Authors whose first name starts with A, page 7 of 18

Alexia Gordon's Gethsemane Brown Mysteries run to five books, each titled after a musical key: Murder in G Major (2016), Death in D Minor (2017), Killing in C Sharp (2018), Fatality in F (2019) and Execution in E (2020). African American women musicians, orchestras, schools and murder investigation sit among the subjects. Nothing further has been catalogued under Gordon's name since 2020.

Alexis Adaire has 55 books in the catalogue, published between 2013 and 2022. The Abduction (2013) is the earliest title, and Fit to Be Tied (2022) is the newest. Series include Billionaires' Playmate, Forced to Bloom, Sex Education: A Woman's Awakening, Hollywood Bad Boys Club, Probed and Her Harem. Conquered and I'm With Stupid both date from 2014.

Alexis Anne has 36 books in the catalogue, published between 2013 and 2022. Filters: Polarized and The Storm Inside both date from 2013, and The Professor and the Spy (2022) is the most recent title. Kissing Owen, Stripped, Tempt, The Secret Crush of a Billionaire Bachelor and When Lightning Strikes all carry a 2015 date. Storm Inside, Callaway Chronicles, Sutherland Scandals, Calusa Key, Secret Crush, Out of Left Field and Filters are the seven series credited to Anne. The 2010s are the heaviest decade on the list.

Alexis Calder writes romance and fantasy. The catalogue lists 28 books from 2019 to 2027: Broken Magic and Untamed Magic in 2019, Satin & Steel in 2026, and Six Bullets and a Crown scheduled for 2027. Blood and Salt, Academy of the Elites, Rejected Fate, Royal Mates, Moon Cursed, Vow of Death, Brimstone Academy and Cursed Magic are the series recorded, and Blood and Salt also stands as a recurring grouping.

Alexis Daria

9 books• 3 series

Alexis Daria is an American romance novelist, and You Had Me at Hola (2020) is Daria's most widely known book. Take the Lead, listed for 2017 alongside Dance with Me, received a Romance Writers of America RITA Award. The catalogue holds 9 books, with Dance All Night (2018), A Lot Like Adios (2021), What the Hex (2021), Only Santas in the Building (2024), Along Came Amor (2025) and The Holiday Hookup List (2025) completing the run. Dance Off and Primas of Power are the series, and Hispanic American television actors and soap operas appear in the subjects. Daria holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Arts and lives in New York City.

Alexis Hall is an English author of LGBTQ romance, urban fantasy and science fiction, nominated three times for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance. Boyfriend Material and The Affair of the Mysterious Letter are among the novels. The catalogue lists 39 books published between 2013 and 2026, from Aftermath, Glitterland and Iron & Velvet in 2013 through to Never After (2026). Series headings include the Spires Universe, Kate Kane Paranormal Investigator, Arden St. Ives, Winner Bakes All, Something Fabulous, Prosperity, Mortal Follies and Material World. Subject tags name England, London, gay men and historical fantasy.

Alexis Morgan writes paranormal and fantasy romance about vampires, immortality, magic and the conflict of good and evil. The catalogue holds 50 books, from Dark Protector and Dark Defender (both 2006) to To Trust a Rancher (2026). Series include Paladins of Darkness, Talions, Warriors of the Mist, Heroes of Dunbar Mountain, Snowberry Creek, Sergeant Joe's Boys, Paladin Strike Team and Abbey McCree Mystery. In Darkness Reborn (2007) and Dark Warrior Unleashed (2008) are among the early titles.

Alexis Winter's catalogue lists 72 books published between 2018 and 2026, from Always You (2018) to That Rush (2026). Series recorded against the name include Chicago Billionaires, Slade Brothers and Slade Brothers Second Generation, Make Her Mine, Men of Rocky Mountain, Castille Hotel, South Side Boys, Four Forces Security, Grand Lake Colorado, Mountain Ridge, Love You Forever and Flirting with Forever. Winter holds the sole credit on all 72 titles and is still publishing.

