Authors whose first name starts with J, page 10 of 26

Jay J. Falconer writes science fiction thrillers across seven series: Bunker, Narrows Of Time, Emily Heart Time Jumper, Girl Out of Time, Frozen World, Graviton Wars and Redfall. Time travel shows up in three of those names. Linkage (2011) opens the catalogue, with Glassford Girl and its Parts 2 and 3 plus Reversion in 2015, and Glassford Girl Part 4, Lethal Rain, Redfall: Freedom Fighters and Shadow Games in 2016. The 29 catalogued books end with Gravity Wave: Book 3 in 2023, at a median of 348 pages, and the catalogue is dormant.

Jay Kristoff

26 books• 8 series

Jay Kristoff, born 11 November 1973, is an Australian author of fantasy and science fiction for adult and young adult readers who lives in Melbourne. Stormdancer (2012) is the first catalogued book, followed by Kinslayer (2013), Endsinger (2014), Illuminae (2015), Gemina (2016), Nevernight (2016) and Godsgrave (2017); Allwinter (2025) is the newest of 26 books. Series include Lotus War, Illuminae Files, Nevernight Chronicle, Empire of the Vampire, Lifelike and Aurora Cycle. Japan, shoguns, griffins and space flight appear among the subjects.

Jay Lake

44 books• 6 series

Jay Lake, born Joseph Edward Lake Jr., was an American science fiction and fantasy writer who lived from June 6, 1964 to June 1, 2014. Lake placed first in a quarter of the Writers of the Future contest in 2003 and won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2004. Based in Portland, Oregon, Lake worked as a product manager for a voice services company, and Lake's writing appeared in Interzone, Realms of Fantasy and Asimov's Science Fiction. The catalogue lists 44 books from 2000 to 2022, including Trial of Flowers (2006), Mainspring and Escapement (2007), and the series Clockwork Earth and Green Universe.

Jay Nadal writes British crime fiction organised around four detectives: DI Karen Heath, DI Scott Baker, Thomas Cade and Lori Turner. The catalogue runs to 35 books, opening with The Stolen Girls and Time To Die in 2016 and reaching The Price of Silence in 2026. Many titles carry two names, as with Eye for an Eye / Isolation and Marked for Death / Missing. The 2020s are Nadal's heaviest decade, and the run continues.

Jay Shetty writes self-help drawn from monastic practice. Two books are catalogued: Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day (2020) and 8 Rules of Love: How to Find It, Keep It, and Let It Go (2023). Self-realisation, conduct of life, Hinduism and religious life are the recorded subjects. Nothing has been added since 2023.

Jaycee Clark's catalogue holds 17 books published between 2004 and 2016, every one credited to Clark alone. Subjects record romance and suspense fiction, thrillers, erotica, historical and fantasy romance, violence, good and evil, women psychics and single fathers. Four titles opened the run in 2004: Deadly Games, Deadly Obsession, Deadly Shadows and Deadly Ties. The listing groups the books into the Kinncaid Brothers series, standalone novels, and short stories and novellas. Thief of Souls (2016) is the newest catalogued title.

Jaycee Dugard has written two books about her own kidnapping and the years that followed. A Stolen Life (2011) is the first, and Freedom: My Book of Firsts (2016) is the second. Both are catalogued as biography, under kidnapping victims, sexually abused children, life skills and self-actualization.

Jayci Lee has 15 catalogued books, beginning with A Sweet Mess (2020). The catalogue groups Lee's work into four series: A Sweet Mess, Heirs of Hansol, Hana Trio and Realm of Four Kingdoms. The Dating Dare (2021), A Song of Secrets (2022), Booked on a Feeling (2022), Just a Few Fake Kisses... (2023) and Nine Tailed (2024) are among the titles. Light Burned (2026) is the newest published book, and Life is a K Drama is scheduled for 2027.

Jaye Pratt has 45 books catalogued between 2020 and 2026, the newest being Puck Me Dead (2026). Series by Jaye Pratt include Masked Men, Masked Men of Fear Island, Knox Academy Trilogy, G.O.D.S, Grand Ridge University, D'Arco Mafia Duet, O'Brien Mafia and Boys of Briar Academy. Early titles include G.O.D.S: Gifted. Obedient. Deadly. Students. (2021) and Boys Like You (2021).

