Order of Samantha Young Books
Samantha Young is a Scottish author of contemporary romance, paranormal romance and fantasy novels for adults and young adults. She writes the Tales of Lunarmorte, Fire Spirits and On Dublin Street series. Samantha graduated from the University of Edinburgh and worked as a taxi dispatcher and a police administrator (briefly) before becoming an indie author. She now writes full-time. (more…)
Order of Ellie Haskell Books
Ellie Haskell is the protagonist in a series of cozy mystery/romance novels by British-American novelist Dorothy Cannell. Ellie Haskell works as an interior decorator, while her husband Ben is a writer and a chef. Hyacinth and Primrose Tramwell are a pair of sisters who own the Flowers Detection Agency. (more…)
Order of Dorothy Cannell Books
Dorothy Cannell is an English-American author of cozy mystery novels. She writes the Ellie Haskell series. Dorothy grew up in London and moved to the United States in 1963 when she was twenty years old. Dorothy and her husband Julian have four children and ten grandchildren. They live in Belfast, Maine. (more…)
Order of Kiki Lowenstein Books
Kiki Lowenstein is the protagonist in a series of cozy mystery novels and stories by American author Joanna Campbell Slan. Kiki is a recently widowed mother with a young daughter who works in the Time in a Bottle scrapbooking store in St. Louis, Missouri. When bodies are found, Kiki also becomes an amateur sleuth. One of the characters in the series, Cara Mia Delgatto, has her own spin-off series. The series is also known as the Scrap-N-Craft Mysteries. (more…)
Order of Joanna Campbell Slan Books
Joanna Campbell Slan is an American author of cozy mystery novels and non-fiction books. She is best known for her Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-N-Craft Mysteries series. Joanna grew up in Indiana and earned her journalism degree from Ball State Universe. From there, she worked as a newspaper reporter, a newspaper ad salesperson, a television talk show host, a college teacher, a public relations professional and a motivational speaker (and was named “one of the top 25 speakers in the world” by Sharing Ideas Magazine). Joanna is married to David Slan and they live with their dogs in Jupiter Island, Florida. (more…)
Order of Simon Templar Books
Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is the protagonist in a series of crime fiction/adventure novels and stories by British novelist Leslie Charteris, and later by other authors. Templar is a thief and an amateur detective with a boyish charm and morals similar to that of Robin Hood. His targets consist of corrupt politicians, warmongers and general lowlives. He is not adverse to killing if necessary in order to save lives. Templar’s origins are largely unknown, beyond the fact that he is British and has spent some time Stateside. The character has been portrayed on film and television by such actors as Louis Hayward, George Sanders, Hugh Sinclair, Roger Moore, Ian Ogilvy, Andrew Clarke and Val Kilmer in numerous adaptations. (more…)
Order of Leslie Charteris Books
Leslie Charteris (1907-1993) was a British author of crime thriller and adventure novels. He is best known for creating The Saint series starring Simon Templar. Charteris was born in Singapore to a Chinese father and British mother. He attended Rossall School in Lancashire, England before moving onto King’s College, Cambridge, which he dropped out from in order write. His Saint series includes over 100 novels, novellas and short stories, 16 films and three separate television series. (more…)
Order of Uplift Books
Uplift is a series of hard science fiction novels by American author David Brin. In the Uplift universe, civilization is made up of many different sentient races. An “uplift” is when a species genetically modifies a species that is pre-sapient so that it becomes sapient. The only species that was not uplifted was humanity – or so it is believed. (more…)
Order of David Brin Books
Dr. David Brin is an American author of science fiction novels and stories. He is the creator of the Uplift universe. Brin graduated from the California Institute of Technology with a B.S. in astrophysics and also got his M.S. in applied physics and Ph.D in space science from the University of California, San Diego. As an author of hard science fiction, most of his stories are plausible, to the point that there is a website that keeps track of his predictions. He is a Hugo, Locus, Campbell and Nebula award winner. David lives in Southern California with his wife and children. (more…)
Order of Malin Fors Books
Malin Fors is the protagonist in a series of Scandinavian crime fiction novels by Swedish novelist Mons Kallentoft. Malin Fors is a detective based in the small town of Linkoping, Sweden. She is 31 years old with an athletic build. She’s also a single mother to a teenage daughter, Tove. Malin is also in the beginning stages of a potential drinking problem, is a workaholic, has trouble controlling her emotions and likes her sex rough with her partner – a journalist named Daniel. As a detective, she has a sixth sense for finding out the answers, but at the same time, she is the most complex officer to ever work in her department. (more…)