Alexx Andria is catalogued with 85 books published between 2011 and 2026. Santa's Sweet Treat opened the run in 2011, a 2012 group followed that takes in Bought By The Billionaire Brothers, The Awakening and The Capture, and Fake It Till You Love Me is the newest entry. Series listed include Buchanan / Bought By The Billionaire Brothers, Halloween Honeys, Breeding Prophecy, Club Chrome, Dirty Sexy Rich, Corrupted Faith, Landry James and Blackmailed by the Billionaire. Chantel Seabrook carries a credit on one title, and the catalogue records no subject headings for the run.

Alfred Bester (18 December 1913 to 30 September 1987) was an American science fiction author who also wrote for television, radio and comics and edited a magazine. The Demolished Man (1952) won the first Hugo Award, presented in 1953. The Science Fiction Writers of America named Bester its ninth Grand Master, an honour presented posthumously in 1988, and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame inducted Bester in 2001. The Stars My Destination (1956), also listed as Tiger! Tiger!, and Fondly Fahrenheit are among the catalogued titles.

Algis Budrys

40 books

Algis Budrys, born Algirdas Jonas Budrys (9 January 1931 to 9 June 2008), was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor and critic. Budrys also wrote as Frank Mason, John A. Sentry, William Scarff and Paul Janvier, and as Alger Rome together with Jerome Bixby. During the 1990s Budrys published and edited the magazine Tomorrow Speculative Fiction. The catalogue lists 40 titles from Desire No More (1954) to Firegod And Three More Stories (2022), including Who? (1958) and Rogue Moon (1960).

Ali Brady is the name on six catalogued novels published between 2022 and 2025. The run opens with The Beach Trap (2022) and continues through The Comeback Summer (2023), One Night, Two Holidays and Until Next Summer (both 2024), then Battle of the Bookstores and Merry Little Bookshop (both 2025). Summer holidays and bookshops recur in the titles, and Brady remains actively publishing.

Ali Brandon is the name used for the Black Cat Bookshop Mystery series, and the author behind it is a New York Times bestseller. Catalogued titles include Double-Booked for Death (2011), A Novel Way to Die (2012), Words With Fiends (2013), Literally Murder (2014), Plot Boiler (2015) and Twice Told Tail (2016). Darla Pettistone and Hamlet are characters named in the subjects, along with cats, booksellers, cat shows and women sleuths.

Ali D. Jensen is credited alone on 11 books, published between 2020 and 2023. Four series run under the Jensen name: Salvatore Preparatory Academy, Heartland's Angels, Learning To Love Again and Reckless Sin. The catalogue opens with Hidden in Darkness, Book One (2020) and continues through Dark Hearts (2021), Tragic Hearts (2021), Indiscretion (2022) and Tempted (2022), closing with Impropriety in 2023. Titles arrived at an average of one every four months across those years.

Ali Hazelwood

19 books• 7 series

Romance novelist Ali Hazelwood is Italian and works as a neuroscience professor in the United States. Women in STEM fields and academia run through much of the fiction. The debut novel, The Love Hypothesis (2021), was a New York Times best seller and became a feature film. The catalogue counts 19 books between 2021 and 2025, ending with Hot for Slayer, and names the series STEMinist Novellas, Love Hypothesis, Bride, Not in Love and Bound and Unbound. Hazelwood continues to publish.

Ali McNamara writes romantic comedy. From Notting Hill with Love... Actually (2010) opens the Actually series, which follows Scarlett O'Brien through films, weddings and New York, and the St Felix books turn to the seaside: The Little Flower Shop by the Sea (2015), Letters from Lighthouse Cottage (2016), Secrets and Seashells at Rainbow Bay (2019). 16 catalogued titles reach Right Place, Right Time (2025).

Ali Novak writes young adult fiction. My Life with the Walter Boys began on Wattpad, where it drew 22 million reads before Sourcebooks published it in 2012, was nominated for the 2014 Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fiction, and was adapted as a television series; My Return to the Walter Boys followed in 2025. Novak's Heartbreak Chronicles trilogy runs The Heartbreakers (2015), Paper Hearts (2017) and Heartstrings (2025). Families, brothers, grief and dating are recurring subjects.

