Authors whose first name starts with J, page 8 of 13

Jessica Day George

17 books• 5 series

Fairy tales, dragons and castles are Jessica Day George's stock in trade. Five series divide the 17 catalogued books: Dragon Slippers, Castle Glower, Princess of the Midnight Ball, Rose Legacy and Silver in the Blood. George, born in 1976 and based in Utah, took the 2007 Whitney Award for Best Book by a New Author for Dragon Slippers and has reached the New York Times list with her young adult fantasy. The run closes with The Rider's Reign in 2020.

Jessica Dodge has published four books since 2022: The Forgotten Witch (2022), Misplaced Magic (2023), The Book of Lost Enchantments (2024) and The Messengers of Magic (2025). Fantasy, historical fiction, mystery and romance are the categories the books are filed under, and Dodge continues to publish.

Jessica Ellicott writes historical mysteries set in England. Ten titles are catalogued from Murder in an English Village (2017) to Murder at an English Seance (2024), across two series: Beryl and Edwina, and the WPC Billie Harkness books. Villages, murder investigation, private investigators and women sleuths fill the subject tags.

Jessica Fellowes writes murder mysteries and companion books to television. The English author, born in 1974, began with The World of Downton Abbey (2011) and wrote four further Downton companions, among them A Year in the Life of Downton Abbey (2014) and the official guide to all six seasons (2015). The Mitford Murders sequence opens in 2017 and runs through Bright Young Dead, The Mitford Scandal, The Mitford Trial and The Mitford Vanishing to The Mitford Secret (2023). Twelve books are catalogued in total. Fellowes is a niece of Julian Fellowes.

Jessica Gadziala has 164 books in the catalogue, published between 2015 and 2026 and credited to Gadziala alone. Man-woman relationships is the only recorded subject heading. The work is sorted into series including Henchmen MC, Henchmen MC: Next Generation, Golden Glades Henchmen MC, Shady Valley Henchmen, the Costa Family, the Grassi Family, the Mallick Brothers and Stars Landing. Dark Mysteries and Dissent, both from 2015, are among the earliest titles; Mermaid in Manhattan (2026) is the newest.

Jessica Goodman writes mysteries for young readers, set in schools and summer towns where a death exposes what a community protects. They Wish They Were Us (2020) opens the catalogue, followed by They'll Never Catch Us (2021), The Counselors (2022), The Legacies (2023), The Meadowbrook Murders (2025) and Lies Between Us (2026), six books, roughly one a year.

Jessica Hall published five novels across 2003 and 2004. Contemporary romance and romantic suspense define them, with arson, kidnapping, private investigators and organised crime among the plot elements and Paris among the settings. The Tiger Sword Trilogy is Hall's one named series. The five titles are The Deepest Edge (2003), The Kissing Blades (2003), The Steel Caress (2003), Heat of the Moment (2004) and Into the Fire (2004), and nothing has followed.

Jessica Hawkins writes romance and erotica, and the catalogue holds 24 books published between 2013 and 2019. Come Undone, Come Alive and Come Together all appeared in 2013, and Night Call and Night Fever followed in 2014. Series include Night Fever, Something in the Way, Explicitly Yours, Cityscape, Slip of the Tongue and White Monarch. Violent Triumphs (2019) is the most recent title, and the catalogue marks the author as likely complete.

Jessica Khoury has 18 books in the catalogue, spanning Origin (2012) to The Moorwitch (2025). Science fiction and magic both appear among the subjects, alongside immortality, rain forests, survival and safaris. Khoury's series include Corpus, Mystwick, Skyborn and Forbidden Wish, and other titles include Vitro (2015), Kalahari (2015) and The Mystwick School of Musicraft (2019). Jessica Khoury is still publishing.

Suspense drives Jessica Knoll's fiction, which turns on family secrets, ambition, murder and reality television, and on young women whose lives change abruptly. Knoll works as a magazine editor and a screenwriter as well as a novelist. Five titles are catalogued and they arrive far apart, at an average gap of three and a half years: Cosmo's 51 Shades of Blonde (2012), Luckiest Girl Alive (2015), The Favorite Sister (2018), Bright Young Women (2023) and Helpless (2026).

