Authors whose first name starts with J, page 9 of 13

Coffee, cats and witchcraft run through Jinty James's cozy mysteries. Four series divide the 45 books: the Coffee Witch mysteries, the Norwegian Forest Café mysteries, the Senior Sleuthing Club and Pru and Pip Private Investigators. Spells and Spiced Latte (2016) opens the catalogue and The Ginger Jar Deception (2026) is the newest title. Murder investigation, food trucks and women private investigators fill the subject tags.

Jo Ann Brown writes Christian romance, both historical and contemporary, with Amish and clean romance among the subject tags. The catalogue lists 42 books from 2010 to 2026. Time to Share and Secret in the Stitches date from 2010, followed by The House on Lookout Mountain (2011) and The Thousand Stories Quilt (2012). A Bride for the Baron (2014), Amish Homecoming (2015) and Family in the Making (2015) come later, and A Family for the Amish Orphans (2026) is the newest. Series include Amish Spinster Club, Green Mountain Blessings, Secrets of Bliss Valley, Amish of Lost River, Sanctuary Bay and Matchmaking Babies.

Jo Bannister is a British crime novelist, born on 31 July 1951 in Rochdale, Lancashire. Series include Brodie Farrell, Castlemere, Hazel Best & Gabriel Ash, Clio Rees & Harry Marsh, Mickey Flynn and Rosie Holland. The catalogue records 43 books from The Matrix (1981) to China Roses (2021), with Winter Plain (1982), A Cactus Garden (1983), Striving with Gods (1984), Gilgamesh (1989) and Shards (1990) among the earlier titles. Subject headings name England, policewomen, women private investigators, police procedurals and missing persons.

Cornwall and the English seaside hold most of Jo Bartlett's romance. The Cornish Midwife and Cornish Country Hospital series sit at the centre of the catalogue, with Seabreeze Farm, Channel View Farm, St Nicholas Bay and the Cosy Kettle-style feel-good titles around them. Fifty-nine books run from The Gift of Christmas Yet to Come (2014) to Mending Hearts at the Cornish Country Hospital (2026).

Jo Beverley (1947-2016), born Mary Josephine Dunn, was an English-Canadian author of historical and contemporary romance. Regency England and its nobility supply most of the settings, with the Mallorens and the Company of Rogues as the two groups readers follow across books. Beverley's 63 catalogued titles open with Lord Wraybourne's Betrothed (1988) and end with Merely a Marriage in 2017. Translations into several languages and multiple awards followed the work.

Jo Callaghan writes the Kat and Lock series. Four books are catalogued: In The Blink of An Eye (2023), Human Remains (2025), Leave No Trace (2025) and Body of Lies (2026). All four belong to that single series, published across four years, and Callaghan remains actively publishing.

Jo Dereske writes cozy mystery around librarians. Helma Zukas, a librarian in the imaginary town of Bellehaven, Washington, carries the Miss Zukas series, which opens with Miss Zukas and the Library Murders (1994) and continues through the Island Murders (1995), the Stroke of Death (1995) and Out of Circulation (1997). A second series follows Ruby Crane. The 20 catalogued books run from Glom Gloom (1985) to All of Us at the Same Time (2014), and nothing has followed 2014.

Jo Goodman writes historical romance, westerns included. Forty-three books are catalogued between The Captain's Lady (1984) and Ramsey Rules (2020), with recorded subjects covering ranchers, physicians, private investigators, brothers, missing persons and manners and customs. The Dennehy Sisters, McClellan Family, Compass Club, Thorne Brothers, Bitter Springs, Reidsville and Cowboys of Colorado series all appear in the listing.

Jo Grafford has 144 books catalogued between 2013 and 2026, with subjects tagged historical, romance, westerns and suspense. Breaking Ties (2013) is the first title and Undercover Hero (2026) the newest. Born In Texas, Heart Lake, Mail Order Brides Rescue, Brides of Cedar Falls, Cowboy Brand of Justice, Lost Colony, Black Tie Billionaires and Vikings Saga are among the series. Viking Born, Viking By Day and Viking For Hire were all published in 2015.

Jo Murray has one catalogued title, Dissection of a Murder, published in 2026. No earlier Jo Murray books are recorded in this directory, and the entry is marked ongoing rather than complete.