Ali Parker has 266 books in this catalogue, published between 2014 and 2026. Deceived (2014) is the earliest entry and Our Chaotic Love Affair (2026) the newest. C. Morgan is credited alongside Parker on 4 of the listed books. Series recorded under the Parker name include Bancroft Billionaire Brothers, Casanova Club, Dawson Brothers, Providence University, MacAllen Boys and Billion-Dollar Business. Parker is an ongoing author.

Cooking is the recorded subject for Ali Rosen, who has 8 books in the catalogue from 2018 to 2026. Bring It! (2018) comes first, and Modern Freezer Meals (2021) and 15 Minute Meals (2024) follow. The list also carries Recipe for Second Chances (2023), Alternate Endings (2024), Unlikely Story (2025) and Merry and Bright (2025). The Slow Burn (2026) is the newest Ali Rosen title.

Ali Smith

23 books• 2 series

Ali Smith is a Scottish author, playwright, academic and journalist, born in 1962, holder of a CBE and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Smith's 23 catalogued books open with Like (1997) and reach Glyph (2025), taking in Hotel World (2001), The Accidental (2005), Girl Meets Boy (2007) and several collections of short stories. Two series are catalogued: the Seasonal books and Gliff. Gliff and Glyph are homophone novels published in successive years, both addressing contemporary social and political questions. Sebastian Barry called Smith Scotland's Nobel laureate-in-waiting in 2016.

Ali Standish writes children's fiction, and friendship, grief and loss are among the catalogue subjects. The 10 listed books run from The Ethan I Was Before (2017) to The Valley of Lies (2025). August Isle, Bad Bella and The Climbers came out in 2019, followed by How to Disappear Completely (2020), The Mending Summer (2021) and Yonder (2022). Standish also writes the Baskerville Hall series, and The Improbable Tales of Baskerville (2023) and The Sign of the Five (2024) are listed. Standish is still publishing.

Ali Vali writes lesbian romance and romantic suspense, with 41 books catalogued from All It Took Was You (2001) to Journey to Amazonia (2026). Cain Casey is a series, and The Devil Inside (2006), The Devil Unleashed (2006) and Deal with the Devil (2008) are among the listed titles. Genesis Clan, Harry & Desi's, Sept Savoie & Keegan Blanchard, Blue Skies and Waves are other series. Subjects include New Orleans, organized crime, women lawyers, restaurateurs and lesbian police officers.

Alice Adams (1926-1999) was an American novelist and short story writer. In 1982 Adams received the O. Henry Special Award for Continuing Achievement, becoming the third of only four writers so honoured, a group that includes John Updike. Careless Love (1966) is the earliest of 20 catalogued books. Families and Survivors, Beautiful Girl, To See You Again, Superior Women and Second Chances follow. Women, mothers and daughters, California and the Southern states appear in the subjects.

Alice Blanchard is an American suspense novelist, born in 1959. The Stuntman's Daughter and Other Stories (1996) opens the catalogue and took the Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction. 15 books run to The World Above (2026), and the Natalie Lockhart novels form the one series, police procedurals built around a policewoman. Trace of Evil (2019) and The Witching Tree (2021) sit in the later run. Murder, psychopaths, sisters, and fathers and daughters recur.

Alice Clayton writes funny contemporary romance, with friends-to-lovers and enemies-to-lovers stories among the recorded subjects. The catalogue lists 13 books from 2010 to 2020, opening with The Unidentified Redhead and The Redhead Revealed (both 2010). Series include Cocktail, Redhead, Hudson Valley and Broads Abroad. Wallbanger (2012), Rusty Nailed (2014), Screwdrivered (2014), Nuts (2015) and Cream of the Crop (2016) are among the titles, and One More Round (2020) is the latest.

Alice Coldbreath's catalogue holds 18 books published between 2014 and 2026, grouped into four series: Brides of Karadok, Vawdrey Brothers, Victorian Prizefighters and Victorian Reversal of Fortune. Love Potion for the Alpha (2014) opens the list, Her Baseborn Bridegroom (2016) and A Bride for the Prizefighter (2020) fall inside it, and A Much Maligned Miss (2026) is the newest title. Coldbreath is actively publishing.