Jessica Lemmon writes contemporary romance, with tags for billionaires, workplace romance, single fathers and widowers. The catalogue credits Lemmon with 45 books from 2013 to 2026, beginning with If You Dare; Can't Let Go, Hard to Handle and Tempting the Billionaire are also dated 2013. Lemmon series include Bachelor Pact, Real Love, Dallas Billionaires Club, Evergreen Cove, Blue Collar Billionaire and Dunn Brothers. The Billionaire Invitation (2026) is the newest listed title.

Jessica N. Watkins writes urban and street literature with romance, erotica and suspense in it, set largely among African American characters in Chicago. Her 59 catalogued books run from Just (2007) to I Love You Too Much (2026), peaking in the 2010s at a median of 292 pages. Secrets Of A Side Bitch, Cartier Cartel, Thug's Love, South Side Love Story, Capone & Capri, N.A.S, Epitome Of Femistry and Rich Man's Wife are among the twelve series recorded. Family life, female friendship, pregnancy and imprisonment recur in the subject index. Watkins is still publishing.

Jessica Peterson has 32 books in the catalogue, dated 2014 to 2027, spread across series such as North Carolina Highlands, Lucky River Ranch, Charleston Heat, Study Abroad, Thorne Monarchs, Harbor Village, Double U Ranch and the Hope Diamond Trilogy. The Gentleman Jewel Thief (2014) is the earliest title, followed by The Millionaire Rogue (2015) and The Undercover Scoundrel (2015). Lessons in Gravity (2016) and Royal Rebel (2018) come later, Ryder appeared in 2026, and Beck is due in 2027.

Romance is the single subject the catalogue assigns to Jessica Prince. The 68 titles listed run from Nightmares from Within (2013) to Beautifully Broken Pieces (2026), and Hope Valley and Redemption recur as character entries. Series include Hope Valley, Whiskey Dolls, Second Hope, Picking up the Pieces, Colors, Pembrooke, Civil Corruption, Ashland, Locklaine Boys and Whitecap. The 2020s are the catalogue's peak decade for Prince, and the run is marked ongoing.

Jessica R. Patch is a Publishers Weekly bestselling author of romantic suspense, cold case thrillers and small-town romance, known for dry wit and late twists. Her series include the Quantico Profilers, Cold Case Investigators, the FBI: Strange Crimes Unit, Texas Crime Scene Cleaners, Elite Protectors, Security Specialists, Seasons of Hope and Honeyhaven. Patch lives in the mid-south. Thirty-five catalogued books start in 2015 and reach The Girl Upstairs (2026).

Jessica Redland has 30 books in the catalogue, from All You Need Is Love / Bear With Me (2017) to Tomorrow Starts Today (2026). Hedgehog Hollow, Escape to the Lakes, Christmas on Castle Street, Welcome To Whitsborough Bay, Starfish Café, Bumblebee Barn Collection and Blue Skies Collection are among the series listings. Titles from 2020 include Finding Love at Hedgehog Hollow, Christmas at Carly's Cupcakes and Coming Home to Seashell Cottage / Dreaming About Daran. The Secret to Happiness appeared in 2019.

Cosy fantasy about midlife, baking and witchcraft is Jessica Rosenberg's territory. After Aloha Also Means Goodbye (2013), her catalogue restarts in 2022 with Butter, Sugar, Magic and the rest of the Baking Up a Magical Midlife books, then continues through Wyrd Words & Witchcraft, Midlife Magic on the Menu and Enchanted Thistle to The Little Shop of Gentle Magics (2026). 11 books are listed in all, and Rosenberg is still publishing.

Jessica Shirvington

9 books• 2 series

Jessica Shirvington, born in Sydney in 1979, is an Australian author known for the series Embrace, also titled The Violet Eden Chapters. The catalogue lists 9 books, opening with Embrace (2010) and closing on Just the Way We Are (2015), and marks the run likely complete. Angels, the supernatural, good and evil and identity appear among the recorded subjects. Shirvington lives in Mosman with her husband, the athlete and television presenter Matt Shirvington, and their three children.

