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Craig Rice

25 books• 3 series

Craig Rice, born Georgiana Ann Randolph Craig on June 5, 1908, was an American writer of mystery novels and short stories who died on August 28, 1957. The critic Bill Ruehlmann called Rice the Dorothy Parker of detective fiction. Catalogue subjects include humorous mysteries, Chicago, murder and the character Jake Justus, and the series credited to Rice are John J. Malone and Gypsy Rose Lee Plays. Early titles include Eight Faces at Three (1939), The Corpse Steps Out (1940), The Wrong Murder (1940) and Trial by Fury (1941).

Craig Robertson writes crime fiction set in Scotland. The Narey & Winter series is Robertson's one named sequence, with Tony Winter as a recurring character. Ten books run from Random (2010) to The Grapevine (2026), by way of Snapshot (2011), Cold Grave (2012), Witness the Dead (2013), The Last Refuge (2014), In Place of Death (2015), Murderabilia (2016), The Photographer (2018) and Watch Him Die (2020). Serial murder investigation, vigilantes and police procedure recur as subjects.

Craig Russell

16 books• 3 series

Craig Russell is a Scottish novelist and short story writer who also publishes as Christopher Galt. His Jan Fabel thrillers, set in Hamburg and turning on serial murder investigations, have been translated into 23 languages; Russell speaks fluent German and follows post-war German history closely, and the Hamburg Police awarded him the Polizeistern in February 2007, the only non-German to receive it. The Lennox novels move to Glasgow, and The Devil Aspect stands alone. Historical and mythological material runs through the work. Sixteen books span 2005 to 2023, from Blood Eagle to The Devil's Playground.

Craig Schaefer writes occult fantasy in which magic and secrecy sit under an ordinary United States, worked out through FBI agents, witches, monsters and journalists. Daniel Faust and Harmony Black each name a series of their own, joined by Revanche Cycle, Wisdom's Grave Trilogy, Ghosts Of Gotham Saga, Charlie McCabe, Castaways, Midnight Scoop, Neon Meridian and Midnight Jury. Schaefer's 40 catalogued books open with The Long Way Down (2014) and reach Triple World Score (2026).

Craig Stephen Copland's series include New Sherlock Holmes Mysteries and Sherlock Holmes: Adventures Beyond the Canon, and parodies and imitations appear among the subjects. Titles from 2014 include Studying Scarlet, A Scandal in Fordlandia and The Mystery of the Five Oranges. The same year brought the titles How To Elect Conservatives in Canada and How to Elect Republicans in 2016. Other series include Dr. Tabitha and Reverend Ezekiel Black Western Mystery, and Sherlock Holmes and Wilson, the Notorious Canary Trainer (2026) is the newest title.

Craig Thomas (1942-2011) was a Welsh thriller writer working in espionage and spy fiction. Two series carry his name: Mitchell Gant, opening with Firefox (1977) and continuing in Firefox Down! (1983), and the Kenneth Aubrey and Patrick Hyde novels. Soviet fighter aircraft, terrorists and the question of German reunification supply the material. Eighteen titles span Rat Trap (1976) to Slipping into Shadow (1998), two of them published as David Grant, at a median of 492 pages.

Crazy Corey is the name on 13 catalogued books from 2018 to 2025, placed in the Grades 3-5 category. Subjects recorded for the books are games, family, art, and comics and graphic novels. Whippersnapper Edition and Sassy Lassy Edition (2018) are the earliest titles, and a set of age editions from 6 Year Old Edition to 12 Year Old Edition appeared in 2019. Would You Rather? Halloween Edition (2025) is the newest.

Creek Stewart writes wilderness survival handbooks. Catalogue subjects record survival, preparedness, education and handbooks and manuals, and 17 books sit under this name, from Build the Perfect Bug Out Bag (2012) to Wild God (2026). The Unofficial Hunger Games Wilderness Survival Guide (2013) attaches survival instruction to the Hunger Games films, which the subjects also record. Build the Perfect Bug Out Vehicle (2014), 365 Essential Survival Skills (2016) and Survival Hacks (2016) continue the instructional run. Later entries in the listing, among them Rugosa (2017), Dandy (2019) and The Clothesaconda (2020), sit outside that pattern.

Cressida Cowell

61 books• 12 series

Cressida Cowell, born Cressida Hare on 15 April 1966, is a British children's author. How to Train Your Dragon is the series Cowell is best known for; DreamWorks Animation adapted the series into a media franchise, and by 2015 the books had sold more than seven million copies worldwide. Cowell also writes the Emily Brown stories with illustrator Neal Layton, and the first, That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown, won a Nestle Children's Book Award. The catalogue lists 61 books to 2025, with subjects such as dragons, Vikings, humorous stories and the character Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III. Other series include The Wizards of Once and Which Way To Anywhere.