Alice Duncan has 60 catalogued books, from One Bright Morning (1995) to Spirits Adopted (2025). Historical romance and westerns are among the subjects, and some 1997 titles appear under the names Emma Craig and Rachel Wilson. Murder and investigation also appear among the subjects, and Daisy Gumm Majesty is a recurring character. Duncan's series include Daisy Gumm Majesty Mystery, Mercy Allcutt Mystery, Dream Maker, Land of Enchantment, Meet Me at the Fair and Pecos Valley.

Marriages with something rotten at the middle are Alice Feeney's subject. Feeney writes domestic and psychological suspense, 9 catalogued books published between 2017 and 2027. Sometimes I Lie (2017) opens the list, followed by I Know Who You Are (2019), His & Hers (2020), Rock Paper Scissors (2021), Daisy Darker (2022) and Good Bad Girl (2023). Twist is scheduled for 2027.

Alice Hemming writes children's books, from early readers to picture books. Fifty-four titles are catalogued between 2013 and 2027, including the Leaf Thief, Squirrel and Bird, Dark Unicorns, Rose Gold and Friends and Class X series. The run opens with The Black And White Club (2013) and A Gold Star For George (2015). Zoo animals, friendship, penguins and giraffes recur as subjects, and The Egg Thief is scheduled for 2027.

Alice Henderson is an American author living in San Francisco, raised in Missouri, and holding a master's degree in folklore and geography. Henderson has worked as a wildlife researcher and in GIS, and wrote material for Star Wars video games at LucasArts. The catalogue lists 14 books from Night Terrors (2005) to Storm Warning (2026), with Dangerous Ground due in 2027. The Alex Carter and Skyfire Saga series sit alongside titles such as A Solitude of Wolverines (2020) and A Blizzard of Polar Bears (2021). Recorded subjects include thrillers, demonology, psychics and Sam and Dean Winchester.

Alice Hoffman

52 books• 10 series

Alice Hoffman, born March 16, 1952, is an American novelist who also writes for young adults and children. Practical Magic (1995) became a 1998 film of the same name and grew into a media franchise. Magic realism runs through much of the work, with elements of magic, irony and unconventional romances. The catalogue counts 52 books, starting with Property Of (1977) and The Drowning Season (1979) and reaching The Witches of Cambridge (2026). Series include Practical Magic, Once Upon a Time Bookshop Stories, Water Tales and Green Angel, plus picture books. Subjects include Massachusetts, mothers and daughters, friendship and family life.

Alice Kirks has 76 books catalogued, all from 2020 to 2026. The earliest, from 2020, include A Dreamy Lady's Ever After, A Wallflower's Darling Lord, The Runaway Chaperone and The Key to a Lord's Heart. Kirks writes three series: Delightful Dukes and Damsels, Loving Fairytales of Fiery Ladies and Loving Tales of Gracious Ladies. The Brooding Earl's Secret Garden (2026) is the newest listed title.

Alice Loweecey is a mystery writer with 10 catalogued books from Force of Habit (2011) to Better Than Nun (2019). The catalogue names two Loweecey series, Giulia Driscoll and Falcone & Driscoll Investigation. Subject headings include private investigators, ex-nuns, nuns, ex-police officers and intimidation. For the Alice Loweecey books in order, Back in the Habit (2012), Veiled Threat (2013) and Changing Habits (2014) follow the first title.

Alice McDermott, born in 1953, is an American novelist and university professor whose subjects include Irish American families, Long Island and family life. Ten catalogued books run from A Bigamist's Daughter (1982) to Absolution (2023). Charming Billy (1998) took the National Book Award for Fiction and an American Book Award; That Night, At Weddings and Wakes and After This were each Pulitzer finalists; Absolution won the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award. McDermott held a humanities professorship at Johns Hopkins University from 2002 to 2019.