Jessica Sorensen's catalogue runs to 202 books, published between The Fallen Star (2011) and Finding Chaos (2026). Contemporary romance carries most of it, with teenagers, college students, secrets and coming of age as the recurring material, and a fantasy strand of vampires and academies running beside. The Coincidence, Shattered Promises, Unraveling You, Guardian Academy, Enchanted Chaos, Mystic Willow Bay and Sunnyvale Mysteries are among the series. Seven titles carry a 2012 date, and volumes median 248 pages.

Domestic suspense is Jessica Strawser's mode: ordinary families, neighbours and marriages with something concealed inside them. Eight books run from Almost Missed You (2017) to The Quitters Club (2026), taking in Not That I Could Tell (2018), Forget You Know Me (2019), A Million Reasons Why (2021) and The Last Caretaker (2023). Parental kidnapping, secrecy and strained friendships supply the subject matter. Strawser continues to publish.

Jessica Townsend, born in Queensland in 1985, is an Australian author of children's fantasy. Nevermoor is her series, and it accounts for all five catalogued books: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (2017), Wundersmith (2018), Hollowpox (2020), Silverborn (2024) and Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow (2025). Magic, contests, curses and loyalty are the recurring subjects. The first book took Book of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards and the 2018 Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Younger Fiction, and film rights went to 20th Century Fox in 2016.

Jessie Burton

7 books• 1 series

Jessie Burton, born in 1982, is an English author. Four adult novels carry her name, The Miniaturist (2014), The Muse (2016), The Confession (2019) and The House of Fortune (2022), and all four were Sunday Times best-sellers, three of them at number one. The Miniaturist and The Muse were also New York Times best-sellers and were read on Radio 4's Books at Bedtime. Three books for children follow: The Restless Girls (2018), Medusa (2021) and Hidden Treasure (2025). Her novels have been published in almost 40 languages, and her short stories have appeared in Harper's Bazaar US and Stylist. Burton writes non-fiction as well. Amsterdam, merchants, miniature painters and young women run through the subjects.

Jessie Clever writes historical romance, much of it around dukes and spies. Son of a Duke (2013) opens a catalogue of 32 books; the Shadowing London spy stories, the Unwanted Dukes, Dueling for Dukes, the Atwood Sisters and the Secret Matchmaker divide the run, with Franconia Notch beside them. Loving the Duke (2024) is the newest title.

Jessie Garcia began in sports journalism and moved into crime fiction. The early books draw on Garcia's career as a sportscaster covering Wisconsin teams: My Life with the Green & Gold (2013) and Going for Wisconsin Gold (2016) take in the Green Bay Packers and women in sports broadcasting. Later titles turn to mystery, among them Death at the Dog Park (2019), The Business Trip (2025) and The Fair Weather Friend (2026). Seven books in all, with Bad Honeymoon scheduled for 2027.

Jessie Gussman writes contemporary small-town romance, with 147 books catalogued from Harvest Moon Homecoming (2017) to Candlelight Dreams (2026) and The Pebble Beach Diaries due in 2027. Cowboys feature in several series names, including Sweet Water Ranch Billionaire Cowboys, Cowboy Crossing and Heartland Cowboy Christmas. Coming Home to North Dakota, Sweet View Ranch, Blueberry Beach and Baxter Boys are other series. Subject tags include ex-convicts and lawyers.

Space opera with romance in it is Jessie Mihalik's form. The Consortium Rebellion opens with Polaris Rising (2019) and runs through Aurora Blazing and Chaos Reigning; Starlight's Shadow, the Rogue Queen books, Silver & Blood and Books & Broadswords follow. Thirteen titles span The Queen's Gambit (2017) to Roses & Stone (2026), and Mihalik is still publishing.