Cressida McLaughlin writes contemporary romance set in English places that double as businesses: the Canal Boat Café, the Cornish Cream Tea bus and the Secret Bookshop each anchor a series. Dogs and dog walking recur through the books, starting with A Christmas Tail (2015). Eighteen titles reach A Cornish Love Story (2025).

Creston Mapes writes Christian suspense. Journalists and reporters, stalkers and terrorists make up the recurring cast of 10 catalogued books, which run from Fear Has a Name (2005) to Who Is My Neighbor (2025). Poison Town and Sky Zone both appeared in 2014, and the run continued through Let My Daughter Go (2020), Charm Artist (2021) and Secrets in Shadows (2023).

Crimson Syn has 60 catalogued books from 2017 to 2026, with Deceiving the Biker scheduled for 2027. A Wicked Treat, Cain, Grayson and Riggs are among the 2017 titles, and Laced in Poison (2026) is the newest. Series include Royal Bastards MC: New Orleans, LA Series, Hellbound Lovers MC, Death Row Shooters MC, Dyavol's Mercy MC, Royal Harlots MC, Synful Holiday Romance, Ravenhead Corporation, La Familia Aguirre, Cirque Diabolique, Eagle Ridge Cowboys and Monsters of the Hollow Realm.

Crissy Smith has 42 books in the catalogue, published between 2008 and 2020. Savage Love (2008) opens the run, and 2009 brought Eternal, Lacey's Seduction, Pack Alpha, Pack Enforcer, Seduced by the Neighbour, Summers' Girl and The Favour. Series headings are the Were Chronicles, the Shifter Chronicles, Corporate Wolves, What's Her Secret? and the Sin City Series, plus standalone and short-story lines. King of the City (2020) is the newest listed title, and the run is marked likely complete.

Cristin Harber writes romantic suspense and erotic romance, with 38 books catalogued from 2013 to 2026. Chased, Gambled, Garrison's Creed, Westin's Chase and Winters Heat all appeared in 2013. Hart Attack, Retribution, Savage Secrets and Sweet Girl followed in 2014, and Black Dawn in 2015. Lost and Found (2026) is the latest title. Aces, Delta and Titan Protectors are the series on the author page. Undercover operations and first loves appear in the subject tags.

Cristina Alger writes thrillers set among wealth and finance. Her 4 catalogued books are The Darlings (2012), This Was Not the Plan (2016), The Banker's Wife (2018) and Girls Like Us (2019). Financial crises, investment bankers, the upper class, family secrets and women journalists recur as subjects. No book has followed 2019.

Crockett Johnson was the pen name of David Johnson Leisk (1906-1975), an American cartoonist and illustrator of children's books. Johnson drew the comic strip Barnaby from 1942 to 1952, collected in volumes beginning with Barnaby, Vol. 1: 1942-1943. Harold and the Purple Crayon (1955) launched the Harold books, followed by Harold's Fairy Tale and Harold's Trip to the Sky. In the last decade of Johnson's life, from 1965, came over 100 paintings on mathematics and mathematical physics, 80 of them held by the National Museum of American History.

Crystal Dawn has published 167 books listed in the catalogue, starting in 2013 with Evry Night, A Council Alpha, McDougal Pack Alpha and Into Gemini Galaxy. Dawn's series include Legend of the White Werewolf, Big Cats, Supernatural Wars, Red Wolf, Winged Beasts, Chieftains of the Mazuri, Planet Amazon and Loved by a God. Dawn has kept publishing through 2026.

Crystal Kaswell writes romance, filed in this catalogue under women's fiction. Forty-eight books are listed between Rouse Me (2014) and You'll Be the Death of Me (2026). Inked Hearts and Sinful Serenade stand as both series and recurring groupings, joined by Dangerous Noise, Inked Love, the Pierce Family, the Come Undone Trilogy and Catch Me if You Can. Kaswell is credited alone on every title.

Crystal Monroe is credited with 23 books, all dated between 2021 and 2023. Boss's Secret Baby (2021) is recorded as the first title and Surprise Daddy (2023) as the newest, while Boss Daddy, Boss with Benefits, Boss's Pretend Wife, Doctor Daddy, Doctor's Secret Baby, Dr. Wrong and Forbidden Single Dad all carry a 2021 date. Bosses and Babies, Doctors Down South and Faux Love Billionaires are the three series recorded under Monroe, and the catalogue holds no title dated after 2023.

