Jill Churchill
Jill Churchill | |
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| Born | Janice Young Brooks January 11, 1943 |
| Died | July 12, 2023 (aged 80) Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Kansas University of Missouri–Kansas City |
| Notable awards | Agatha Award (1989) Macavity Award (1990) |
Jill Churchill (born Janice Young Brooks January 11, 1943 - July 12, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri) was an American author, winner of the Agatha and Macavity Awards for her first Jane Jeffry novel and featured in Great Women Mystery Writers (2007).[1]
Biography
[edit]Churchill earned a degree in education from the University of Kansas in 1965 and then studied at the University of Missouri–Kansas City before teaching in elementary school for some years. Between 1978 and 1992, she was book reviewer for the Kansas City Star. Now divorced, she lived in Kansas.
Writer
[edit]She had published several historical novels under her real name before introducing a new series in 1989. This mystery series follows Jane Jeffry, a widow with three children living in suburban Chicago. With her neighbor and best friend Shelley Nowack, she gets caught up in murder cases. These often involve Mel Van Dyne, a police detective introduced in the first novel. The novel titles are puns on literary works and reflect Jeffry's cozy domestic life which she leads between crime-solving capers.[1]: 240
In 1999, Churchill began a new mystery series set during the Great Depression, which features siblings Robert and Lily Brewster who live in New York. They've inherited a house from their great-uncle, which they run as a guest house to earn money.[1]
Published books
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Non-fiction[edit]
Jane Jeffry series[edit]
Grace and Favor series[edit]
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Other fiction[edit]As Janice Young Brooks[edit]
As Amanda Singer[edit]
As Valerie Vayle[edit]
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay (2007). Great Women Mystery Writers. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 39–. ISBN 978-0-313-33428-3.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Janice Young Brooks at Library of Congress, with 7 library catalog records (1975–1990)
- Jill Churchill at Library of Congress, with 24 library catalog records (1988–2007)
- Warning. Sources differ concerning which of the five other names is sometimes or consistently used for the publication of works written or co-written by Brooks.
Agatha Award winners | |
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| Best First Novel |
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| Best Contemporary Novel |
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| Best Novel |
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| Best Historical Novel |
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| Best Non-Fiction |
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| Best Short Story |
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| Best Young Adult Mystery |
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| Best Children/ Young Adult Fiction |
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| Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement |
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| Malice Domestic Poirot Award |
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