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Jill Churchill


(Janice Young Brooks)
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aka Amanda Singer, Valerie Vayle, Janice Young Brooks

Jill Churchill won the Agatha and Macavity Mystery Readers Awards and was nominated for an Anthony Award for her bestselling Jane Jeffry series. She was also the author of the highly acclaimed Grace and Favor mysteries and lived in the Midwest.
 

Awards: Macavity (1990), Agatha (1989)  see all

Genres: Cozy Mystery, Historical Mystery, Inspirational
 
Series
Lady of Fire (as by Valerie Vayle)
   1. Lady of Fire (1979)
   2. Seaflame (1980)
   3. Oriana (1981)
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Jane Jeffry
   1. Grime and Punishment (1989)
   2. A Farewell to Yarns (1991)
   3. A Quiche Before Dying (1993)
   4. The Class Menagerie (1994)
   5. A Knife to Remember (1994)
   6. From Here to Paternity (1995)
   7. Silence of the Hams (1996)
   8. War and Peas (1996)
   9. Fear of Frying (1997)
   10. The Merchant of Menace (1998)
   11. A Groom With a View (1999)
   12. Mulch Ado About Nothing (2000)
   13. The House of Seven Mabels (2002)
   14. Bell, Book, and Scandal (2003)
   15. A Midsummer Night's Scream (2004)
   16. The Accidental Florist (2007)
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Grace and Favor
   1. Anything Goes (1999)
   2. In the Still of the Night (1999)
   3. Someone to Watch Over Me (2001)
   4. Love for Sale (2003)
   5. It Had to Be You (2004)
   6. Who's Sorry Now? (2005)
   7. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (2013)
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Novels
   Ozark Legacy (1975) (as by Amanda Singer)
   Forbidden Fires (1977) (as by Janice Young Brooks)
   In Love's Own Time (1977) (as by Janice Young Brooks)
   Seventrees (1981) (as by Janice Young Brooks)
   Still the Mighty Waters (1983) (as by Janice Young Brooks)
   Our Lives, Our Fortunes (1984) (as by Janice Young Brooks)
   Mistress of the Night (1985) (as by Valerie Vayle)
   Glory (1985) (as by Janice Young Brooks)
   Season of Desire (1986) (as by Janice Young Brooks)
   The Circling Years (1986) (as by Janice Young Brooks)
   Nightfire (1986) (as by Valerie Vayle)
   Crown Sable (1987) (as by Janice Young Brooks)
   Cinnamon Wharf (1988) (as by Janice Young Brooks)
   Guests of the Emperor (1989) (as by Janice Young Brooks)
   The Herron Heritage (1992) (as by Janice Young Brooks)
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Non fiction show
 
Books containing stories by Jill Churchill
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Malice Domestic 5 (1996)
(Malice Domestic, book 5)
edited by
Phyllis A Whitney

Awards
1990 Macavity Award for Best First Novel : Grime and Punishment
1989 Agatha Award for Best First Novel : Grime and Punishment

Award nominations
1997 Macavity Award for Best Mystery Short Story (nominee) : The Bun Also Rises
1996 Agatha Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Bun Also Rises
1990 Anthony Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Grime and Punishment


Jill Churchill recommends
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Soul Survivor (2011)
Jeanne Glidewell
"I love this story that sweeps from the hot confines of the cotton factories in Bombay to the wilds of Wyoming."
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Hung Out to Die (2006)
(Stain-Busting Mystery, book 4)
Sharon Short
"Sharon Short's Josie Toadfern is wonderfully quirky."
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Birthday Party Murder (2002)
(Lucy Stone Mystery, book 9)
Leslie Meier
"Leslie Meier has created a town I'd like to live in and a sleuth I'd love to meet."

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