Minecraft and video games are the subject matter of Cube Kid's 24 catalogued books, which are listed as children's and middle grade fiction with fantasy and adventure elements. The list runs from 2015 to The Epic Feast (2026) and includes Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior (2016), From Seeds to Swords (2016), Crafting Alliances (2017) and Path of the Diamond (2017). Series include Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior, A Noob's Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior, Diary of a Wimpy Villager, Nether Kitten and Tales of an 8-Bit Kitten.

Curt Wendelboe, also published as C. M. Wendelboe, writes mysteries and westerns involving Dakota Indians, reservations and the FBI. The 23 books span 2011 to 2025. Death Along the Spirit Road (2011) is the first title, followed by Death Where the Bad Rocks Live and Death on the Greasy Grass. Hunting the Five Point Killer and Hunting the Saturday Night Strangler lead toward Hunting the Lady of the Night (2025). Wendelboe's series are Spirit Road Mystery, Bitter Wind Mystery, Tucker Ashley and Nelson Lane Frontier Mystery.

Curtis Jobling

18 books• 4 series

Curtis Jobling is a British artist and writer, born in Blackpool and living in Warrington. As production designer on the stop-motion episodes of Bob the Builder, Jobling visualised the programme's characters, props and sets. Jobling also writes and illustrates children's books. Frankenstein's Cat (2001), about a muddled-up feline, became an animated series shown on CBBC and BBC One. The catalogue lists 18 books through Wolf King (2025), with the Wereworld, Haunt, Max Helsing: Monster Hunter and World Of Warriors series.

Curtis Sittenfeld

14 books• 2 series

Prep (2005) is the first of 14 books the catalogue lists for American writer Curtis Sittenfeld; the most recent is Show Don't Tell (2025). The run includes The Man of My Dreams (2006), American Wife (2008), Sisterland (2013), Eligible (2016) and You Think It, I'll Say It (2017). Subjects include preparatory school students, teenage girls, sisters, presidents' spouses, women librarians and family life, and New York Times reviewed appears among the tags.

Contemporary romance set in Oklahoma is the territory of Curtiss Ann Matlock, whose 25 catalogued books run from Crosswinds (1986) to Christmas Comes to Valentine (2016). Matlock writes standalone novels, short stories and the Breen Men series. Earlier titles include Last Chance Café (1987), Miracle on I-40 (1988) and Heaven in Texas (1991), and single mothers, widows and journalists appear among the subjects.

Cynthia Baxter's catalogue holds 58 books published between 1981 and 2020. Mystery and detective fiction leads the recorded subjects, which name women sleuths, murder, private investigators, women veterinarians, twins and the fictitious character Jessica Popper; horror tales and children's fiction also appear. Once There Was a Fat Girl (1981) is the listed first title and Game of Cones (2020) the most recent. Series credited to Baxter include Reigning Cats & Dogs Mystery, Lickety Splits Ice Cream Shoppe Mystery, Murder Packs A Suitcase Mysteries, Pratt Twins, Bubble Gum Gang Mysteries and Dark Moon Legacy. The run is likely complete.

Cynthia Carter DeFelice (1951-2024) was an American children's writer. DeFelice wrote 16 novels and 12 picture books, the novels aimed at readers aged nine to twelve. The catalogue holds 30 titles from The Strange Night Writing of Jessamine Colter (1988) to Fort (2015), among them The Dancing Skeleton (1989), Weasel (1991), The Light on Hogback Hill (1993), Lostman's River (1994) and Three Perfect Peaches (1995). Ghost Mysteries, Nathan Fowler and Devil's Bridge are the series listed. Subjects cover children's fiction, mystery and detective stories, folklore, fairy tales, country and farm life, fishing and grandparents.

Cynthia D’Alba has 29 catalogued books published between 2012 and 2024. Texas Two Step (2012) opens the run and Hot Assets (2024) is the newest listed title. Texas supplies the settings the series are named for: Whispering Springs, Diamond Lakes, the Dallas Debutantes with the McCool Family, the Carmichael Triplet Trilogy, and Mason Security in the Brotherhood Protectors World. The 2010s hold the largest share of the catalogue.

Cynthia Eden writes romantic suspense and paranormal romance, and the catalogue runs from The Vampire's Kiss (2005) to Ice Covered Heart (2026). Subjects include vampires, serial murder investigation, the FBI and Atlanta. Series include Wilde Ways, Ice Breaker Cold Case, Shadow Agents: Guts and Glory, LOST/Last Option Search Team, Killer Instinct, Lazarus Rising, Battling McGuire Boys, Bad Things, Trouble For Hire and Phoenix Fire. Early titles include The Wizard's Spell (2006), Hotter After Midnight (2008) and Midnight Sins (2008). The listing also carries several volumes of the Secrets anthology from 2005 to 2008.

