"Wicked Twist" is the debut short story of American mystery writer D. A. McGuire. It was published in the November 1993 edition of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and features a 12 year-old detective.[1] The story won the Robert L. Fish Memorial Award from the Mystery Writers of America,[2] and was republished in the 1994 edition of The Year's Best Mystery and Suspense Stories, edited by Edward D. Hoch.[1] Publishers Weekly declared the short story to be among the best in the collection.[3]
The author is a former high school science teacher from Massachusetts and, as of 2012[update], has published 24 stories in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and several more in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.[4]
References
edit- 1 2 "The Year's Best Mystery and Suspense Stories 1994". Kirkus Reviews. 1 August 1994.
- ↑ Kelly, Ned (1 May 1994). "'The Sculptress' captures Poe Award". The Buffalo News. p. 17.
- ↑ "Publishers Weekly". Vol. 241. 19 September 1994. p. 55.
- ↑ "The Lineup". Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. Vol. 57, no. 1. January–February 2012.
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