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Joan Hess

(1949 - 2017)

aka Joan Hadley

Joan Hess was the author of both the Claire Malloy and the Maggody mystery series. She was a winner of the American Mystery Award, a member of Sisters in Crime, and a former president of the American Crime Writers League.

Awards: Agatha (2014), Macavity (1991) see all

Genres: Cozy Mystery, Mystery, Historical Mystery, Young Adult Romance, Romance

Series

Claire Malloy
   1. Strangled Prose (1986)
   2. The Murder at the Murder at the Mimosa Inn (1986)
   3. Dear Miss Demeanor (1987)
   4. A Really Cute Corpse (1988)
   5. A Diet to Die for (1989)
   6. Roll Over and Play Dead (1991)
   7. Death By the Light of the Moon (1992)
   8. Poisoned Pins (1993)
   9. Tickled to Death (1994)
   10. Busy Bodies (1995)
   11. Closely Akin to Murder (1996)
   12. A Holly Jolly Murder (1997)
   13. A Conventional Corpse (2000)
   14. Out on a Limb (2002)
   15. The Goodbye Body (2005)
   16. Damsels in Distress (2007)
   17. Mummy Dearest (2008)
   18. Deader Homes and Gardens (2012)
   19. Murder as a Second Language (2013)
   20. Pride v. Prejudice (2015)

Theo Bloomer (as by Joan Hadley)
1. The Night Blooming Cereus (1986)
2. The Deadly Ackee (1988)

Arly Hanks
   1. Malice in Maggody (1987)
   2. Mischief in Maggody (1988)
   3. Much Ado in Maggody (1989)
   4. Madness in Maggody (1991)
   5. Mortal Remains in Maggody (1991)
   6. Maggody in Manhattan (1992)
   7. O Little Town of Maggody (1993)
   8. Martians in Maggody (1994)
   9. Miracles in Maggody (1995)
   10. The Maggody Militia (1997)
   11. Misery Loves Maggody (1998)
   12. Murder@maggody.com (2000)
     aka murda@maggody.com
   13. Maggody and the Moonbeams (2001)
   14. Muletrain to Maggody (2004)
   15. Malpractice in Maggody (2006)
   16. The Merry Wives of Maggody (2010)

Amelia Peabody (with Elizabeth Peters)
20. The Painted Queen (2017)

Novels

Future Tense (1987)
To Kill a Husband (1995)

Collections

   Tales of Obsession (1994) (with others)
   Death of a Romance Writer (2002)
   Big Foot Stole My Wife! (2003)
   The Deadly Ackee and Other Stories (2003)
   Caveat Emptor and Other Stories (2016)

Anthologies edited

Funny Bones (1997)
Crime After Crime (1998) (with Martin H Greenberg)

Series contributed to

Crosswinds
16. Red Rover, Red Rover (1987)

Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories
6. The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Sixth Annual Edition (1997) (with Ed Gorman and Martin H Greenberg)

Malice Domestic
9. Malice Domestic 9 (2000)

Omnibus editions show

Books containing stories by Joan Hess

Murder Most Postal (2001)
Homicidal Tales That Deliver a Message
(Murder Most...)
edited by
Martin H Greenberg and Mike Towle

Opening Shots (2000)
Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share Their First Published Stories
(Opening Shots, book 1)
edited by
Lawrence Block

Felonious Felines (2000)
edited by
Carol Gorman and Ed Gorman

More books

Awards

	2014 Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement
	1991 Macavity Award for Best Mystery Short Story : Too Much To Bare
	1990 Agatha Award for Best Short Story : Too Much To Bare

Award nominations

	1996 Lefty Award for Best Humorous Mystery Novel (nominee) : Miracles in Maggody
	1995 Agatha Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Miracles in Maggody
	1994 Anthony Award for Best Novel (nominee) : O Little Town of Maggody
	1993 Macavity Award for Best Mystery Short Story (nominee) : The Last to Know
	1993 Agatha Award for Best Novel (nominee) : O Little Town of Maggody
	1992 Agatha Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Last to Know
	1988 Agatha Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Mischief in Maggody
	1987 Anthony Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Strangled Prose