Cynthia Ellingsen has 11 catalogued books published between 2011 and 2025. The Whole Package (2011) is the first, followed by Marriage Matters (2013) and The Lighthouse Keeper (2017). A Bittersweet Surprise, The Girls of Firefly Cabin and The Winemaker's Secret all appeared in 2019, and When We Were Sisters in 2021. Subject headings include female friendship, restaurateurs, businesswomen, weddings, first loves and marriage. The Cut of the Moon (2025) is the newest title.

Cynthia Hand has 10 books in the catalogue, published from 2011 to 2021. The first four are Unearthly (2011), Hallowed (2012), Radiant (2012) and Boundless (2013), and angels, the supernatural and Wyoming are among the catalogued subjects. Later titles include My Lady Jane (2016), The Afterlife of Holly Chase (2017), My Plain Jane (2018) and The How and the Why (2019). With You All the Way (2021) is the latest, and Cynthia Hand is listed as dormant.

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles is a British novelist of historical, romance and mystery fiction, born 13 August 1948 at Shepherd's Bush, London. The first Harrod-Eagles novel was written in 1972, during university. Most books carry the author's own name, though Emma Woodhouse and Elizabeth Bennett have also served as pseudonyms, and several 1970s titles on file appear as Emma Woodhouse. The catalogue lists 115 books from 1974 to 2026, and series include Morland Dynasty, Bill Slider, War At Home, Ashmore Castle and the Kirov Trilogy. Deadly Force (2026) is the newest.

Cynthia Hickey writes Christian romance, suspense and historical fiction, with 169 books catalogued from Fudge-Laced Felonies (2008) to The Alphabet Murders (2026). Chocolate-Covered Crime, Exposure at Sea and Mountain of Fear followed in 2011. Series include Misty Hollow, Sheriff of Misty Hollow, A Nosy Neighbor Mystery, A Tiny House Mystery, Shady Acres Mystery and Finding Love the Harvey Girl Way. Subjects name Arkansas, frontier and pioneer life, waitresses, soldiers and the Fred Harvey firm.

Cynthia Kadohata

14 books

Born on July 2, 1956, Cynthia Kadohata is a Japanese American writer for children. Kira-Kira (2004), a young adult novel, received the Newbery Medal in 2005, and The Thing About Luck (2013) won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature that same year. The catalogue lists 14 Kadohata books, running from Floating World (1989) to Under the Fading Sky (2025). Weedflower (2006), Cracker! (2007) and Half a World Away (2014) are among them. Recorded subjects include Japanese Americans, friendship, dogs, farm life and grandparents.

Cynthia Keller / Cynthia Victor is a catalogue entry joining two names, with 10 books from 1989 to 2012. Consequences (1989) is the earliest title, followed by Relative Sins (1992), Only You (1994) and The Sisters (1999). Titles credited as Cynthia Keller include An Amish Christmas (2010), A Plain & Fancy Christmas (2011) and An Amish Gift (2012). Subjects include contemporary romance, suspense, sisters and mothers and daughters.

Cynthia Kuhn writes mystery and detective fiction featuring women sleuths, with college teachers recorded among the subjects. Two series carry the name: Lila Maclean Academic Mystery and Starlit Bookshop Mystery. Nine books run from The Semester of Our Discontent (2016) to In the Event of Murder (2024), with How to Book a Murder (2021) opening the later of the two. Kuhn is still publishing, and six books have a recorded length, at a median of 248 pages.

Cynthia Leitich Smith

21 books• 4 series

Native American lives today are the focus of Cynthia Leitich Smith's fiction for children and teenagers. Smith, born in 1967, is a citizen of the Muscogee Nation, and the catalogue also includes picture books and gothic fantasy for readers 14 and up. Jingle Dancer (2000), Rain Is Not My Indian Name and Indian Shoes began the list. Tantalize, Tantalize Graphic Novels and Blue Stars are the series, with vampires and werewolves in the subjects. Smith hosts a Children's Literature Resources website. On a Wing and a Tear (2024) is the newest of 21 books.

Cynthia Lord is an American children's author whose first novel, Rules (2006), was a 2007 Newbery Honor book and won the Schneider Family Book Award. Scholastic published that debut. Lord's 20 catalogued books include Touch Blue (2010), Half a Chance (2014) and A Handful of Stars (2015). Lord's series are Hot Rod Hamster, Shelter Pet Squad and Book Buddies, and subjects include pets, animal shelters, volunteers and friendship. Home Away From Home (2023) is the latest title.

