Order of High Heels Mysteries Books
The High Heels Mysteries is a series of cozy mysteries novels by American novelist Gemma Halliday. The series follows a shoe designer from Los Angeles, Maddie Springer. (more…)
Order of Gemma Halliday Books
Gemma Halliday is an American novelist of mystery novels. She writes the High Heels Mysteries series as well as the Hollywood Headlines, Hartley Featherstone, Anna Smith & Nick Dade and co-authors the Jamie Bond series. Before becoming an author, Gemma worked as an actress, teddy bear importer, department store administrator, preschool teacher, temporary tattoo artist and a hotline psychic. She has won the National Reader’s Choice Award and is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. (more…)
Order of Mary Burton Books
Mary Burton is an American author of historical romance, romantic suspense and women’s fiction (the latter under the name of Mary Ellen Taylor). Mary had been working in marketing and sales for a decade when she decided to put one of the stories in her head onto paper. Soon after, she sold her historical romance manuscript to Harlequin and wrote 12 more. Mary lives in Virginia and enjoys yoga, cooking, hiking and sometimes even a triathlon. (more…)
Order of Moe Prager Books
Moe Prager is the main character in a series of hardboiled detective novels by American author Reed Farrel Coleman. Prager is a divorced ex-cop who had to retire from the force following a knee injury. He now has to get his personal life back in order and deal with healing his strained relationship with his estranged daughter. (more…)
Order of Reed Farrel Coleman Books
Reed Farrel Coleman is an American author of hardboiled detective fiction. He is best known for his Moe Prager series. Reed has won the Shamus Award for Best Detective Novel of the Year three times and has been nominated for two Edgar Awards. He has also won the Macavity, Barry and Anthony awards. In the past, Reed served as executive vice-president of the Mystery Writers of America. He is currently an adjunct instructor at Hofstra University and instructor at MWA U. He lives with his family in Long Island, New York. (more…)
Order of Khaled Hosseini Books
Khaled Hosseini is an Afghan-American author of literary fiction. When Khaled was 11 years old, his father got a job in Paris, where the family moved. Unable to return home to Afghanistan due to a political coup, the family got political asylum in the United States, moving to San Jose, California. In addition to being a novelist, Khaled is also a physician, which he practiced for ten years until after The Kite Runner‘s success. (more…)
Order of Alan Lewrie Books
Alan Lewrie is the central character in a series of historical naval adventure novels by American author Dewey Lambdin. The series takes Alan Lewrie from when he was working as a midshipman. As the novels progress, he rises up the ranks of the Navy and takes part in the American Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. (more…)
Order of Dewey Lambdin Books
Dewey Lambdin is an American novelist of nautical/historical fiction. His series character is Alan Lewrie, who takes part in the American Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. Lambdin is the son of a U.S. Navy officer. Lambdin graduated from Montana State University and started working in production for local TV stations and then in advertising. After losing his job, he started writing in 1988, which he has been doing ever since. (more…)
Order of Karin Schaeffer Books
Karin Schaeffer is the central character in a series of crime thriller/suspense novels by American novelist Katia Lief. Karin Schaeffer is a New York City detective who was living the American dream in New Jersey when everything changed for her. Her family – husband and daughter – were murdered by a brutal serial killer. (more…)
Order of Katia Lief Books
Katia Lief is an American author of crime fiction, psychological thriller novels and literary fiction. She was born in France to American parents, but quickly moved back home to the East Coast of the United States where she grew up. After graduating from Sarah Lawrence College, she would return to Paris. Months later, she returned to the U.S. to get a publishing job in New York (among other jobs) and then got her Master’s in literature and creative writing. She has written under her birth name of Katia Spiegelman, Kate Pepper and Katia Lief (which she appears to have settled on). She writes the Karin Schaeffer series. (more…)