fiction.wikisort.org - WriterJill Churchill (born Janice Young Brooks January 11, 1943 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American author, winner of the Agatha and Macavity Awards for her first Jane Jeffry novel and featured in Great Women Mystery Writers (2007).[1]
American novelist
Biography
Churchill earned a degree in education from the University of Kansas in 1965 and then studied at the University of Missouri-Kansas City before teaching in elementary school for some years. Between 1978 and 1992, she was book reviewer for the Kansas City Star. Now divorced, she lives in Kansas.
Writer
She published several historical novels under her real name before introducing a new series in 1989. This mystery series follows Jane Jeffry, a widow with three children living in suburban Chicago. With her neighbor and best friend Shelley Nowack, she gets caught up in murder cases. These often involve Mel Van Dyne, a police detective introduced in the first novel. The novel titles are puns on literary works and reflect Jeffry's cozy domestic life which she leads between crime-solving capers.[1]: 240
In 1999, Churchill began a new mystery series set during the Great Depression, which features siblings Robert and Lily Brewster who live in New York. They've inherited a house from their great-uncle, which they run as a guest house to earn money.[1]
Published books
Non-fiction
- Kings and Queens: The Plantagenets of England, as Janice Young Brooks (T. Nelson, 1975)– children's non-fiction, OCLC 1502441
Jane Jeffry series
- Grime and Punishment (1989)
- A Farewell to Yarns (1991)
- A Quiche Before Dying (1993)
- The Class Menagerie (1994)
- A Knife to Remember (1994)
- From Here to Paternity (1995)
- Silence of the Hams (1996)
- War and Peas (1996)
- Fear of Frying (1997)
- The Merchant of Menace (1998)
- A Groom With a View (1999)
- Mulch Ado About Nothing (2000)
- The House of Seven Mabels (2002)
- Bell, Book, and Scandal (2003)
- A Midsummer Night's Scream (2004)
- The Accidental Florist (2007)
Grace and Favor series
- Anything Goes (1999)
- In the Still of the Night (2000)
- Someone to Watch Over Me (2001)
- Love for Sale (2003)
- It Had to Be You (2004)
- Who's Sorry Now? (2005)
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (2013)
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Other fiction
As Janice Young Brooks
- In Love's Own Time (1977)
- Forbidden Fires (1977)
- Seventrees (1981)
- Still the Mighty Waters (1983)
- Our Lives, Our Fortunes (1984)
- Glory (1985)
- The Circling Years (1986)
- Season of Desire (1986)
- Crown Sable (1986)
- Cinnamon Wharf (1988)
- Guests of the Emperor (1990)
- The Herron Heritage (1992)
As Valerie Vayle
- Lady of Fire (1980)
- Seaflame (1980)
- Oriana (1981)
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References
External links
- Warning. Sources differ concerning which of the five other names is sometimes or consistently used for the publication of works written or co-written by Brooks.
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Best First Novel | 1988-2000 | |
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2001-2010 | |
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2011-2020 |
- Sara J. Henry (2011)
- Susan M. Boyer (2012)
- Leslie Budewitz (2013)
- Terrie Farley Moran (2014)
- Art Taylor (2015)
- Cynthia Kuhn (2016)
- Kellye Garrett (2017)
- Dianne Freeman and Shari Randall (2018) (tie)
- Tara Laskowski (2019)
- Erica Neubauer (2020)
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Best Contemporary Novel | |
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Best Novel | |
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Best Historical Novel | |
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Best Non-Fiction | 1993-2000 |
- Barbara D'Amato (1993)
- Jean Swanson and Dean James (1994)
- Alzina Stone Dale (1995)
- Willeta L. Heisin (1996)
- Willeta L. Heisin (1997)
- Alzina Stone Dale (1998)
- Daniel Stashower (1999)
- Jim Huang (2000)
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2001-2010 |
- Tony Hillerman (2001)
- Jim Huang (2002)
- Elizabeth Peters and Kristen Whitbread (2003)
- Jack French (2004)
- Melanie Rehak (2005)
- Chris Roerden (2006)
- Jon Lellenberg (2007)
- Kathy Lynn Emerson (2008)
- Elena Santangelo (2009)
- John Curran (2010)
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2011-2020 | |
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Best Short Story | 1988-2000 | |
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2001-2010 | |
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2011-2020 | |
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Best Young Adult Mystery | |
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Best Children/Young Adult Fiction | |
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Special Awards | Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement | |
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Malice Domestic Poirot Award | |
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Authority control |
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