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Sue Grafton was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on April 24, 1940.
* She graduated from the University of Louisville with a degree in English in 1961.
* She moved to California in 1962 and worked as a hospital admissions clerk and a medical secretary.
* She began writing fiction in the early 1960s and published her first novel, Keziah Dane, in 1967.
* She is best known for her "alphabet series" of mystery novels, which feature private investigator Kinsey Millhone.
* The first novel in the series, A Is for Alibi, was published in 1982.
* The series continued for 25 books, with the last, Y Is for Yesterday, being published in 2017.
* Grafton died on December 28, 2017, at the age of 77.
* She was a recipient of numerous awards, including the Edgar Allan Poe Award, the Anthony Award, and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America.