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Donna Leon


Born
in Montclair, New Jersey, The United States
September 28, 1942

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Mystery & Thrillers


Donna Leon (born September 29, 1942, in Montclair, New Jersey) is an American author of a series of crime novels set in Venice and featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti.

Donna Leon has lived in Venice for over twenty-five years. She has worked as a lecturer in English Literature for the University of Maryland University College - Europe (UMUC-Europe) in Italy, then as a Professor from 1981 to 1999 at the american military base of Vicenza (Italy) and a writer.

Her crime novels are all situated in or near Venice. They are written in English and translated into many foreign languages, although not, by her request, into Italian. Her ninth Brunetti novel, Friends in High Places, won the Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger i ...more

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Average rating: 3.94 · 358,295 ratings · 27,702 reviews · 135 distinct works • Similar authors
Death at La Fenice (Commiss...
3.88 avg rating — 38,165 ratings — published 1992 — 118 editions
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Death in a Strange Country ...
3.93 avg rating — 18,546 ratings — published 1993 — 92 editions
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Acqua Alta (Commissario Bru...
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Dressed for Death (Commissa...
3.94 avg rating — 15,925 ratings — published 1994 — 109 editions
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A Noble Radiance (Commissar...
4.05 avg rating — 11,834 ratings — published 1998 — 79 editions
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Death and Judgment (Commiss...
3.93 avg rating — 11,929 ratings — published 1995 — 97 editions
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Friends in High Places (Com...
3.89 avg rating — 11,312 ratings — published 2000 — 88 editions
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Quietly in Their Sleep (Com...
3.95 avg rating — 10,773 ratings — published 1997 — 81 editions
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Transient Desires (Commissa...
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Doctored Evidence (Commissa...
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Death at La Fenice Death in a Strange Country Dressed for Death Death and Judgment Acqua Alta Quietly in Their Sleep A Noble Radiance
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“And off in the far distance, the gold on the wings of the angel atop the bell tower of San Marco flashed in the sun, bathing the entire city in its glistening benediction.”
― Donna Leon, Death in a Strange Country
tags: church, italy, venice
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“Though he did not believe, he was not untouched by the magic of belief ...”
― Donna Leon, Death and Judgment
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“He hesitated then, anticipating the panic that came when there was nothing left to read”
― Donna Leon, Earthly Remains
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