Jaye Wells writes urban fantasy. The Sabina Kane series is her best known, published worldwide by Orbit Books, with Prospero's War, Meridian Six and Murdoch Vampires beside it. Twenty books are catalogued between 2009 and 2018: Red-Headed Stepchild (2009), The Mage in Black (2010), Green-Eyed Demon (2011), Blue-Blooded Vamp (2012), Silver-Tongued Devil (2012), Meridian Six (2013) and Rusted Veins (2013) among them, through to High Lonesome Sound (2018). Vampires, werewolves, assassins and magic fill the subject index. Wells worked as a magazine editor and freelance journalist before writing full time, and lives in Texas.

Jaymin Eve writes paranormal romance and urban fantasy, with werewolves and dragons among the subjects. The catalogue lists 75 books from First World (2013) to A Bond of Trust (2026), and Shadowed Souls is announced for 2027. Jane Washington shares the credit on 6 of those books. Series include Curse of the Gods, Walker Saga, Shadow Beast Shifters, Secret Keepers, Supernatural Prison, NYC Mecca, Boys of Bellerose, Shifter City Fated Mates, Dark Legacy, Hive Trilogy and Storm Princess Saga.

Jayne Allen's catalogue consists of 5 books, published between 2018 and 2025. The Black Girls Must Die Exhausted series opens with the 2018 novel of that name and continues through Black Girls Must Be Magic (2019) and Black Girls Must Have It All (2023). Recorded subjects are African American women, African American women journalists, female friendship and infertility. The Most Wonderful Time (2024) and Unfinished Business (2025) are the most recent listed titles.

Jayne Ann Krentz, born Jayne Castle on 28 March 1948 in Cobb, California, is an American romance novelist with New York Times bestsellers under seven pseudonyms. Three names remain in use: Krentz for contemporary romantic suspense, Amanda Quick for historical romantic suspense and Jayne Ann Castle for futuristic and paranormal romantic suspense. More than 35 million copies are in print. The catalogue lists 205 books, from Vintage of Surrender (1979, as Jayne Castle) to Enter the Nightmare (2026), with The Book Hunter due in 2027. Early titles also appeared as Jayne Bentley, Jayne Taylor and Stephanie James. Series include Burning Cove, Eclipse Bay and the Dreamlight Trilogy.

Jayne Castle is the maiden name of Jayne Ann Krentz, an American romance writer born March 28, 1948, in Cobb, California. Krentz reserves the Castle name for futuristic and paranormal romantic suspense, uses Amanda Quick for historical romantic suspense, and writes contemporary romantic suspense as Krentz. Krentz has had New York Times bestsellers under seven pseudonyms, and more than 35 million copies are in print. This catalogue lists only 2 Castle entries: A Man's Protection (1982, credited as Jayne Ann Krentz) and Sweetwater and the Witch (2022). The Futuristic World of Harmony and Curtain Worlds appear as related listings.

Jayne Davis is the author of the Marstone series and has 17 catalogued books published from 2018 to 2024. The Mrs MacKinnons (2018) is the first listed title. A Winning Trick, Captain Kempton's Christmas and Sauce for the Gander came out in 2019, followed by A Suitable Match (2020), A Question of Duty (2021) and Saving Meg (2021). An Improper Correspondence (2024) is the newest, and Davis is still publishing.

Jayne Faith is a fantasy author with 20 catalogued books from 2015 to 2023. Faith's series are Tara Knightley, Sapient Salvation, Ella Grey, Stone Blood and Delilah Dane Earth Mage. The Selection (2015) is the first title, and The Awakening, The Claiming and The Divining followed in 2016. Magic titles such as Stone Cold Magic (2016), Dark Harvest Magic (2017) and Demon Born Magic (2017) form another strand. Fool's Gold and Fire (2023) is the newest Faith book.

Texas and romance recur through the subject tags for Jean Brashear, whose 60 catalogued books run from The Bodyguard's Bride (1998) to Cooking Kissing and Cowboys (2022). The tags span contemporary, historical and suspense romance, with ranchers, families, inheritance and NASCAR stock car racing. A Family Secret (1999), Texas Royalty (2000) and The Healer (2003) come from the early run. Brashear series include Gallaghers of Sweetgrass Springs, Gallaghers of Morning Star, Texas Heroes: Lone Star Lovers and MacAllisters.

