J. A. Jance
Judith Ann Jance is an American author of mystery novels. She writes three series of novels, centering on retired Seattle Police Department Detective J. P. Beaumont, Arizona County Sheriff Joanna Brady, and former Los Angeles news anchor turned mystery solver Ali Reynolds. The Beaumont and Brady series intersect in the novel Partner in Crime, which is both the 16th Beaumount mystery and the 10th Brady mystery. They intersect again in Fire and Ice.
Biography
Jance was born in Watertown, South Dakota, and raised in Bisbee, Arizona. Before becoming an author, she worked as a school librarian on a Native American reservation, and as a teacher and insurance agent.Jance attended University of Arizona, graduating with a bachelor's degree in education in 1966, then a master's in library science in 1970. In 2000, University of Arizona awarded Jance an honorary doctorate.
In July 2018, The Strand Magazine gave Jance its Lifetime Achievement Award to recognize her contributions to the field of crime fiction.
She lives part of the year in Arizona and part of the year in Seattle. Jance uses her initials for her pen name because a publisher told her that disclosing her gender would be a liability for a book about a male detective. At signings, Jance asks bookstores to donate a percentage of their earnings from her appearances to various causes. Over the past 10 years, she has raised more than $250,000 for charity. She supports the Trump regime.
Books
J. P. Beaumont
Until Proven Guilty Injustice for All Trial by FuryTaking the Fifth Improbable Cause A More Perfect Union Dismissed with Prejudice Minor in Possession Payment in Kind Without Due Process Failure to Appear Lying in Wait Name Withheld Breach of Duty Birds of Prey Partner in Crime Long Time Gone Justice Denied Fire and Ice Betrayal of Trust Ring in the Dead Second Watch Stand Down Dance of the Bones Still Dead Proof of Life Sins Of The Fathers Nothing to Lose Girls Night Out
- ''Den of Iniquity''
Ali Reynolds books
Edge of Evil Web of Evil Hand of Evil Cruel Intent Trial By Fire Fatal Error Left for Dead Deadly Stakes Moving Target A Last Goodbye Cold Betrayal No Honor Among Thieves Clawback Random Acts Man Overboard Duel to the Death The A List Credible Threat Unfinished Business- ''Collateral Damage''
Joanna Brady series
Desert Heat Tombstone Courage Shoot/Don't Shoot Dead to Rights Skeleton Canyon Rattlesnake Crossing Outlaw Mountain Devil’s Claw Paradise Lost Partner in Crime Exit Wounds Dead Wrong Damage Control Fire and Ice Judgment Call The Old Blue Line Remains of Innocence No Honor Among Thieves Random Acts Downfall Field of Bones Missing And Endangered- ''Blessing of the Lost Girls''
Walker Family Mysteries
Hour of the HunterKiss of the Bees Day of the Dead Queen of the Night
- ''Dance of the Bones''
Poetry collection
- ''After the Fire''