Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marianne Macdonald
Library Journal said "Death's Autograph" was "A highly recommended first novel. Kirkus Reviews said it was "lucid, irony-edged, unfussy narration makes antique-book lore interesting even to the uninitiated, and her charmingly off-beat heroine is a character most readers will want to hear from again." (See these and several more editorial reviews of this novel at Amazon.com|Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/006109742X/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books). "Blood Lies" got http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0312283059/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books several editorial reviews.  "Die once" got several favorable editorial reviews http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0312283601/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books. "Ghost walk" got favorable editorial reviews http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/031219417X/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books.  So did "Road Kill." http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0312242344/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=bookshttp://www.amazon.com/Biography-Macdonald-Marianne-Contemporary-Authors/dp/B0007SIF5M/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1252080455&sr=8-7 A biography of Macdonald is available from "Contemporary Authors". Coverage in specialized encyclopedias implies notability. How careful a search did the nominator do  making the AFD nomination
— User:Edison, 16:17, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
Stance: keep
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