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Alan Russell is an American author of crime fiction/mystery novels. Alan Russell played basketball at UC San Diego and made the team as a freshman, but had to quit due to a back injury. He ended up writing the student newspaper instead and ended up being the paper’s editor-in-chief. During his tenure, the paper went […]
The Jaine Austen Mysteries is a series of cozy mystery novels by American novelist Laura Levine. Obviously named after the historical author Jane Austen, Jaine Austen is a freelance writer and part-time amateur sleuth. She lives in Los Angeles, but unlike the stereotypical Los Angelean, is carrying a few extra pounds. She has a cat […]
Laura Levine is an American author of cozy mystery novels (specifically, her Jaine Austen series). Although she has not been a novelist for long, Laura has been a writer for a very long time. She has worked on many sitcoms (including classics) like The Bob Newhart Show, Three’s Company, Laverne & Shirley, The Love Boat, […]
Matthew Shardlake is the featured character in a series of historical mystery novels by British novelist C.J. Sansom. Shardlake is a hunchbacked lawyer who works on commission from Thomas Cromwell (who he is a long-time supporter of), and then others later on.
C.J. Sansom is a British author of historical fiction and mystery novels. Sansom got his Ph.D in history from the University of Birmingham. He worked as a lawyer in Sussex before deciding to move to writing full-time. He is best known for his Matthew Shardlake series.
The Museum Mysteries series is a cozy mystery series by American author Sheila Connolly. The series features Nell Pratt, a development director for the Pennsylvania Antiquarian Society. When Nell finds the body of an employee in the stacks, the police determine it as an accident, but Nell becomes an amateur sleuth and decides to do […]
The Orchard Mysteries is a series of cozy mystery novels by American novelist Sheila Connolly. The series is set in Granford, Massachusetts in the western part of the state. The main character is Meg Corey. Out of a job after being downsized, Meg inherits her mother’s estate, which includes an old colonial home and to […]
Sheila Connolly is an American author of cozy mystery novels. She was born in Rochester, NY and has lived in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, California and Massachusetts. Sheila graduated from Wellesley College with honours and then got her Ph.D in Fine Arts from Harvard University. She then got her MBA from the University […]
The Matt Royal Mystery series is a mystery/thriller series by American novelist H. Terrell Griffin. The titular character is a trial lawyer who went into early retirement to spend his days on the beautiful beaches of Florida, in his hometown of Longboat Key. This doesn’t mean that Matt is done with trouble though, as trouble […]
H. Terrell Griffin was an American author of mystery/thriller novels. He spent his adult life as a soldier, student, lawyer and writer. Terry got his law degree from Macon, Georgia’s Mercer University and graduated in the top 10% of his class and received the Delta Theta Phi Award for Outstanding Scholarship. He then went home […]