The Lighthouse (2020) is the first catalogued title for Jessie Newton, whose 20 books run to The Summer of Weddings (2025). Five Island Cove, Nantucket Point and Hamptons are the series, and Five Island Cove also appears as a named character entry. Christmas at the Cove (2020), The Cliffside Inn (2020), The Cottage on Nantucket (2021), The Seafaring Girls (2021) and Rebuilding Friendship Inn (2022) are other titles. Romance, mystery and adventure are the listed subjects.

Jewel E. Ann writes romance. The catalogue holds 42 books published between 2014 and 2026, beginning with Holding You (2014) and Idle Bloom (2014), and grouped into the Jack & Jill, Life Due, Transcend Duet, Sunday Morning, Fisherman and Chain of Lakes series. Ann remains actively publishing.

Jez Cajiao has 29 catalogued books, all published between 2020 and 2026 and all credited to Cajiao alone. Brightblade, City of Fallen Souls and The Forgotten Faithful appeared in 2020, and Divinity Denied (2026) is the most recent listed title. The catalogue groups the work into the UnderVerse, Arise and Artem series, with a separate audiobook grouping. No subject headings and no genre are recorded.

Jhumpa Lahiri

10 books

Jhumpa Lahiri writes short stories, novels and essays, in English and more recently in Italian. The debut collection Interpreter of Maladies (1999) took the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Hemingway Award, and the first novel, The Namesake (2003), was a New York Times Notable Book, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist and the basis for a film. Ten titles are catalogued, running through Unaccustomed Earth (2008), The Lowland (2013), In Other Words (2015) and Whereabouts (2021) to Roman Stories (2023). Lahiri is British-American.

Jill Churchill was the pen name of Janice Young Brooks (1943-2023), an American author whose first Jane Jeffry novel took both the Agatha and the Macavity Award. The Jane Jeffry mysteries place a single mother as the detective in Chicago, and the Grace & Favor series runs alongside them. Churchill also wrote historical romance and nonfiction, beginning with Kings and Queens: The Plantagenets of England in 1975. Thirty-eight catalogued books close with The Accidental Florist (2007).

Women in the Bible are the subject of Jill Eileen Smith's historical Christian fiction, which subject headings also tie to Israel, queens, and kings and rulers. The catalogue counts 25 books from Michal (2009) to A Deeper Well (2026). Abigail (2010), Bathsheba (2011), Sarai (2012), Rebekah (2013) and Rachel (2014) follow the first title, with The Crimson Cord (2015), The Shepherdess (2015) and Daughter of the Nile (2016) after. Series are Wives of King David, Wives of the Patriarchs, Daughters of the Promised Land and Loves of King Solomon.

Jill Lepore

19 books• 2 series

Jill Lepore, born 1966, is an American historian and journalist who holds the David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History chair at Harvard University. Lepore has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2005 and writes on American history, law, literature and politics, with work also in The New York Times, Foreign Affairs and the Yale Law Journal. The catalogue lists 19 books from The Name of War (1998) to The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State (2026). New York Burning (2005), The Whites of Their Eyes (2010), The Mansion of Happiness (2012), Book of Ages (2013) and The Secret History of Wonder Woman (2014) are among them. Subject headings name politics and government, historiography and wars.

Romantic comedy is Jill Mansell's territory. The British novelist published Fast Friends and Solo in 1991 and has 38 catalogued books through Just One Look At You (2026). Mansell's novels work through man-woman relationships, female friendship, sisters, widows and love triangles, several of them set in London. Sales pass fifteen million copies worldwide, and Mansell is still publishing.

Jill Marie Landis, born in 1948 in Clinton, Indiana, writes historical and contemporary romance and has twice won the Romance Writers of America RITA Award. Thirty catalogued books run from Sunflower (1988) to Curse of the Lost Tiki (2021), across A Tiki Goddess Mystery, the Storm Family, Twilight Cove, Irish Angel and the Cassidy Men. Western settings, inspirational romance and love stories fill out the subject list. No new Landis title has been recorded since 2021.

