Order of Margaret Frazer Books
Margaret Frazer is the pen name of American author Gail Frazer (1946-2013), who wrote historical mysteries and other historical fiction. Margaret Frazer is best known for her Sister Frevisse and Joliffe the Player mysteries. Her first novel was published the same summer that she was first diagnosed with breast cancer. She fought for over twenty years, but finally succumbed to the disease only months after her 25th novel was published.
Margaret Frazer made her debut as a novelist in 1992 with The Novice’s Tale, which was co-authored by Mary Monica Pulver. Below is a list of Margaret Frazer’s books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Sister Frevisse Books
(with Mary Monica Pulver)
| The Novice's Tale | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Servant's Tale | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Outlaw's Tale | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Bishop's Tale | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Boy's Tale | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Murderer's Tale | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Prioress' Tale | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Maiden's Tale | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Reeve's Tale | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Squire's Tale | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Clerk's Tale | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Bastard's Tale | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Hunter's Tale | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Widow's Tale | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sempster's Tale | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Traitor's Tale | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Apostate's Tale | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Note: The first six Sister Frevisse books were written with Mary Monica Pulver together under the "Margaret Frazer" pen name. | ||
Publication Order of Sister Frevisse Short Stories/Novellas
| The Witch's Tale | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Midwife's Tale | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shakespeare's Mousetrap / That Same Pit | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Stone-Worker's Tale | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Winter Heart | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Joliffe the Player Books
| A Play of Isaac | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Play of Dux Moraud | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Play of Knaves | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Play of Lords | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Play of Treachery | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Play of Piety | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Play of Heresy | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Bischop Pecock Tales Books
| The Simple Logic of It | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Heretical Murder | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lowly Death | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Circle of Witches | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Neither Pity, Love, Nor Fear | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Strange Gods, Strange Men | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Volo te Habere... | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| This World's Eternity | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Death of Kings | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Caroline Canfield Mysteries Books
(with Various, Joyce Christmas, G. Miki Hayden, Kate Charles, Dianne Day, Serita Stevens, Jacqueline Fiedler, Tom Kreitzberg)
| Tiger's Palette | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sketches with Wolves | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Historical Whodunits | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shakespearean Whodunnits | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Royal Whodunnits | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Unholy Orders | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Note: The first six books in the Sister Frevisse series were co-authored with Mary Monica Pulver.
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