Jean Craighead George

100 books• 11 series

Julie of the Wolves won Jean Craighead George the Newbery Medal, and My Side of the Mountain (1959) earned a Newbery Honor. George, born July 2, 1919, and died May 15, 2012, was an American writer of more than one hundred books for children and young adults, with the environment and the natural world as recurring themes. George also wrote at least two guides to cooking with wild foods and an autobiography, Journey Inward, and was the U.S. nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1964. The catalogue lists 100 books from Vulpes, the Red Fox (1948) to Crowbar: The Smartest Bird in the World (2015). Series include 13 Moons, Ecological Mysteries, American Woodland Tales and One Day in the..., and subjects name wolves, owls, falcons and ecology.

Jean Fullerton writes historical sagas set in London's East End, often about nurses, widows and Irish immigrants. The catalogue holds 24 books from No Cure for Love (2008) to Christmas with the East End Girls (2026). Fullerton's series include Nolan Family, Nurse Millie, Nurse Connie, East End Girls and East End Ration. Call Nurse Millie (2013) opened the Millie books.

Ireland is the setting across Jean Grainger's historical fiction. Fifty-six catalogued books run from So Much Owed and The Tour (2013) to Kitty Kirwan's Last Waltz (2026). Series lines include the Kilteegan Bridge Story, the Knocknashee Story, the Dunmara Story, Mags Munroe, Conor O'Shea / The Tour, The Star and the Shamrock, Queenstown and Cullen's Celtic Cabaret. Tour guides, priests and redemption recur as subjects.

Jean Hager is an American writer of mystery fiction, children's fiction and romance, born in 1932, who published romance under the names Jeanne Stephens, Leah Crane, Marlaine Kyle, Amanda McAllister and Sara North. Two of her three mystery series draw on modern Cherokee life in Oklahoma, one following police chief Mitch Bushyhead and the other civil rights investigator Molly Bearpaw. The third is set at Iris House, a Missouri bed and breakfast run by the amateur sleuth Tess Darcy. The catalogue records 55 Hager titles between 1970 and 2000.

Jean Hanff Korelitz

10 books• 1 series

Jean Hanff Korelitz has 10 books in the catalogue, from A Jury of Her Peers (1996) to The Sequel (2024). The Sabbathday River (1998), Admission (2009), You Should Have Known (2014), The Plot (2021) and The Latecomer (2022) fall between them. Women lawyers, universities and New York appear among the subject headings. Korelitz, born May 16, 1961, is an American novelist, playwright, theater producer and essayist.

Jean Harrington has 12 catalogued books dated 2007 to 2022, with the series Murders by Design and Listed and Lethal. The Barefoot Queen (2007) and In the Lion's Mouth (2009) come first. Later titles include Designed for Death (2012), Killer Kitchens (2013), Murder on Moon Mountain (2018) and A Wild Colonial Girl (2022). Subject headings list historical romance, mystery, women detectives, interior decorators, real estate, Ireland and England, and name Honey Ingersill as a fictitious character.

Jean Johnson writes fantasy romance and military science fiction. The Sons of Destiny sequence names each book for its brother -- The Sword, The Wolf, The Master, The Cat, The Storm, The Flame, The Song, The Mage -- and prophecy drives the run. Theirs Not to Reason Why and First Salik War move the work into space warfare with women soldiers, while Guardians of Destiny, Shifting Plains and Flame Seas continue the fantasy side. 34 books span 2007 to 2019, at a median of 336 pages.

Jean Kwok

5 books• 1 series

Jean Kwok is a Chinese American novelist whose books have reached the New York Times bestseller list. Girl in Translation (2010), Mambo in Chinatown (2014) and Searching for Sylvie Lee (2019) are the first three, the last of them a Read with Jenna book club pick on The Today Show. Five titles are catalogued to 2026, with The Leftover Woman (2023) and Dominion (2026) completing the list. Chinese American families, family secrets, ballroom dancing and New York recur as subjects.

Jean Lorrah, born in 1940, is an American science fiction and fantasy author who taught English at Murray State University from 1968 to 2008, the first woman outside nursing and home economics hired there with a doctorate; the Ph.D. came from Florida State University. Lorrah wrote several Star Trek novels, often with her writing and business partner Jacqueline Lichtenberg, and their later work together covers the Sime~Gen Universe. The Savage Empire, a 1980s fantasy series, is mostly solo work. The catalogue holds 24 books from Full Moon Rising (1976) to Fear and Courage (2015), with Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation in the character records.

