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Miranda James



A pseudonym used by Dean James

Miranda James is the pseudonym of Dean James, a seventh-generation Mississippian recently returned home after over thirty years in Texas. A mystery fan since the age of ten, he wrote his first novel at the ripe old age of twelve. The only copy of The Mystery of the Willow Key vanished years ago, but since it was highly derivative of the Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden mystery series, thats probably a good thing.

  Currently a librarian in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Dean has published articles on topics in library science, the history of science/medicine, and mystery fiction.

 His first book, which he co-wrote with fellow librarian Jean Swanson, was By a Womans Hand (Berkley; 1994). Jean and Dean won an Agatha Award for Best Mystery Non-Fiction and were nominated by the Mystery Writers of America for the Edgar for Best Critical-Biographical work for this popular reference book. A second edition followed two years later, and Dean and Jean collaborated on two further projects, Killer Books (Berkley; 1998) and The Dick Francis Companion (Berkley; 2003). In all he has co-authored or co-edited six works of mystery reference and one short story anthology.
 

Genres: Cozy Mystery
 
New and upcoming books
Series
Cat in the Stacks Mystery
   1. Murder Past Due (2010)
   2. Classified as Murder (2011)
   3. File M for Murder (2012)
   4. Out of Circulation (2013)
   5. The Silence of the Library (2014)
   6. Arsenic and Old Books (2015)
   7. No Cats Allowed (2016)
   8. Twelve Angry Librarians (2017)
   9. Claws for Concern (2018)
   10. Six Cats a Slayin' (2018)
   11. The Pawful Truth (2019)
   12. Careless Whiskers (2020)
   13. Cat Me If You Can (2020)
   14. What the Cat Dragged In (2021)
   15. Hiss Me Deadly (2023)
   16. Requiem for a Mouse (2024)
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A Killing in Costumes (2022)
(Hollywood Treasures Mystery, book 1)
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Claw Enforcement (2020)
(Second Chance Cat Mystery, book 7)
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"A surefire winner."
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Word to the Wise (2019)
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"Terrific...intelligent, lively, and fun."

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Anthologies containing stories by Miranda James
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Year-Round Trouble (2020)
14 Original Cozy Holiday Mysteries
edited by
Susan Y Tanner
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Dead But Not Forgotten (2014)
Stories from the World of Sookie Stackhouse
(Sookie Stackhouse)
edited by
Charlaine Harris and Toni L P Kelner

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