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The Sunny & Shadow series of cozy mystery novels is written by Claire Donally. Donally is a bit of a mysterious author – we know it’s a pen name, but that’s all there is to know. Of course it makes the books that much better – knowing that the author herself – or himself – […]
Claire Donally is a pen name for an author of many other critically acclaimed cozy mysteries. She writes the Sunny and Shadow Mysteries series. Claire is a bit of a mystery, with not too much known about this author.
The Night School series of novels, which began in 2012, is written by the author CJ Daughtery. The series began with the name “Night School” and has spawned multiple sequels. The names of the books can differ from just “Legacy” to “Night School: Legacy”.
CJ Daugherty, also writes under pen name Christi Daugherty is a former crime reporter, investigative journalist, political writer and is now a full-time novelist. Having only done mostly writing gigs for a living she recalls working for several US newspapers including the Dallas Morning News and the Savannah Morning News and for a few years […]
The Saga of the de Magela Family series is a series of epic fantasy novels by American author Abigail Keam. The series follows Princess Maura as she struggles to save her people while coming to grips with falling in love with her arch enemy Prince Dorak.
Josiah Reynolds is the protagonist in a series of cozy mystery novels by American novelist Abigail Keam. The series follows Josiah Reynolds, a middle-aged Southern woman who is a beekeeper by trade and sells honey at the Farmer’s Market in order to help make ends meet. Although the series are standalone, there is an overarching […]
Abigail Keam is an American author of cozy mystery, epic fantasy and romance novels. She writes the Josiah Reynolds mystery series, the Saga of the de Magela Family fantasy series and the Last Chance romance series. Abigail is also a beekeeper who has won 16 honey awards at the Kentucky State Fair. She lives in […]
James Twining is a British author of thriller novels. He writes the Tom Kirk series. James was born in London but spent much of his childhood in Paris. After graduating from Christ Church, Oxford with a first-class degree in French Literature, he began working for investment bank UBS in their corporate finance division. He would […]
Judge Dee Mysteries is a series of historical mystery novels and short story collections by Dutch novelist Robert Van Gulik. The series began simply as a translation that Van Gulik did for a Chinese novel entitled Dee Goong An, but the translation got Van Gulik’s interest in continuing the Chinese detective fiction genre. He decided […]
Robert Van Gulik (1910-1967) was a Dutch author of historical mystery novels and short stories. He wrote the Judge Dee Mysteries series. Van Gulik was born in the Netherlands, but spent his early years in (what is now) Jakarta, Indonesia and learned multiple languages. He earned his PhD from Leiden University back home in 1935. […]