Alice Munro

28 books

Alice Munro (1931–2024) built a career on short fiction across five decades of publishing. The Canadian writer took the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013 and the Man Booker International Prize in 2009 for her body of work. Her stories are set most often in Huron County in southwestern Ontario and move forward and backward in time within linked cycles, taking women, families and small-town manners as their material. 28 books are catalogued, from Dance of the Happy Shades (1968) onward, including Lives of Girls and Women (1971), The Beggar Maid (1977) and Open Secrets (1994).

Alice Oseman

21 books• 4 series

Alice May Oseman, born 16 October 1994, is an English author and illustrator whose young adult books portray contemporary teenage life in the United Kingdom, praised for their realism, LGBTQIA+ inclusion and treatment of mental health. Oseman ranks as the third best-selling graphic novelist since records began. A first publishing deal came at 17, and Solitaire followed in 2014 as the first novel; the catalogue runs to 21 titles, ending at Heartstopper #6 in 2026. Awards include a British Book Award, three Children's and Family Emmy Awards, three Goodreads Choice Awards and a Silver Inky Award, and Oseman made the BBC's 100 Women list in 2023 and Time's Time100 Next in 2024.

Alice Schertle is an American poet, teacher and children's author from Los Angeles, born in 1941. Little Blue Truck is the series most associated with her name, and Little Blue Truck Lost and Found arrived in 2026. The catalogue lists 59 titles from The Gorilla In The Hall (1977) onward, including the Cathy And Company books of 1980. Stories in rhyme, trucks, cats, seasons and children's poetry fill the subjects, at a median 32 pages.

Alice Sebold

3 books

Alice Sebold is an American author, born 6 September 1963, with three books to her name. Lucky (1999) is a memoir of Sebold's first year at Syracuse University, when she was raped; Sebold identified Anthony Broadwater as the attacker, his conviction was overturned in 2021, and the publisher then withdrew the book from distribution. The Lovely Bones (2002) reached The New York Times Best Seller list and was filmed in 2009. The Almost Moon (2007) completes the catalogue. Mothers and daughters, family life and psychological fiction are the recurring subjects.

Alice Taylor writes about Irish country life. To School Through the Fields (1988) and Quench The Lamp (1990) recall a rural childhood, and the Mossgrove novels, The Woman of the House (1997) among them, turn the same setting into fiction. Christmas books, poetry and country miscellanies fill out 30 titles published between 1988 and 2023, the last of them Ellie and The Fairy Door. Irish social life and customs are the constant subject.

Alice Walker

50 books• 1 series

Alice Walker is an American novelist, poet, short story writer and social activist. Walker's 50 catalogued books run from The Third Life of Grange Copeland (1970) to Sweet People Are Everywhere (2021). The Color Purple (1982) won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, making Walker the first African-American woman to take that award, and it heads a Color Purple sequence. Poetry such as Revolutionary Petunias (1973) and essays such as In Search of Our Mother's Garden (1983) sit beside the novels. African American women authors, biography and poetry recur as subject headings. No new title has appeared since 2021.

Alice Wilde is credited on all 29 books in this catalogue, published between Her Betrothal (2018) and Love and Death (2025). Wilde works in series: Fated to the Alphas, Tempting the Fates, Shifters of Africa, A Kingdom of Wolves, A Deal with the Devils and Hellfire Academy. Titles dated 2019 include Her Highlander, Her Viking, Her Warrior, The Lioness of Egypt and The Pride of Egypt. Wilde continues to publish.

Alice Winters is credited with 61 books from 2017 to 2026, the first being Happy Endings (2017). Titles include The Hitman's Guide to Making Friends and Finding Love (2019), and The Hitman's Guide to Stately Fences and Killer Defenses (2026) is the newest. Winters's series include Hitman's Guide, VRC: Vampire Related Crimes, Demon Magic, In Darkness, Medium Trouble, Fanged Mistakes, Vexing Villains, Winsford Shifters and Mischief and Monsters. Alice Winters is still publishing.

Alicia Cameron writes in two registers. The Hojer books, opening with Inherent Gifts (2013), work in erotica with gay characters. The second strand names a woman in every title, as in Clarissa and the Poor Relations (2016), Honoria and the Family Obligation (2017) and Delphine and the Dangerous Arrangement (2018). 18 catalogued books run to Stephanie and the Wicked Deceiver (2024), across the Fentons, Francine, Sisters of Castle Fortune and Wild Marchmonts series. Cameron remains actively publishing.

