Jane Haddam


Orania Papazoglou, better known by her pen name Jane Haddam, was an American mystery writer.

Biography

Haddam was born in Bethel, Connecticut and lived in Watertown. She was married to mystery writer William L. DeAndrea until his death in 1996. One of their two sons, Matt DeAndrea, is also a writer; the second is named Gregory DeAndrea.

Writing

Papazoglou worked as a teacher at the college level and as a magazine editor. She began her fiction writing career after attending the 1981 Romantic Times Booklovers' Convention, which she was covering as a journalist. After her article about the conference was rejected, Papazoglou sat down and began to write the first Patience McKenna novel, Sweet, Savage Death. She would eventually write five McKenna novels, under her real name, between 1984 and 1990.
Between 1983 and 1988, Papazoglou wrote six romance novels. Four were published under the name Nicola Andrews for Jove's Second Chance at Love line, and two were published by Pocket Books under the name Ann Paris.
She was best known for her series of mysteries written as Jane Haddam featuring Gregor Demarkian, a former FBI agent.

As Nicola Andrews

  • Forbidden Melody
  • Head Over Heels
  • Reckless Desire
  • ''Rules of the Game''

    As Ann Paris

  • Graven Image
  • ''Arrowheart''

    As Orania Papazoglou

  • Sanctity
  • ''Charisma''

    Patience McKenna Series

Note: The series was later republished under the name Jane Haddam
  • Sweet, Savage Death
  • Wicked, Loving Murder
  • Death's Savage Passion
  • Rich, Radiant Slaughter
  • ''Once And Always Murder''

    As Jane Haddam

Gregor Demarkian Mysteries

  1. Not a Creature Was Stirring
  2. Precious Blood
  3. Act of Darkness
  4. Quoth the Raven
  5. A Great Day for the Deadly
  6. A Feast of Murder
  7. A Stillness in Bethlehem
  8. Murder Superior
  9. Dear Old Dead
  10. Festival of Deaths
  11. Bleeding Hearts
  12. Fountain of Death
  13. And One to Die on
  14. Baptism in Blood
  15. Deadly Beloved
  16. Skeleton Key
  17. True Believers
  18. Somebody Else's Music
  19. Conspiracy Theory
  20. The Headmaster's Wife
  21. Hardscrabble Road
  22. Glass Houses
  23. Cheating at Solitaire
  24. Living Witness
  25. Wanting Sheila Dead
  26. Flowering Judas
  27. Blood in the Water
  28. Hearts of Sand
  29. Fighting Chance
  30. ''One of Our Own''

    Awards

Haddam was nominated for an Edgar Award in the "Best First Mystery Novel by an American Author" category for her novel Sweet, Savage Death in 1985. Her novel Not a Creature Was Stirring also received an Edgar nomination, this time for "Best Paperback Original"; it was also nominated for the 1991 Anthony Award in the same category.