Jill Churchill is the pen name of Janice Young Brooks, an American author of cozy mystery and historical romance novels. She writes the Jane Jeffry and Grace & Favor series. Churchill attended the University of Kansas to earn her education degree, then went to the University of Missouri-Kansas City before working as a teacher for many years. She also worked as a book reviewer for the Kansas City Star. Jill is the winner of both the Agatha and Macavity awards. A mother of two and a grandmother, she enjoys gardening, needlepointing and playing gin.
Jill Churchill made her debut as a published novelist in 1975 with the novel Ozark Legacy, which she wrote under the pseudonym of Amanda Singer. She would then write under her real name of Janice Young Brooks, as well as under the pen name of Valerie Vayle (with Jean Brooks-Janowiak). She made her debut as Jill Churchill (as a cozy mystery author) in 1989 with the novel Grime and Punishment, beginning her Jane Jeffry series. Below is a list of Jill Churchill’s books in order of when they were first released:
Publication Order of Lady Of Fire Books
Publication Order of Jane Jeffry Books
Publication Order of Grace & Favor Books
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Publication Order of Anthologies
Notes: The Lady of Fire series was co-authored by Jean Brooks-Janowiak under the collective pen name of Valerie Vayle. Brooks-Janowiak (who, contrary to popular belief, is a different person from Churchill) would later obtain the legal rights to the Vayle pen name and continue writing the pen name.
The novels Forbidden Fires, In Love’s Own Time, Seventrees, Still the Mighty Waters, Our Lives, Our Fortunes, Glory, Season of Desire, The Circling Years, Crown Sable, Cinnamon Wharf, Guests of the Emperor and The Herron Heritage as well as the non-fiction book Kings and Queens: The Plantagenets of England were published under the name of Janice Young Brooks. The novel Ozark Legacy was written as Amanda Singer.
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Jill Churchill Synopsis: In The Accidental Florist (book 16 in the Jane Jeffry series), Jane Jeffry and her detective for a boyfriend, Mel VanDyne, are finally getting married. Jane is busy planning her dream wedding – with no mother-in-law to stick her nose in – when Mel convinces her and best friend Shelley to take some self-defense classes for women. But before they can take any lessons, the class is cut short when two of the students are found murdered. Along with her time spent writing, adding onto her house and dealing with mothers-in-law, Jane has a full plate, but now she also has to help Mel catch a killer in order to have the true wedding of her dreams.
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