Earth's Children is the whole of Jean M. Auel's catalogue: six novels of prehistoric life opening with The Clan of the Cave Bear (1980) and closing with The Land of Painted Caves (2011). Ayla is the central character. Neanderthals, the glacial epoch, shamanism and sign language recur as subjects. The books are long, at a median of 626 pages.

Jean Meltzer is a Jewish American novelist who worked in television before turning to fiction, winning a Daytime Emmy Award as a producer, writer and director. Six books are catalogued: The Matzah Ball and A Little Christmas Spirit (2021), Mr. Perfect on Paper (2022), Kissing Kosher (2023), Magical Meet Cute (2024) and The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah (2025). Jewish holidays give several of them their occasion. Meltzer studied in rabbinical schools in Jerusalem for five years, and film rights to The Matzah Ball were optioned in 2022.

Jean Rabe was an American journalist, editor, gamer and writer of fantasy and mystery, born 19 June 1957, who died on 19 January 2026. After working as a newspaper reporter, Rabe spent several years at TSR, Inc. running the Role Playing Game Association and editing Polyhedron magazine. Rabe then wrote novels for TSR and Wizards of the Coast, producing more than three dozen books and scores of short stories over 30 years, first game-related fantasy and science fiction and later mysteries. The catalogue runs from Red Magic (1991) to The Dead of Autumn (2022), with series such as Dragonlance: Dhamon Saga, Dragonlance: The Stonetellers, Piper Blackwell and Love-Haight Case Files.

Jean Stone writes contemporary fiction about female friendship, remarriage and starting over, much of it set on Martha's Vineyard. Sins of Innocence (1994) opens a catalogue of 26 books that reaches The Little Bookshop by the Harbor (2026). Three series, Martha's Vineyard, Vineyard and Up-Island, carry the island setting, and adoption, weddings and the lives of middle-aged women recur. Stone continues to publish.

Brittany is the setting for the police procedurals of Jean-Luc Bannalec, which follow a French commissaire through murder investigations along the coast. Death in Brittany, also published as Death in Pont-Aven, opened the series in 2012, followed by Murder on Brittany Shores, The Fleur de Sel Murders and The Killing Tide. Sixteen books reach The Secrets of the Abbey, and The Winemaker's End is scheduled for 2027.

Jeana E. Mann is catalogued under romance, with 40 books published between 2013 and 2023. Intoxicated (2013) opens the listing and Foolish Tears (2023) closes it. Pretty Broken Girl and Pretty Filthy Lies (2015), then Pretty Dirty Secrets and Pretty Wild Thing (2016), run through the middle of the catalogue. The series recorded for Mann are Pretty Broken, the Seaforth Billionaires, Felony Romance, the Rebel Queen Duet and the Absolute Power Duet. All 40 books are credited to Mann alone, and the listing is marked dormant.

Jeanette Grey writes romance and erotica, with subject headings for man-woman relationships, Americans, Paris and New York. The catalogue holds 11 books published from 2013 to 2019, and Art of Passion is the series credited to Grey. Take What You Want (2013) is the first title. Get What You Need (2014), Seven Nights to Surrender (2015), Eight Ways to Ecstasy (2016) and Nine Kinds of Naughty (2017) follow, and Taking Aim (2019) is the newest. The listing is marked as likely complete.

Jeanette Lewis published 21 books between 2014 and 2020, all credited to Jeanette Lewis. Feels Like Love (2014) opens the run, and Tamarack Ridge Romances and Skyriders are the two series recorded. A set of One titles sits in the middle of the listing: The Adventurous One, The Passionate One and The Rebellious One in 2016, then The Ambitious One and The Glamorous One in 2017. Much Ado About a Boy (2020) is the last entry, and the list is marked likely complete.

Jeanette Murray writes romance. Catalogue subjects for Murray list man-woman relationships, romantic suspense, the United States Marine Corps, officers, veterans, professional sports and boxing. All 16 catalogued books carry Murray's credit, published between 2011 and 2017, from The Game of Love (2011) to Changing Her Plans (2017). The Officer Says "I Do" (2012), Bucking the Rules (2013), Loving Him Off the Field (2014) and Against the Ropes (2015) sit in the run. Santa Fe Bobcats, Semper Fi and Roped & Wrangled are the series recorded under this name.

