Barbara Parker
... that when Barbara Parker left a law career to take a master's, her thesis went on to be short listed for an Edgar Award as a best first mystery novel?
... that when <b id="mwD0E"><a href="./Barbara_Parker_(writer)" id="mwD0I" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Barbara Parker (writer)">Barbara Parker</a></b> left a law career to take a master's, her thesis went on to be <a href="./Short_list" id="mwD0M" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Short list">short listed</a> for an <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Edgar_Award" id="mwD0Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Edgar Award">Edgar Award</a> as a best first mystery novel?