Crime fiction accounts for much of Jo Nesbo's catalogue, which holds 31 books published between 1997 and 2026. Harry Hole is the recurring character of the longest series credited to Nesbo, a run that opens with The Bat (1997) and takes in The Redbreast (2000), The Devil's Star (2003) and The Snowman (2007). Catalogue subjects list police, murder, investigation, serial murder investigation and Norway, along with humorous stories, inventors and flatulence from the Doctor Proctor books. Blood on Snow, standalone novels and short fiction complete the listing. Kill Shot (2026) is the newest title, and Nesbo continues to publish.

Jo Piazza is an American journalist and editor who writes books alongside her reporting. The catalogue holds 12 titles, from Celebrity, Inc. (2011) to The Parisian Heist (2026), taking in If Nuns Ruled the World (2014), The Knockoff (2015), Charlotte Walsh Likes To Win (2018) and The Sicilian Inheritance (2024). We Are Not Like Them (2021), written with Christine Pride, was a Good Morning America Book Club pick. Piazza hosts the Under the Influence podcast and has written for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Slate.

Jo Segura writes the Raiders of the Lost Heart books, a four-title series that opens with Raiders of the Lost Heart (2023) and runs through Temple of Swoon (2025) and The Lust Crusade (2026), with Guilty Treasure scheduled for 2027. Treasure hunting and romance drive the titles, and Segura remains an active author.

Murder and investigation in Ireland anchor Jo Spain's crime fiction. Fourteen catalogued books run from With Our Blessing in 2015 to Never To Be Found in 2026, split between the Inspector Tom Reynolds mysteries and a line of standalone thrillers that takes in The Confession (2018) and Dirty Little Secrets (2019). Secrecy, public office and death recur as subjects, and Spain continues to publish.

Joan Aiken

125 books• 12 series

Joan Aiken (Joan Delano Aiken, 4 September 1924 to 4 January 2004) was an English writer of supernatural fiction and alternative history novels for children. The Whispering Mountain (1968) won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and was commended for the Carnegie Medal, and Night Fall won an Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1972. Aiken received an MBE in 1999 for services to children's literature. The catalogue lists 125 books from All You've Ever Wanted (1953) to 2020, including The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (1962) and the Wolves Chronicles, Arabel and Mortimer and Felix Brooke series.

Joan Didion

30 books

Joan Didion wrote essays and novels about American social conditions, politics and the places she reported from. Run River (1963) is the earliest catalogued title, followed by Slouching Towards Bethlehem (1968), Play It As It Lays (1970), The White Album (1979), Salvador (1983) and Miami (1987). Thirty books are listed, the newest Notes to John in 2025, at 238 pages on median.

Joan Hess's mysteries run in three series: Claire Malloy, a bookseller who investigates; Arly Hanks, a policewoman in the imaginary Arkansas town of Maggody; and Theo Bloomer. The catalogue holds 45 books, from Strangled Prose (1985) to Caveat Emptor and Other Stories in 2016, with Malice in Maggody (1987) and Dear Miss Demeanor (1987) among the early titles. The catalogue is listed as likely complete.

Ranchers, frontier life and women pioneers recur in the subjects of Joan Johnston's books, which cover historical, western and contemporary romance. Johnston, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, is an American romance author. The catalogue lists 68 Johnston books between A Loving Defiance (1985) and Winter Magic (2020), and the run is marked as likely complete. Series include Hawk's Way, Bitter Creek, Benedict Brothers, Captive Hearts, Sisters of the Lone Star and Frontier Brides.

Joan Medlicott is known for the Ladies Of Covington books, a series about retired women sharing a boarding house in North Carolina. The Ladies of Covington Send Their Love (2000) opens it, followed by The Gardens of Covington (2001), From the Heart of Covington (2002), The Spirit of Covington (2003), At Home in Covington (2004) and A Covington Christmas (2005). Seventeen catalogued titles in all run from Celibate Wives: Breaking the Silence (1992) to Reflections in a River (2011), with two Virgin Islands collections and a Caribbean novel in the early years. Female friendship and older women are the recurring subjects.

JoAnn Ross, an American writer, has published more than 100 novels since 1983 across romance, romantic suspense and women's fiction, and has also written as JoAnn Robbins and JoAnn Robb. She belongs to the Romance Writers of America's Honor Roll of best-selling authors and holds Romantic Times Career Achievement Awards in both category and contemporary single title. The catalogue lists 114 books from Winning Season (1983) to Just One Look (2022) and marks the run as dormant. Series include Shelter Bay, Honeymoon Harbor, Castlelough, High Risk, Lucky Penny, Callahan Brothers, Stewart Sisters and New Orleans Knights. Subjects include Navy SEALs, private investigators and first loves.