Jeanette Winterson

28 books• 4 series

Jeanette Winterson, born 27 August 1959, is an English author who also broadcasts and teaches creative writing. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985), Winterson's first book, is a semi-autobiographical novel about a lesbian girl raised in an English Pentecostal community. Later novels take up gender and sexual identity, and then the relationship between people and technology. Winterson's awards include a Whitbread Prize for a First Novel, a BAFTA for Best Drama, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, the E. M. Forster Award, the St. Louis Literary Award and two Lambda Literary Awards. The catalogue lists 28 books, reaching One Aladdin Two Lamps (2026), with translations in almost 20 languages.

Jeaniene Frost

34 books• 9 series

Jeaniene Frost, an American fantasy author born on 13 June 1974, created the Night Huntress series and the Night Huntress World novels. Foreign rights to Frost novels have been sold in twenty countries. The catalogue lists 35 Frost books, from Halfway to the Grave (2007), At Grave's End (2008) and One Foot in the Grave (2008) to A Curse of Beasts and Magic (2026), with A Storm of Dragons and Sorcery due in 2027. Other series include Night Prince, Night Rebel, Broken Destiny and Beautiful and Beastly. Subjects include vampires, paranormal romance, romantic suspense and bounty hunters.

Jeanine Cummins

5 books

Jeanine Cummins is an American author of Irish and Puerto Rican heritage, born in 1974. Five books carry the name: A Rip in Heaven, a 2004 memoir drawing on a Missouri murder case, then four novels, The Outside Boy in 2010, The Crooked Branch in 2013, American Dirt in 2020 and Speak to Me of Home in 2025. American Dirt sold more than three million copies and appeared in 37 languages; it also drew sustained criticism within the American literary community, which read it as cultural exploitation. Ireland, family secrets and coming of age recur across the fiction.

Jeanne Birdsall

11 books• 1 series

Jeanne Birdsall is an American photographer and children's author, born in 1951. The Penderwicks, the five-volume series about the Penderwick family, is the work Birdsall is best known for. The first book, The Penderwicks (2005), won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature that year. The catalogue lists 11 books for grades 3 to 5 from 2005 to 2025, including The Penderwicks at Last (2018) and The Library of Unruly Treasures (2025).

Jeanne C. Stein is an American urban fantasy author who writes the Anna Strong Chronicles, about a vampire bounty hunter. Stein grew up and studied in San Diego, which serves as the setting of the vampire books, and now lives in Colorado. Ace Books publishes the Anna Strong novels, while the Fallen Siren series appears under the name S. J. Harper from ROC. The 20 catalogued books run from The Becoming (2004) to Repel All Boarders (2021), and include the 180 Degrees Magnetic series.

Jeanne DuPrau, born in 1944, is an American author living in Menlo Park, California, and is best known for The Books of Ember, science fiction novels for young people. The catalogue lists a Book of Ember series and titles such as The City of Ember (2003) and The People of Sparks (2004). DuPrau's 14 catalogued books also include Adoption: The Facts, Feelings and Issues of a Double Heritage (1981), The Apple IIgs Book (1987) and Cloning (1999). Project F (2023) is the newest title.

Jeanne Glidewell is the author of the Lexie Starr Mystery and Ripple Effect Mystery series, with 18 catalogued books from 2010 to 2024. Catalogue subjects include the fictitious character Lexie Starr, bed and breakfast accommodation, middle-aged women, the wild bird trade, reincarnation and abduction. The Extinguished Guest (2010) is the first title, followed by Soul Survivor (2011) and Haunted (2012). Just Ducky (2013), Cozy Camping (2014) and Rip Tide (2016) appear later, and Rip Chord (2024) is the newest.

Jeanne Kalogridis

21 books• 4 series

Jeanne Kalogridis, born 1954, is an American writer of historical, science and horror fiction who also publishes as J.M. Dillard. Kalogridis was born in Florida, took a BA in Russian and then an MA in Linguistics at the University of South Florida, and taught English as a foreign language at the American University in Washington, D.C. before moving to the West Coast. The Dillard name carries War of the Worlds: The Resurrection (1988), Specters (1991), The Fugitive (1993) and The Burning Times (1997). Star Trek work runs through the listing, from The Lost Years (1989) to the novelisations Star Trek Generations (1994) and Star Trek Insurrection (1998). Diaries of the Family Dracul runs from Covenant with the Vampire (1994) to Lord of the Vampires (1996), and the 21 catalogued books end at Orphan of Florence (2017).

