Dean James Miranda James
Miranda James is the most well-known pen name of American author Dean James, who writes cozy mystery novels. Besides his pseudonym and real name, James also uses (or has used) the names Jimmie Ruth Evans and Honor Hartman. Among the series he has written are the Cat in the Stacks Mysteries, Trailer Park Mysteries and the Simon Kirby-Jones Mysteries. James has been writing ever since he was 12, when he wrote a mystery novel entitled The Mystery of the Willow Key, inspired by Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden. He has also written several non-fiction books.

Dean James became a published author in 1994 when he published a non-fiction book entitled By a Woman’s Hand, co-authored by Jean Swanson. The reference book won an Agatha Award for Best Mystery Non-Fiction. His first mystery novel was entitled Cruel as the Grave (again written as Dean James) and was published in 2000. His debut as Miranda James came in 2010 with the novel Murder Past Due, which was the beginning of his Cat in the Stacks Mysteries series. Below is a list of Dean/Miranda James’ books in order of when they were originally released:

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Publication Order of Deep South Mysteries Books

(as Dean James)

Cruel as the Grave (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Closer Than the Bones (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Death by Dissertation (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Southern Ladies Mysteries Books

Bless Her Dead Little Heart (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dead with the Wind (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Digging Up the Dirt (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fixing to Die (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Trailer Park Mysteries Books

(as Jimmie Evans)

Flamingo Fatale (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder Over Easy (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Best Served Cold (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bring Your Own Poison (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Leftover Dead (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Cat In The Stacks Mysteries Books

Murder Past Due (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Classified as Murder (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
File M for Murder (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Out of Circulation (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Silence of the Library (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Arsenic and Old Books (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
No Cats Allowed (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Twelve Angry Librarians (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Claws for Concern (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Six Cats a Slayin' (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Pawful Truth (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Careless Whiskers (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Cat Me If You Can (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
What the Cat Dragged In (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hiss Me Deadly (2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Requiem for a Mouse (2024)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Simon Kirby-Jones Books

(as Dean James)

Posted to Death (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Faked to Death (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Decorated to Death (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Baked to Death (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Bridge Club Mysteries Books

(as Honor Hartman)

On the Slam (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Unkindest Cut (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

By a Woman's Hand (As: Dean James, With: Jean Swanson) (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Killer Books (As: Dean James, With: Jean Swanson) (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Dick Francis Companion (As: Dean James, With: Jean Swanson) (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Robert B. Parker Companion (As: Dean James, With: Elizabeth Foxwell) (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Dean James Short Stories/Novellas

(as Dean James)

The Village Vampire and the Oboe of Death (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

Deadly Women(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Malice Domestic 7(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Canine Crimes(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Magnolias and Mayhem(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Derby Rotten Scoundrels: A Silver Dagger Anthology(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Death Dines In(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Kudzu Christmas(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Suspense Magazine June 2013(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dead But Not Forgotten(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Year-Round Trouble(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Notes: The Simon Kirby-Jones series, the Deep South Mysteries series and all anthologies and non-fiction books were written under his real name of Dean James. The Trailer Park Mysteries series was written as Jimmie Ruth Evans. The Bridge Club Mysteries series was written using the pen name of Honor Hartman.

The non-fiction books By a Woman’s Hand, Killer Books and The Dick Francis Companion were co-authored with Jean Swanson. The book The Robert B. Parker Companion was co-authored with Elizabeth Foxwell.

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