Alicia Ortego writes early readers, with 15 catalogued books published from 2020 to 2026. Kindness is my Superpower (2020) is listed as the first title, and Breathing is My Superpower also dates from 2020. Acceptance is my Superpower, Confidence is my Superpower and Gratitude is My Superpower followed in 2021. Honesty is my Superpower (2022), Love is My Superpower (2023) and Perseverance is My Superpower (2024) come later. Focus Is My Superpower (2026) is the newest.

Aliette de Bodard

40 books• 7 series

Aliette de Bodard, born November 10, 1982, is a French-American writer of speculative fiction. De Bodard's honours include the British Fantasy Award, BSFA Award, Ignyte Award, Locus Award and Nebula Award. The catalogue lists 40 books, from The Lost Xuyan Bride (2007) to Navigational Entanglements (2024). Servant of the Underworld (2010), Harbinger of the Storm (2011) and Master of the House of Darts (2011) are among the titles, and subjects include Aztecs, human sacrifice, demonology and magic. Series include Xuya Universe, Dominion of the Fallen, Obsidian and Blood, Feral Astrogators and Dragons and Blades.

Alina Jacobs has 68 books in the catalogue, published from 2016 to 2026. The earliest is Mage Rising (Black Tower #1) from 2016, and Mr. Emotionally Unstable (2026) is the newest. Series listings include Svensson Brothers, Manhattan Svenssons, Seattle Svenssons, Frost Brothers, Wynter Brothers, Richmond Brothers, Holbrook Cousins Saga, Weddings in the City, Christmas in Harrogate, Smart Girls Love Aliens and Maplewood Falls. The Successor (Holbrook Cousins #1) appeared in 2018 and After His Peonies (Svensson Brothers #1) in 2019.

Scottish police procedurals make up the bulk of Aline Templeton's 29 books. DI Marjory Fleming leads one series and DI Kelso Strang the other, both working murder investigations. The catalogue starts with Death Is My Neighbour (1984), gathers pace from the mid-1990s, and reaches Murder in Kirkluce in 2026. Several titles carry a second name, as with Cold In The Earth, also published as Murder in Galloway.

Fantasy is the subject recorded across Alisha Klapheke's listing, which holds 35 books between 2017 and 2026. Claimed (2017) is the earliest title and When the Innkeeper Met the Vampire (2026) the newest. Uncommon World, Kingdoms of Lore, Dragons Rising, Edinburgh Seer, Yew Queen, Realm of Dragons and Fae, Bound by Dragons and Leafshire Cove Monsters are among the series under the Klapheke name.

Alisha Rai

25 books• 8 series

Alisha Rai is an American writer of contemporary, erotic and paranormal romance, and an advocate for greater diversity in the romance genre. Rai's catalogue runs to 25 books published between 2009 and 2026, from Cabin Fever (2009) to Enemies to Lovers (2026). Forbidden Hearts and the Karimi Siblings / Veiled books are the recorded series. Subject headings cover man-woman relationships, families, businesswomen and interpersonal triangles.

Alisha Williams started publishing in 2021 and has 67 books catalogued through 2026. Rising Queen, Into the Unknown and Shattered Pieces are among the 2021 titles, with Crowned Queen and Savage Queen in 2022. Series include Emerald Lake Prep, Blood Empire, Silver Valley University, Solidarity Academy, Angelic Academy, Black Venom Crew and Wild Thorn Ranch. Pucking With The Enemy (2026) is the latest.

Alison Bechdel works in comics: the catalogue subjects list comic books and strips, graphic novels, caricatures and cartoons, pictorial American wit and humor, lesbians, lesbianism and LGBTQ humor, together with Lambda Literary Awards. Dykes to Watch Out For, Fun Home, Interviews with Icons, Alison Bechdel Humor & Entertainment and Secret to Superhuman Strength are the five series credited to Bechdel. The 25 books run from Dykes to Watch Out For (1986) to Spent (2025), taking in More Dykes to Watch Out For (1988) and The Indelible Alison Bechdel (1998). The 1990s hold the most titles, and Bechdel is still publishing.