Inspector Lloyd and Judy Hill are the detectives Jill McGown (1947-2007) is remembered for, a police procedural pairing that runs through most of her 18 catalogued books. The British writer was born in Campbeltown, Scotland and died in Kettering, Northamptonshire; a redundancy from the British Steel Corporation in 1980 preceded the first mystery novel. A Perfect Match opened the catalogue in 1983 and Unlucky for Some closed it in 2004. A Shred of Evidence reached television in 2001, with Philip Glenister and Michelle Collins in the leads, and McGown is sometimes credited as Elizabeth Chaplin.

Jill Paton Walsh, 1937 to 2020, was an English novelist and children's writer, born Gillian Bliss and later Baroness Hemingford. Knowledge of Angels, nominated for the Booker Prize, stands among the best known of the work, along with the Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane mysteries that continued Dorothy L. Sayers's series. The Imogen Quy mysteries follow, with the University of Cambridge among the catalogued subjects, beside a long run of children's fiction on history and the Second World War. The catalogue lists 48 titles dated 1965 to 2013, opening with Wordhoard: Anglo-Saxon Stories (1965) and taking in Fireweed (1969), The Dolphin Crossing (1970), Goldengrove (1972) and The Emperor's Winding Sheet (1974). The Late Scholar (2013) is the last catalogued title.

Jill Ramsower writes romance across seven series: the Five Families, the Byrne Brothers, the Moretti Men, Moretti Malice, Savage Pride, the Fae Games and Of Myth and Man. The catalogue opens with 2018 titles including Shadow Play, Shades of Betrayal and Twilight Siege, holds 30 books, and reaches The Moretti Men, Book 4 in 2026.

Jill Sanders writes contemporary romance in place-based series: Pride, Oregon, Silver Cove, Grayton, Haven, Montana and Wildflowers, with the Candlewood Inn, Cannon Falls, Stoneport Manor and Davenport Heiress mysteries alongside. The Pride books open the catalogue in 2012 with Finding Pride and Discovering Pride. One hundred and fifteen titles are catalogued through The Way Home (2026), at a median length of 246 pages.

Jill Santopolo writes for children and for adults. The children's half of the catalogue holds the Alec Flint, Super Sleuth mysteries and the Sparkle Spa books, whose subjects are sisters, manicuring and beauty shops; the adult half holds the Light We Lost series and its treatment of love and man-woman relationships. Santopolo's 19 catalogued books span 2008 to 2025, from The Nina, the Pinta, and the Vanishing Treasure (2008) to The Love We Found (2025). Santopolo is actively publishing.

Contemporary romance is the territory of Jill Shalvis, an American novelist whose work includes the Lucky Harbor books. The catalogue records 140 books, opening with Summer of Fire in 1996 and extending to Falling into You in 2026. Heartbreaker Bay, Wildstone, Animal Magnetism, Sunrise Cove, Cedar Ridge and Sky High Air are among the series. Firefighters, bush pilots, sisters, California and Washington state appear in the subject tags, and Shalvis is still publishing.

Jill Steeples writes contemporary romance set in English villages. The Dog and Duck books put a country pub at the centre, running through Winter at the Dog & Duck (2016), Summer at the Dog & Duck (2017) and Wedding Bells at the Dog & Duck (2018); the Primrose Woods and Lower Leaping series follow. Christmas stories and dogs recur. Nineteen catalogued titles start at Desperately Seeking Heaven (2013), reach 2026, and a further Lower Leaping book is dated 2027.

Jilleen Dolbeare writes fantasy, and one word ties her catalogue together. Five Splintered books appeared in 2023, Splintered Fate, Splintered Haven, Splintered Magic, Splintered Secret and Splintered Veil, with Splintered Destiny following in 2024. Six titles are catalogued in all, and the run stays open.

Historical fiction and family drama make up Jillian Cantor's work. Sisters, missing children and the Second World War recur across 15 books, among them Margot (2013), The Hours Count (2015), The Lost Letter (2017) and In Another Time (2019). The September Sisters opened the catalogue in 2009, and The Season of Light and Darkness arrives in 2026.