Jeanne M. Dams is an American crime fiction writer with three mystery series to her name. Dorothy Martin, an American retired teacher living in England, appears first in The Body in the Transept (1995). Hilda Johansson, a Swedish American, leads the second sequence, and the Oak Park Village Mysteries make the third. Thirty-eight books are catalogued, running through A Thief's Folly (2026).

Catalogued under the joint name Jeanne Mackin / Anna MacLean, the author has 11 books published from 1989 to 2024. Subjects include historical fiction, historical mystery, France, Egypt, Boston and spiritualism, and A Louisa May Alcott Mystery is a listed series. The Frenchwoman (1989) and The Queen's War (1991) are the earliest titles. Louisa and the Missing Heiress (2004) and Louisa and the Crystal Gazer (2006) appear later, followed by The Beautiful American (2014) and Picasso's Lovers (2024).

Motorcycle clubs name most of Jeanne St. James's series: Dirty Angels MC, Blood Fury MC, Blue Avengers MC, Dirty Angels MC: Next Gen and Kings of Anarchy: Pennsylvania. Romance, action and adventure, and LGBTQ+ gay fiction are the recorded subjects. The catalogue holds 64 books published between 2009 and 2026, from Double Dare (2009) to Unrestrained (2026). Other series include In the Shadows Security, Brothers in Blue, Double D Ranch, Dare Menage, Obsessed and Rip Cord. St. James is actively publishing.

Jeannette Bedard is the author behind the Settler Chronicles, Encoded Orbits, Wren Chronicles and Lost Orbits series. The catalogue holds 11 books from 2018 to 2026, beginning with Day 115 on an Alien World (2018) and Far Side of the Moon (2018). The Alien Artifact (2020), Fractured Orbits (2022), The Alien Algorithm (2022), Subject 34 (2023) and The Lost Star Chart (2025) come later. On the Edge of Night and Day (2026) is the newest title.

Jeannette Walls

5 books

The Glass Castle (2005), Jeannette Walls's memoir of a nomadic family childhood, is the best known of her five catalogued books. Walls is an American author and journalist, born in 1960, who worked as a gossip columnist for MSNBC.com before turning to books. Her catalogue opens with Dish (2000) and closes with Hang the Moon (2023). The Glass Castle spent 421 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list, and Walls took both the Alex Award and the Christopher Award in 2006.

Jeannie Lin writes historical romance. The debut novel, Butterfly Swords, took the Golden Heart award for historical fiction from the Romance Writers of America, and it opens a catalogue of 30 titles dated 2010 to 2023. The Dragon and the Pearl (2011), My Fair Concubine (2012), The Lotus Palace and The Jade Temptress (2013) follow, and Love, Death & Lanterns is the newest entry. Series include Tang Dynasty, Lotus Palace Mysteries, Gunpowder Chronicles, Princess Shanyin and Lovers and Rebels. The catalogue marks the run dormant.

Contemporary and western romance appear among the subjects for Jeannie Watt, along with Montana, bull riders, cowboys and ranchers. The 52 catalogued books span A Difficult Woman (2006) to Unforgettable Cowboy (2025). Series include Brodys of Lightning Creek, Montana Bull Riders, Return to Keller Ranch, Marvells of Montana, Sweet Home, Montana and Cowgirls of Larkspur Valley.

Jeannine Colette is credited on 12 catalogued books published between 2015 and 2023. Pure Abandon (2015) is the earliest title and Love... It's Wild (2023) the latest, with Reckless Abandon (2015), Wild Abandon (2016), Sinful Abandon (2017) and True Abandon (2017) forming a run of Abandon titles. The Love Explained series carries the Colette name. Volumes run to a median of 366 pages, and nothing has been catalogued since 2023.

Jeet Thayil

9 books

Jeet Thayil, born in 1959, is an Indian poet, novelist, librettist and musician. The poetry collection These Errors Are Correct (2008) took the Sahitya Akademi Award, and a first novel, Narcopolis (2012), won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature and reached the shortlists of the 2012 Man Booker Prize and The Hindu Literary Prize. Nine books are catalogued under the Thayil name, from Gemini (1994) to Names of the Women (2021), taking in Apocalypso (2001), English: Poems (2003), Collected Poems (2015), The Book of Chocolate Saints (2017) and Low (2020). Recorded subjects include India and the history and criticism of Indic poetry.

