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Cozy Mystery Authors
A Cozy Mystery usually takes place in a benign universe, in a small
town setting. They usually involve a domestic crime, one without violence
or bloodshed, committed with a blunt instrument or poison. Cozies
are most often solved by gifted amateur detectives, and involve solving
some form of a puzzle through observation, deduction and the keen
understanding of human nature. There is no graphic violence or use
of strong language.
- Author. Series Characters, Character's Profession, and Character's
Hometown
- Abbott, Jeff Jordan Poteet, Librarian, Mirabeau, Texas
- Aird, Catherine Christopher "Seedy" Sloan, Inspector, West
Calleshire, England
- Albert, Susan Wittig China Bales, Herb Shop owner, Texas
- Allingham, Margery Albert Campion, Sleuth, London
- Atherton, Nancy Aunt Dimity, Romantic English Ghost, England
- Barnard, Robert Charlie Peace, Detective, Scotland Yard, London
- Barnard, Robert Oddie, Inner city school teacher, London
- Barnard, Robert Perry Trethowan, Inspector, Scotland Yard,
London
- Beaton, M.C. Agatha Raisin, Advertising retiree, Cotswolds,
England
- Beaton, M.C. Hamish Macbeth, Police constable, Scotland
- Bishop, Claudia Sarah and Meg Quilliam, Bed & Breakfast owners,
New York
- Blake, Nicholas Nigel Strangeways, Amateur sleuth, England
- Boylan, Eleanor Clara Gamadge, Widow of forgery expert, New
York City
- Brand, Christianna Inspector Cockrill, Constable, Kent County,
England
- Braun, Lilian Jackson Jim Qwilleran and cats Koko & Yum Yum,
Ex-police reporter, Midwest
- Breen, Jon Jerry Brogan, Track announcer at Surfside Meadows,
California
- Breen, Jon Rachel Hennings, Bookstore owner, Los Angeles
- Brett, Simon Charles Paris, Alcoholic actor, England
- Brett, Simon Melita Pargeter, Widow of a thief, England
- Brightwell, Emily Inspector Witherspoon and housekeeper Mrs.
Jeffries, England
- Bruce, Leo Sgt. Beef, Village constable, England
- Bruce, Leo Carolus Deene, Master in a boy's school, England
- Burley, W.J. Charles Wycliffe, CID Superintendent, West Country,
England
- Cannell, Dorothy Ellie & Ben Haskell, Interior decorator & writer/chef,
England
- Carr, John Dickson (also Dickson, Carter) Dr. Gideon Fell,
England
- Caudwell, Sarah Hilary Tamar, Professor of Medieval law, Oxford,
England
- Chesterton, G.K. Father Brown, England
- Christie, Agatha Hercules Poirot, Belgian cop-turned private
detective, London
- Christie, Agatha Miss Jane Marple, Spinster, St. Mary's Mead,
England
- Christie, Agatha Tuppence & Tommy Beresford, Adventurers for
hire/intelligence agents, England
- Churchill, Jill Jane Jeffry, Suburban single mother, Chicago
- Cleeves, Ann George & Molly Palmer-Jones, Ex-Home official/Bird-watcher
& wife, Surrey, England
- Clinton-Baddeley, V.C. Dr. R.V. Davie, Professor, Cambridge,
England
- Comfort, B. Tish McWhinney, 70ish artist, Vermont
- Conant, Susan Holly Winter, Dog trainer, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Crispin, Edmund Gervase Fen, Oxford professor of English, England
- Cross, Amanda Kate Fansler, English professor, New York City
- Daly, Elizabeth Henry Gamadge, Author & bibliophile, New York
City
- Davidson, Diane Mott Goldy Bear, Caterer & single mom, Aspen
Meadow, Colorado
- Dean, S.F.X. Professor Kelly, College professor, New England
- Dunn, Carola Daisy Dalrymple, Aristocrat, Chelsea, England
- Elkins, Aaron Chris Norgren, Art museum curator, Seattle, Washington
- Elkins, Aaron Gideon Oliver, Anthropology professor, Port Angeles,
Washington
- Ferrars, E.X. Andrew Basnett, Botany professor, England
- Ferrars, E.X. Supt. Ditteridge, Police superintendent, England
- Ferrars, E.X. Toby Dyke, Amateur sleuth, England
- Ferrars, E.X. Virginia & Felix Freer, Physiotherapist & businessman,
England
- Fraser, Antonia Jemima Shore, Television interviewer, England
- Frazer, Margaret Sr. Frevisse, Medieval nun, Oxford, England
- Gray, Gallagher Theodore S. Hubbard & Auntie Lil, elderly personnel
manager and dress designer, New York