Jillian Dodd writes romance across young adult and adult lines, with a spy-thriller strand alongside. That Boy (2011) opens a catalogue that has grown to 91 books, including the Keatyn Chronicles, London Prep, Eastbrooke Academy, Kitty Valentine, Hollywood Billionaires, Captive Films and Spy Girl series. The newest title, That Someday (2026), returns to the series Dodd started with.

Jillian Hart grew up on a family homestead near Carnation, Washington, raising cattle to pay for college and riding horses in the Cascade foothills. After an English degree from Whitman College, Hart travelled, worked in advertising, taught Sunday school and volunteered before turning to writing. The catalogue lists 113 books from 1998 to 2020, opening with Last Chance Bride and Hannah's Heart (1998), then Cooper's Wife, Jonah's Bride and Lissa's Cowboy (1999). Series include McKaslin Clan, McPhee Clan, Granger Family Ranch, Bluebonnet Bride, Buttons & Bobbins, Timber Valley Brides and Rose Hill Brides. Christian and historical romance, Montana, ranchers and mail order brides appear in the subject tags.

Jillian Hunter writes historical romance, much of it around the Boscastle family in England. 27 catalogued books span 1985 to 2018, from Heart of the Storm to The Duke of a Thousand Desires. Hunter, born in Scotland in 1950 to a Welsh mother and an American father, moved to London as a child and lives in southern California; she holds a degree in French. Forbidden to Love the Duke was named on an NPR Valentine's Day list in 2015. Nobility, marriage and governesses recur as subjects, and the catalogue is likely complete.

Jillian West entered the catalogue in 2022 with A Pack for Christmas and Left in Ruins, and has 38 books up to A Snowy Escape (2026). The series list includes A Monstrous World, Assurance Security, Ruined Records, Ruined Records: Chicago, Exchange and Mercenaries For Hire. Jillian West is still publishing.

Jilliane Hoffman writes legal thrillers. Born on Long Island and trained in law at St. John's University in Queens, Hoffman puts prosecutors, murder trials and serial killers at the centre of her books, with Miami as the recurring setting. C.J. Townsend leads the first series, in Retribution (2003) and Last Witness (2005); FBI agent Bobby Dees the second, in Pretty Little Things (2010). Six books reach The Cutting Room (2015), at a median of 426 pages.

Jilly Cooper

50 books• 5 series

Dame Jilly Cooper (1937-2025) was an English journalist who became a novelist. Cooper started in journalism and published non-fiction on class, animals and marriage before turning to fiction with the 1975 romance Emily. The Rutshire Chronicles are her longest and best known sequence. Humour, English social class, horsemanship and manners run through the work. Fifty catalogued books open with the collection Jolly Super (1970) and close with Tackle! (2023).

Jim Butcher

48 books• 7 series

Jim Butcher, born October 26, 1971, is an American author of the contemporary fantasy series The Dresden Files, as well as Codex Alera and Cinder Spires. Storm Front (2000) opens the catalogue, which includes Fool Moon (2001), Grave Peril (2001), Summer Knight (2002) and Furies of Calderon (2004), and runs to Out Law: A Dresden Files Novella (2026). Harry Dresden, wizards, private investigators and Chicago appear among the subjects. Butcher is still publishing.

Jim C. Hines

31 books• 6 series

Jim C. Hines writes fantasy and science fiction, published by DAW Books and appearing on the Locus bestseller list. The Jig the Goblin books, Goblin Quest (2004), Goblin Hero, Goblin War, put goblins and quests at the front of the subject tags, and the Faery Taile Project draws on fairy tales and princesses. Magic Ex Libris and the Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse follow. The catalogue holds 31 titles, from Goldfish Dreams (2003) to Slayers of Old (2025).

Jim Collins

10 books

Business management is Jim Collins's subject: what makes companies effective, how they grow, and how they fail. Collins, born in 1958, is an American researcher, consultant and speaker. His 10 books run from Beyond Entrepreneurship (1992) to What to Make of a Life (2026), and take in Built to Last (1994), Good to Great (2001), How the Mighty Fall (2009), Great by Choice (2011) and Turning the Flywheel (2019). Roughly four years separate one title from the next, at a median of 246 pages.