Seven books carry Cynthia Murphy's name, all published between 2021 and 2025: Last One to Die, Win Lose Kill Die, A Taste of Darkness, The Midnight Game, Welcome to Camp Killer, Signed Sealed Dead and Keep Your Friends Close. Murphy is an English writer of young adult thrillers, born in 1984 as Cynthia Mary Power. Her first three novels each took the Lancashire Book of the Year award, in three consecutive years. Murphy is still publishing.

Novels, short stories and essays make up the work of Cynthia Ozick, an American writer born on April 17, 1928. Her 27 catalogued books span 1966 to 2025, opening with the novel Trust and closing with In a Yellow Wood. Jewish life and American literature are recurring subjects. The Pagan Rabbi and Other Stories (1971), Levitation (1982) and The Messiah of Stockholm (1987) sit in the middle of the run.

Poetry, short stories and horror make up the subject headings for Cynthia Pelayo, whose catalogue holds 13 books from 2012 to 2026. Pelayo's two series are Santa Muerte and Children of Chicago. Santa Muerte (2012) is the first title, followed by Poems of My Night and The Missing in 2016. Children of Chicago (2021), This is Not a Poem (2022) and Lotería (2023) appear later. It Came From Neverland (2026) is the newest book.

Victoria Trumbull, an elderly poet who investigates murders on Martha's Vineyard, is the detective Cynthia Riggs writes. The Martha's Vineyard Mystery series accounts for all 14 of Riggs's catalogued books, opening with Deadly Nightshade (2001) and closing with Widow's Wreath (2018). Titles across the run take their names from plants: The Cranefly Orchid Murders, The Paperwhite Narcissus, Indian Pipes, Touch-Me-Not and The Bee Balm Murders. Nothing new has appeared since 2018, so the series reads as finished.

Cynthia Rylant, born Cynthia Smith on June 6, 1954, is an American author and librarian who has written more than 100 children's books across picture books, short stories, novels, nonfiction and poetry. Missing May took the 1993 Newbery Medal, A Fine White Dust was a 1987 Newbery Honor book, and two further titles are Caldecott Honor Books. The catalogue records 229 books from When I Was Young in the Mountains (1982) onward, with series including Henry and Mudge, Mr. Putter & Tabby, Poppleton and the Lighthouse Family.

Cynthia Sax writes erotic romance, per the catalogue subjects, and has 95 books listed from Dragon Lord's Mate (2009) to Claiming Cure (2024). Series include Cyborg Sizzle, Sinful Rewards, Dragon Lord, Rebel Cyborgs, Cyborg Unity, Alien Abductions and Big Cat Mates. Dragon Lord's Fire and Dragon Lord's Prize both appeared in 2010. Sax is still publishing.

Cynthia Voigt writes for young adults, on adventure, mystery, racism and child abuse. The Tillerman Cycle opens her catalogue with Homecoming (1981), which was adapted as a film in 1996, and Dicey's Song won the Newbery Medal in 1983. Other sequences include Tales of the Kingdom, Bad Girls, Davis Farm and Mister Max. The American author, born in 1942, received the American Library Association's Margaret Edwards Award in 1995 for her writing for teenagers. Thirty-seven titles are catalogued, published between 1981 and 2020 and reaching Little Bird (2020).

Cynthia Woolf's catalogue subjects are ranchers, women pioneers and mail order brides. The 88 catalogued books run from 2011 to 2026, opening with Centauri Dawn and Centauri Twilight, both 2011, and reaching The Baker (2026). Series include Brides of the Oregon Trail, Brides of Seattle, Brides of San Francisco, Prescott Brides, Central City Brides, Marshals Mail Order Brides, Montana Billionaire, Colorado Billionaires, Centauri and Swords of Gregara.

Cynthia Wright has written historical romance since 1977, when Rescued by a Rogue, also published as Caroline, opened the catalogue. The Rakes & Rebels universe carries most of the work, split between the Raveneau and Beauvisage families, with Crowns & Kilts and Rogues Go West alongside. Twenty-six titles run to His Fiery Angel in 2024, among them Touch the Sun (1978), Silver Storm (1979), Spring Fires (1983) and You and No Other (1984). Wright has also published as Devon Lindsay.

Cyril Hare was the pseudonym of Alfred Alexander Gordon Clark, an English barrister and judge who lived from 1900 to 1958 and wrote crime fiction on the side. The legal world runs through the books, Tragedy at Law (1942) among them. Inspector Mallett and the lawyer Francis Pettigrew head the two series and meet in a third. Thirteen titles are catalogued, from Tenant for Death (1937) to the Best Detective Stories collection of 1959.