Alison Belsham has eight catalogued books, published between 2018 and 2023 and divided across three series: Tattoo Thief / Sullivan & Mullins, Detective Lexi Bennett, and MacKenzie and Khan. Readers after Alison Belsham books in order start with The Tattoo Thief (2018). Death in Helmand and Death in Kabul both appeared in 2022, and three further titles are dated 2023, the last of them The Innocent Angels.

Alison Bliss writes romance, including romantic suspense. Nine books are catalogued under the name, published between 2014 and 2020, opening with Rules of Protection (2014) and closing with Out of the Blue (2020). The catalogue groups them into two series, A Perfect Fit and Tangled in Texas. Subjects recorded against the books include man-woman relationships, overweight women, cooks and deception. Size Matters (2016), On the Plus Side (2017), More to Love (2018) and Meant to Be (2019) belong to the run, at a median of 336 pages.

Alison Bruce writes police procedurals and true crime. DC Gary Goodhew is the recurring detective of the main series, which opens with Cambridge Blue (2009) and continues through The Siren (2010), The Calling (2011), The Silence (2012), The Backs (2013), The Promise (2015) and Cambridge Black (2017); Ronnie Blake heads a second series. The catalogue opens instead with the non-fiction Cambridgeshire Murders (2005) and includes Billington: Victorian Executioner (2009). Thirteen books are catalogued through Crash and Burn (2026).

Alison Croggon

18 books• 2 series

Alison Croggon has 18 books in the catalogue, published from Navigatio (1996) to Monsters: A Reckoning (2021). Croggon, born in 1962, is an Australian poet, playwright, librettist and fantasy novelist. The catalogue lists the Books of Pellinor and Newport City series, and the recorded subjects name a Pellinor quartet. The Gift / The Naming (2002), The Riddle (2005), The Crow (2006) and The Singing (2008) appear among the titles. Other subjects include magic, the supernatural, riddles, poetry and drama, and Theatre (2008) and Black Spring (2012) are also listed.

Alison Espach

4 books

Four books stand under Alison Espach's name, published between 2011 and 2024: Someone's Uncle and The Adults, both 2011, then Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance (2022) and The Wedding People (2024). Espach writes humorous fiction, some of it set in Connecticut, and the novels have drawn New York Times reviews. Born in 1984, Espach is an American novelist who teaches English at Providence College in Rhode Island. The median book length is 352 pages.

Alison Gaylin (Alison L. Gaylin) is an American author of mystery and thriller novels who has won a Shamus Award (2013) and an Edgar Award (2019). Gaylin studied at Northwestern University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and lives in Woodstock, New York. Hide Your Eyes (2005) opens a list of 16 books that reaches We Are Watching (2025). Brenna Spector, Samantha Leiffer Mystery and Simone Glass are series, and subjects include memory, missing persons and women journalists.

Alison Golden writes cozy mysteries in four series, each named for its lead: Inspector David Graham, Reverend Annabelle Dixon, Roxy Reinhardt and Diana Hunter. Murder, criminals and investigation are the subjects throughout. Golden's catalogue holds 29 books, from Death at the Café (2015) to The Case of Castle Meadow (2025), with five of them dated to the first year.

Alison Goodman

10 books• 4 series

Alison Goodman writes fantasy and historical fiction, for young adults and for adults. Eon (2008) and its sequel Eona set dragons and apprenticeship at the centre, the Lady Helen novels open with The Dark Days Club (2015), and the Ill-Mannered Ladies books follow. Ten catalogued titles run from Singing the Dogstar Blues (1998) to The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin in 2025.

Alison James writes crime and domestic suspense, 12 books of it catalogued between 2018 and 2025. Detective Rachel Prince heads the one series; the rest are standalone novels. Lola is Missing (2018) opens the catalogue and The Good Neighbour (2025) is the newest title, with Her Sister's Child (2020), The Guilty Wife (2021) and The Woman in Carriage 3 (2023) in between.