Mariah Fredericks


Mariah Fredericks is the author of the Jane Prescott mystery series, set in 1910s New York. She was born and raised in New York City. She graduated from Vassar College with a degree in history and was the head copywriter for Book-of-the-Month Club for many years.

Life and career

Many of Fredericks' novels have historical inspiration or are based on true crime cases. Fredericks' 2022 novel The Lindbergh Nanny was a fictionalized account of the Lindbergh kidnapping. She noted that she attempted to represent the story as factually as possible. The inspiration for writing about the Lindbergh case came from the opening sequence of the 1974 Murder on the Orient Express film, which features a nanny character in a kidnapping scene. Her most recent, The Wharton Plot is a fictional mystery novel inspired by real author Edith Wharton, published to positive review.

Novels

Jane Prescott Mysteries

  1. A Death of No Importance
  2. Death of a New American
  3. Death of An American Beauty
  4. ''Death of a Showman''

In the Cards

  1. Love
  2. Fame
  3. ''Life''

Standalone Novels

  • Crunch Time,
  • Season of the Witch
  • The Girl in the Park
  • The True Meaning of Cleavage
  • Head Games
  • Fatal Distraction
  • The Lindbergh Nanny
  • ''The Wharton Plot''

Nonfiction

  • ''The Smart Girl's Guide to Tarot''