Janet Quin-Harkin

Janet Quin-Harkin (born 24 September 1941, Bath, Somerset^[1]) is an author best known for her mystery novels for adults written under the name "Rhys Bowen".

Career

Quin-Harkin graduated from the University of London in 1963. She has worked for both BBC and Australian TV.

In the 1990s Quin-Harkin began writing mystery novels for adults under the name "Rhys Bowen". She has written three series under this name: one featuring British aristocrat Lady Georgiana ("Georgie") in 1930s England; one featuring Irish immigrant Molly Murphy living in early 1900s New York City; and one featuring a Welsh police constable named Evan Evans.

She is also author of the Boyfriend Club series for young adults featuring four freshmen girls in Alta Mesa High School (Arizona): Roni, Ginger, Justine and Karen.

Personal life

Quin-Harkin is married and the parent of four children. She now divides her time between Marin County, California and Arizona.

Selected works as Janet Quin-Harkin

• Peter Penny's dance (Dial Press, 1976), picture book illustrated by Anita Lobel
• Benjamin's balloon (Parents Magazine, 1978), p.b. ill. Robert Censoni
• Septimus Bean and his amazing machine (Parents, 1979), p.b. illus. Art Cumings
• Magic growing powder (Parents, 1980), p.b. ill. Art Cumings
• Ten-boy summer (Bantam Books, 1982), Sweet Dreams Romance
• Helpful Hattie (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983), 58 pp., ill. Susanna Natti
• Wanted—date for Saturday night (1985)
• The boy next door (Bantam, 1995), Love Stories 4
• Who do you love? (Bantam, 1996), Love Stories 13
• Torn apart (Bantam, 1999), Love Stories 18
• Love potion (Avon Flare, 1999), Enchanted Hearts 4, LCCN 98-94951

Works as Rhys Bowen

Constable Evan Evans series Evans Above (1997) Evan Help Us (1998) Evanly Choirs (1999) Evan and Elle (2000) Evan Can Wait (2001) Evans to Betsy (2002) Evan Only Knows (2003) Evan's Gate (2004) Evan Blessed (2005) Evanly Bodies (2006) Lady Georgiana "Georgie" series Her Royal Spyness (2007) A Royal Pain (2008) Royal Flush (2009) Royal Blood (2010) Naughty in Nice (2011) The Twelve Clues of Christmas (2012) Heirs and Graces (2013) Queen of Hearts (2014) Malice at the Palace (2015) Crowned and Dangerous (August 2016) Lady Georgiana short stories Masked Ball at Broxley Manor (2012)

Molly Murphy series Murphy's Law (2001) Death of Riley (2002) For the Love of Mike (2003) In Like Flynn (2005) Oh Danny Boy (2006) In Dublin's Fair City (2007) Tell Me, Pretty Maiden (2008) In a Gilded Cage (2009) The Last Illusion (2010) Bless the Bride (2011) Hush Now, Don't You Cry (2012) The Family Way (2013) City of Darkness and Light (2014) The Edge of Dreams (2015) Away in a Manger (2015) Time of Fog and Fire (2016) Molly Murphy short stories The Amersham Rubies (2011) The Face in the Mirror (2013) Through the Window (2014)

Honors

• 2000 "The Seal of the Confessional" – finalist, Agatha and Anthony Awards
• 2001 Murphy's Law – Agatha Award for Best Novel
• 2002 Death of Riley – finalist, Agatha Award for Best Novel
• 2004 "Doppelganger" – finalist, Anthony Award for best short story
• 2011 Naughty in Nice – Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel

References

1. Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay, ed., Great Women Mystery Writers, 2nd ed. Greenwood Press, 2007, p. 27.

External links

• Official website
• Interview by Claire E. White, The Internet Writing Journal (writerswrite.com/journal), 2001
• Janet Quin-Harkin at Library of Congress Authorities, with 91 catalogue records
• Rhys Bowen (pseudonym) at LC Authorities, with 39 records, and Bowen at WorldCat