- Greenwood, John Inspector Mosley, Yorkshire, England
- Grimes, Martha Richard Jury, Investigator, Scotland Yard, England
- Hammond, Gerald John Cunningham, War hero & hunting-dog trainer,
Scotland
- Hammond, Gerald Keith Calder, Gunsmith & sport shooter, Newton
Lauder, Scotland
- Hardwick, Mollie Doran Fairweather, Antiques dealer, Kent,
England
- Hart, Carolyn Annie Laurance & Max Darling, Bookstore owner
& investigator, South Carolina
- Hart, Carolyn Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins, 70ish reporter, South
Carolina
- Hess, Joan Arly Hanks, Police chief, Maggody, Arkansas
- Hess, Joan Claire Malloy, Bookstore owner, Farberville, Arkansas
- Heyer, Georgette Superintendent Hannasyde, Police superintendent,
England
- Holt, Hazel Sheila Malory, Literary magazine writer, Devon,
England
- Holtzer, Susan Anneke Haagen, Computer consultant, Michigan
- Innes, Michael George Appleby, Aristocratic inspector, England
- Kallen, Lucille Maggie Rome & C.B. Greenfield, Reporter & editor/publisher,
Connecticut
- Knight, Kathryn Lasky Calista Jacobs, Children's book illustrator,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Langton, Jane Homer Kelly, Harvard professor & retired detective,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Lathen, Emma John Putnam Thatcher, Wall Street financial whiz,
New York City
- Lemarchand, Elizabeth Tom Pollard & Gregory Toye, Scotland
Yard detectives, England
- Lockridge, Frances and Richard Inspector Merton Heimrich, State
Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation, NYC
- Lockridge, Frances and Richard Pam & Jerry North, Book publisher
& wife, New York City
- McCrumb, Sharyn Elizabeth MacPherson, Forensic anthropologist,
Southern U.S.
- McCrumb, Sharyn Dr. James Owens Mega, College professor & science-fiction
author
- McCrumb, Sharyn Spencer Arrowood, Sheriff, Appalachia
- MacLeod, Charlotte Peter Shandy & Helen Marsh Shandy, Botany
professor & librarian, Massachusetts
- MacLeod, Charlotte Sarah Kelling & Max Bittersohn, Investigators,
Boston
- Marsh, Ngaio Roderick Alleyn, Inspector son of a baron, London
- Monfredo, Miriam Grace Glynis Tryon, Librarian and suffragette,
Seneca Falls, NY
- Morice, Anne Tessa Crichton, Actress sleuth, England
- Murphy, Haughton Reuben Frost, Retired Wall Street attorney,
New York City
- Page, Katherine Hall Faith Sibley Fairchild, Minister's wife/culinary
artist, Massachusetts
- Paige, Robin Kathryn Ardleigh, American author, Victorian Dedham,
England
- Peters, Elizabeth Amelia Peabody, Victorian feminist archaeologist,
Kent, England
- Peters, Elizabeth Jacqueline Kirby, Librarian romance writer,
New York
- Peters, Elizabeth Vicky Bliss, Art historian, Bavaria, Germany
Peters, Ellis Brother Cadfael, Medieval monk & herbalist, Shrewsbury,
England
- Peters, Ellis George, Bunty & Dominic Felse, Family of detectives,
Comersford, Shropshire, England
- Pickard, Nancy Jenny Cain, Foundation director, Port Frederick,
Massachusetts
- Pulver, Mary Monica Peter & Kori Price Brichter, Police detective
& horse breeder, Illinois
- Rich, Virginia Eugenia Potter, Widowed chef, Maine & Arizona
- Rowlands, Betty Melissa Craig, Mystery writer, Cotswolds, England
- Sayers, Dorothy L. Lord Peter Wimsey, Pianist, bibliophile & criminologist,
London
- Sherwood, John Celia Grant, Widowed owner of a horticultural
business, England
- Sprinkle, Patricia Sheila Travis, Public relations executive,
Atlanta
- Taylor, Phoebe Atwood Asey Mayo, Sailor & auto racer, Cape
Cod, Massachusetts
- Tey, Josephine Alan Grant, Inspector, Scotland Yard, England
- Trocheck, Kathy Hogan Callahan Garrity, Cleaning service operator,
Atlanta
- Walsh, Jill Paton Imogene Quy, School nurse, Cambridge, England
- Watson, Colin Walter Purbright, Inspector, Flaxborough, England
- Wentworth, Patricia Ernest Lamb, Police inspector, London
- Wentworth, Patricia Miss Maud Silver, Retired governess & spinster
P.I., London
Based on a list created by Helene Androski, Reference Librarian
at UW-Madison Memorial Library