Jill Churchill

I’ve been a big fan of Jill Churchill’s mysteries since she began writing them in the early 1990s – first the Jane Jeffrey “suburban” mysteries, then the “Grace and Favor” books, set in the U.S. during the Great Depression. Jill Churchill is the pen name for Janice Young Brooks, who writes historical novels under her name and various pseudonyms. Although I read mysteries in both of Jill Churchill’s mystery series, I enjoy her “Grace and Favor” books a bit more. Maybe it’s because Jane has been around for so long, I’m taking her for granted. They’re all fun to read and thank goodness I don’t have to choose between them. Grime and Punishment won the Agatha and Macavity Awards. BTW: When I decided to create this website, I had two URLs in mind … one was http://www.cozybooks.com/, which was already taken – by Jill Churchill.  

Books:

Jane Jeffry Mysteries

Grace and Favor Mysteries

Author Profile:

 

Jill Churchill, winner of the Agatha and Macavity Mystery Readers Awards, and nominated for an Anthony for her best-selling Jane Jeffry series, lives as Jane does, in a midwestern suburb. On purpose! She says writing this series and the Grace and Favor series is the best treat she can have without a knife and fork.

 

Under her real name, Janice Young Brooks, and various pseudonyms, she's written historical novels, a gothic novel, and a history textbook as well as many articles for newspapers and magazines. When she's not writing, she's avidly doing genealogy, which she says is a lot like mysteries with all the red herrings, clues, speculations and surprises.

 

She gardens enthusiastically, needlepoints superbly, and plays a mean game of gin against the computer. She has a son, daughter and three granddaughters. Jill recently adopted two middle aged cats: Tippy, a black and white Manx, and Mouser, an orange tabby. They'd grown up together and came to me vastly overweight. We battle daily over the diet

cat food." 

 

Photo and profile from author’s website.

Author website: http://www.cozybooks.com/