Jim Eldridge, born November 1944, is an English screenwriter for radio, film and television with hundreds of scripts broadcast over a career of more than 30 years. Radio shows created by Eldridge include King Street Junior, The Demon Headmaster, Shut UP and Parsley Sidings, and television creations include Powers, Time of My Life and Uncle Jack. The catalogue holds 117 books from Down Payment On Death (1972) to The Museum Detectives' Christmas Mystery (2026), with Murder at the Vatican due in 2027. Bogeys, Boils And Bellybuttons (1986), Bad Boyes (1987) and Uncle Jack and Operation Green (1990) are early titles, and series include Museum Mysteries, Hotel Mysteries, Cathedral Mysteries, DCI Paul Stark, SAS and Disgusting Dave.

Jim Harrison

46 books• 4 series

Jim Harrison (December 11, 1937 - March 26, 2016) was an American poet, novelist and essayist who published across poetry, fiction, nonfiction, children's literature and memoir. Harrison also wrote screenplays, book reviews, literary criticism and essays on food, travel and sport, and said poetry mattered most among the work. Harrison published 24 novellas. The catalogue holds 46 books from Plain Song (1965) to The Search for the Genuine: Nonfiction, 1970-2015 (2022), including Wolf (1971), Farmer (1976) and Legends of the Fall (1979). Dalva and Detective Sunderson are named series.

Jim Kelly is a British crime novelist and journalist. The Philip Dryden books put a journalist at the centre of cases set in Cambridgeshire, start with The Water Clock (2002), and earned Kelly the Crime Writers' Association Dagger in the Library in 2006. A second sequence follows DI Peter Shaw and DS George Valentine along the North Norfolk coast and the port of Lynn, and its second book, Death Watch (2010), took the New Angle prize for literature. Kelly has 19 catalogued crime novels, reaching The American Suspect in 2026.

Jim Kjelgaard wrote for young readers about dogs and the outdoors. Born James Arthur Kjelgaard, he lived from 1910 to 1959 and left 45 catalogued titles published between 1941 and 1980, opening with Forest Patrol (1941) and closing with Rebel Horse (1980). Big Red (1945) names one of the two sequences here, the other collecting his short stories. Snow Dog (1948), A Nose For Trouble (1949), Wild Trek (1950) and Fire-Hunter (1951) follow. Irish setters, trappers, outdoor life, Apache Indians and fathers and sons recur as subjects.

Hardboiled crime fiction is Jim Thompson's territory. Born James Myers Thompson in 1906 and died in 1977, Thompson wrote more than 30 novels, most of them original paperbacks issued from the late 1940s through the mid-1950s, about swindlers, criminals, alcoholics and murderers in Oklahoma and Los Angeles. Recognition arrived late: little noticed in his lifetime beyond Anthony Boucher's reviews in The New York Times, Thompson was rediscovered when the Black Lizard imprint reissued his novels in the late 1980s. The Killer Inside Me, Savage Night, A Hell of a Woman and Pop. 1280 are his best-regarded books, among 33 catalogued titles dated 1942 to 1989.

Jimmy Buffett

8 books

Eight books are catalogued under Jimmy Buffett's name, most of them set around the Caribbean and Florida, with children's fiction and short stories both represented. The Jolly Mon (1988), Tales from Margaritaville (1989), Trouble Dolls (1991), Where Is Joe Merchant? (1992), A Pirate Looks at Fifty (1998) and A Salty Piece of Land (2004) make up most of the run, which ends at Swine Not? Pig Tale in 2008.

Jimmy Carter

51 books• 1 series

Jimmy Carter (1924-2024) served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, and wrote 51 books. Carter's subjects cover his own childhood and career, American politics and government, peace negotiation, the Arab-Israeli conflict and Christian faith. The catalogue opens with Why Not the Best?: The First Fifty Years (1975), two years before he took office, and takes in Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President (1982) and The Blood of Abraham: Insights into the Middle East (1986). Later titles turn to the Bible and devotional writing, the most recent dated 2020. Books median 224 pages, and the 2000s were Carter's most productive decade.