Janet Quin-Harkin


Janet Quin-Harkin is an author best known for her mystery novels for adults written under the name Rhys Bowen.

Career

Before she began writing novels, Quin-Harkin worked in the drama department of the British Broadcasting Corporation in London and, later, for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Sydney, Australia. She also worked as a drama teacher and a dance teacher.
In 1981, she wrote one of the first six books with which Bantam launched the Sweet Dreams series.
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 in 1930s England; one featuring Irish immigrant Molly Murphy working as a private detective 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 : Roni, Ginger, Justine, and Karen.

Personal life

Quin-Harkin graduated from the University of London in 1963. She moved to the United States when she married John Quin-Harkin.
She is the parent of four children. She now divides her time between Marin County, California, and Arizona.

Works as Janet Quin-Harkin

  • Peter Penny's Dance, picture book illustrated by Anita Lobel
  • Benjamin's Balloon, p.b. ill. Robert Censoni
  • Septimus Bean and his Amazing Machine, p.b. illus. Art Cumings
  • Magic Growing Powder, p.b. ill. Art Cumings
  • Ten-boy summer, Sweet Dreams Romance
  • Helpful Hattie, 58 pp., ill. Susanna Natti
  • Wanted—date for Saturday night
  • My Best Enemy, Sweet Dreams Romance
  • The boy next door, Love Stories 4
  • Who do you love?, Love Stories 13
  • Torn apart, Love Stories 18
  • Love potion, Enchanted Hearts 4,

    Works as Rhys Bowen

Constable Evan Evans series

  1. Evans Above
  2. Evan Help Us
  3. Evanly Choirs
  4. Evan and Elle
  5. Evan Can Wait
  6. Evans to Betsy
  7. Evan Only Knows
  8. Evan's Gate
  9. Evan Blessed
  10. ''Evanly Bodies''

    Her Royal Spyness series

  11. Her Royal Spyness
  12. A Royal Pain
  13. Royal Flush
  14. Royal Blood
  15. Naughty in Nice
  16. The Twelve Clues of Christmas
  17. Heirs and Graces
  18. Queen of Hearts
  19. Malice at the Palace
  20. Crowned and Dangerous
  21. On Her Majesty’s Frightfully Secret Service
  22. Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding
  23. Love and Death Among the Cheetahs
  24. The Last Mrs. Summers
  25. God Rest Ye, Royal Gentlemen
  26. Peril in Paris
  27. The Proof of The Pudding
  28. We Three Queens
  29. ''From Cradle to Grave''

    A Royal Spyness short stories

  • ''Masked Ball at Broxley Manor''

    Molly Murphy series

  1. Murphy's Law
  2. Death of Riley
  3. For the Love of Mike
  4. In Like Flynn
  5. Oh Danny Boy
  6. In Dublin's Fair City
  7. Tell Me, Pretty Maiden
  8. In a Gilded Cage
  9. The Last Illusion
  10. Bless the Bride
  11. Hush Now, Don't You Cry
  12. The Family Way
  13. City of Darkness and Light
  14. The Edge of Dreams
  15. Away in a Manger
  16. Time of Fog and Fire
  17. The Ghost of Christmas Past
  18. Wild Irish Rose, co-author Clare Broyles
  19. All That is Hidden, co-author Clare Broyles
  20. In Sunshine or in Shadow, co-author Clare Broyles
  21. Silent as the Grave, co-author Clare Broyles

    Molly Murphy short stories

  • "The Amersham Rubies"
  • "The Face in the Mirror"
  • "Through the Window"

    Stand-alone novels

  • ''Above the Bay of Angels''

    World War I novels

  • ''The Victory Garden''

    World War II novels

  • In Farleigh Field
  • The Tuscan Child
  • The Venice Sketchbook
  • Where the Sky Begins
  • The Paris Assignment
  • The Rose Arbor
  • Mrs. Endicott’s Splendid Adventure

    Anthologies and collections

Honors