Happy Mystery Series Week! To celebrate, we’re highlighting Nebraska’s own whodunnit queen, Mignon G. Eberhart. Her book, The Mystery of Hunting’s End was the One book One Nebraska selection of 2023, chosen for it’s ability to keep the reader guessing. … Continue reading Mystery Series Week: How well do you know Mignon G. Eberhart?
The Nebraska Heritage Book Club was formed to discuss books about Nebraska history, and to uplift Nebraskan authors. This month, the book club is discussing the One Book One Nebraska pick of 2023: The Mystery of Hunting’s End. Join them on … Continue reading Upcoming Book Discussion for The Mystery of Hunting’s End
Sarah Kee is a Publicity Assistant at UNP and is not an amateur detective. In honor of National Cozy Mystery Day, I’d be remiss to not talk about a mystery writer with Nebraska ties, Mignon G. Eberhart! Her book, The … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: National Cozy Mystery Day
One of the best mystifiers in America. Gertrude Stein On this day in 1899, “First Lady of Mystery” Mignon Good Eberhart was born in Lincoln, Nebraska. She had a long career, spanning sixty years, that brought her the Grand Masters Edgar … Continue reading Happy Birthday to Mignon G. Eberhart
Happy Mystery Month! UNP is celebrating the start of the month by sharing the opening lines from Bison Books’ editions of Mignon G. Eberhart’s novels. Eberhart was Nebraska’s own Grand Master of mystery; the iconic Bison Books editions of her … Continue reading Start Mystery Month with Mignon G. Eberhart
UNP staff members are always reading new books, both within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of the titles where our noses have been buried. “I will finish The Bladed Faith by David Dalglish later … Continue reading April Staff Reading List
On this day in 1841, the first detective story, Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” appeared in Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine! For this reason, we celebrate April 20th as Detective Fiction Day. We thought we’d mark the … Continue reading Celebrate Detective Fiction Day with The Mystery of Hunting’s End
With Mignon G. Eberhart’s detective novel The Mystery of Hunting’s End (Bison Books, 1998) chosen as the 19th One Book One Nebraska selection for 2023, the University of Nebraska Press is pleased to announce five more of Eberhart’s beloved and … Continue reading Five novels by Mignon G. Eberhart return to print
UNP staff members are always reading new books, both within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of the books we gifted to loved ones this holiday season or are planning to read in the new … Continue reading December Staff Reading List
The One Book One Nebraska reading program is entering its nineteenth year. It encourages Nebraskans across the state to read and discuss one book, chosen from books written by Nebraska authors or that have a Nebraska theme or setting. A committee of … Continue reading 2023 One Book One Nebraska
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