Jeff Abbott

23 books• 4 series

Jeff Abbott's crime fiction runs from small-town Texas to the international thriller. Jordan Poteet, a librarian in Mirabeau, leads the first series from Do Unto Others (1994); Whit Mosley and then Sam Capra follow. Assassins, the Mafia and intelligence officers enter with the later books. Twenty-three titles reach January and July in 2026, at 390 pages on median.

Jeff Brown created Flat Stanley, and Stanley Lambchop is the character recorded across the catalogue. Brown, born in New York City, worked as a story editor and assistant film producer in Hollywood and on the editorial staffs of The New Yorker and the Saturday Evening Post, where stories by Brown also appeared. The catalogue holds 25 books for readers in grades 1 to 3, dated from Flat Stanley (1964) to Lost in New York (2018), including Stanley and the Magic Lamp (1985), Stanley in Space (1990), Invisible Stanley (1993) and The Mount Rushmore Calamity (2009). Liz Neporent is credited alongside Brown on 2 titles.

Colorado sheriffs and murder investigations make up Jeff Carson's mysteries, with amnesia and traffic accidents among the recurring plot material. David Wolf heads the main series and Ali Falco leads a second. Twenty-seven catalogued books run from Foreign Deceit (2012) through The Silversmith (2013), Cold Lake (2014) and Smoked Out (2015) to Wind Burn in 2026.

Jeff Crook is an American novelist and a former technical writer for the United States Postal Service. The catalogue splits between shared-world fantasy and crime: DragonLance is the recorded character entry, Dungeons & Dragons novels and Forgotten Realms non-fiction sit in the subject list, and Jackie Lyons is the other series. Ten books are listed from The Rose and the Skull (1999) to Sinbad and the Sword of the Prophet (2016), taking in The Thieves' Guild (2000), Conundrum (2001), Dark Thane (2003), Champions of Ruin (2005), The Sleeping and the Dead (2012) and The Covenant (2013).

Jeff Edwards, born in 1959, writes military thrillers, and most of the published work under this name, fiction and non-fiction alike, concerns the United States military. The sourced record credits the novels with the Admiral Nimitz Award for Outstanding Naval Fiction, the American Author Medal, a Reader's Choice Award, a Silver Medal for Military/Wartime Fiction, and the Clive Cussler Grandmaster Award for Adventure Writing. Nine books are catalogued, from Sea of Shadows (2004) to The Damocles Agenda (2021). USS Towers and City Blues are the series grouped here, with The Seventh Angel (2010), Dome City Blues (2011), Sword of Shiva (2012) and Angel City Blues (2014) among the titles. Savannah, Georgia is recorded as where Edwards grew up.

Jeff Grubb, born 27 August 1957, is an American writer of novels, short stories and comics who also designs computer and role-playing games in the fantasy field. Grubb worked on the Dragonlance setting under Tracy Hickman and on Forgotten Realms alongside Ed Greenwood. The catalogue holds 28 books running from Dragons of Light (1985) to a Forgotten Realms Classics omnibus in 2014. Series headings are Finder's Stone, Oriental Adventures, Dungeons & Dragons Classics and the Magic: The Gathering Ice Age Cycle. Kate Novak is credited beside Grubb on 3 of the books.

Jeff Gunhus has 23 catalogued books, published between 2001 and 2024 and all credited to Gunhus. The run opens with No Parachute Required (2001), and the subject headings record job hunting, handbooks and manuals, and motivation alongside monsters, murderers, authors, and political, military and suspense thrillers. Night Chill, Allison McNeil and Scott / Mara are the series under Gunhus's name. Titles in the listing include Choose the Right Career (2010), Jack Templar, Monster Hunter (2012), Night Chill (2013) and Blood Lasts Forever (2024).

Watervalley is Jeff High's one series, and it accounts for the whole catalogue: four books published between 2013 and 2015. More Things in Heaven and Earth (2013) opens the run, followed by Each Shining Hour (2014), The Fullness of Time of Watervalley (2015) and The Splendor of Ordinary Days (2015). Physicians, small-town life, family life and romance supply the subject matter, across novels of a median 413 pages.