Received the Shamus Award, "The Eye' (Lifetime achievement award) in 2003. She has written numerous movies for television: "Walking Through the Fire' for which she won a Christopher Award, 1979, "Sex and the Single Parent,' "Mark, I Love You,' and "Nurse."Sue Taylor Grafton is a contemporary American author of detective novels. She is best known as the author of the 'alphabet series' featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone in the fictional city of Santa Teresa, California.