The Goddaughter's Revenge"
WINNER of the 2014 DERRINGER AWARD
"The Goddaughter's Revenge"
WINNER: 2014 NorthWord Literary Journal/YMM National Short Story
Competition
"Hook, Line and Sinker"
FINALIST for the 2018 Ontario Library Association GOLDEN OAK AWARD
"The Bootlegger's Goddaughter"
FINALIST for the 2015 ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD
"Hook, Line and Sinker"
FINALIST for the 2013 ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD
"Life Without George"
FINALIST for the 2012 DERRINGER AWARD
"The Perfect Mark"
FINALIST for the 2012 ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD
"The Perfect Mark"
2012 Arts Hamilton national short fiction award,
2nd prize
"Life Without George"
WINNER: Holiday Short Story Contest (EU)
Dec. 2011
"Blue Satin and Love"
Bony Pete short story contest, 3rd prize,
"The Perfect Mark", 2011
Arts Hamilton national short fiction award finalist
"Santa Baby", 2008
Bony Pete Short Story contest 3rd prize
"School for Burglars", 2006
Murder Mayhem and the Macabre, City of Mississauga,
WINNER: 2 categories
"Tea for One" and "Cyanide", 1991
Canadian Living Magazine Romance Story contest 3rd prize
"Jive Talk", 1989
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