Joanna Barker writes romance, including the Bow Street and Cartwells series. The catalogue counts 12 books between The Truth about Miss Ashbourne (2018) and A Love Most Daring (2026). Beauty and the Baron (2019), Romancing Her Rival (2020), The Two Bells of Christmas (2022) and So True a Love (2024) are among the titles, and Joanna Barker continues to publish.

Joanna Bourne is an American writer of historical romance set in Europe during the Napoleonic wars. The Spymasters series follows a group of spies and has won a number of awards. The Spymaster's Lady and My Lord and Spymaster both appeared in 2008, and The Forbidden Rose (2010), The Black Hawk (2011), Rogue Spy (2014) and Beauty Like the Night (2017) complete six catalogued books. Library Journal placed Rogue Spy, which pairs a code-breaker with a British service agent, among the ten best romances of 2014.

Joanna Campbell Slan has 87 books in the catalogue, from Using Stories and Humor (1997) to Purple, Blame, Game (2026). Scrapbooking, photograph albums and rubber stamp printing appear among the subjects, alongside murder and mystery. Early titles include Scrapbook Storytelling (1999) and Storytelling with Rubber Stamps (2001), and Paper, Scissors, Death is dated 2008. Series include the Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-N-Craft Mysteries, Cara Mia Delgatto, Jane Eyre Chronicles, Friday Night Mystery Club, Southern Beauty Shop Mysteries and Tai Chi Cozy Mysteries.

Joanna Cannon is a British author and former psychiatrist. Six books carry her name, from The Trouble with Goats and Sheep in 2016 to An Unlikely Visitor in 2026. Missing persons, secrecy, childhood friendship, older women and nursing homes recur across the work, which takes in Three Things About Elsie (2018), Breaking and Mending (2019) and A Tidy Ending (2022).

JoAnna Carl's Chocoholic Mysteries put Lee McKinney Woodyard and the chocolate trade at the centre of murder investigations. Carl's catalogue holds 25 books, from Death Down Home (1990) to The Chocolate Raccoon Rigmarole (2021), with the Sam and Nicky Titus and Nell Matthews series alongside. Women detectives and cozy mystery are the standing subjects. No new Carl title has appeared since 2021.

Joanna Davidson Politano writes Christian historical fiction set largely in Great Britain. Nine books are catalogued between 2017 and 2026, opening with Lady Jayne Disappears (2017) and running through A Rumored Fortune (2018), Finding Lady Enderly (2019), The Love Note (2020) and The Lost Melody (2022) to The Life She Forgot (2026). Families and fortune hunters recur as subjects, and House on the Edge of the Cliff is the one named series.

Joanna Gaines

11 books• 2 series

Joanna Gaines, born in 1978, is an American interior designer, television personality and author. Gaines co-hosted the HGTV renovation show Fixer Upper from 2013 with her husband Chip Gaines, and the two run the Magnolia brand, which takes in the Magnolia Journal, the Magnolia Network, Magnolia Realty and the Hearth & Hand collection for Target. 11 catalogued books span The Magnolia Story (2016) to The World Needs the Wonder You See (2025). Magnolia Table (2018) and its second and third volumes are the cookbooks; Homebody (2018), We Are the Gardeners (2019) and The Stories We Tell (2022) fill out the list.

Joanna Hickson writes historical fiction set in England and France. The Agincourt Bride (2013) opens the catalogue and the Catherine de Valois pair, completed by The Tudor Bride (2014). Red Rose, White Rose (2014), First of the Tudors (2016) and The Tudor Crown (2018) follow, then the Queens of the Tower books, The Lady of the Ravens (2020) and The Queen's Lady (2022). Eight titles are catalogued, the newest being The House of Seymour (2025).

Six books by Joanna Lowell are catalogued, published between 2016 and 2025. Dark Season (2016) opens the run, and The Duke Undone (2021), The Runaway Duchess (2022), Artfully Yours (2023), A Shore Thing (2024) and A Rare Find (2025) follow. Lowell publishes at roughly one book a year and remains active.

Joanna Schaffhausen writes crime thrillers and police procedurals with women investigators in front: Ellery Hathaway heads one series and Detective Annalisa Vega the other. Ten catalogued books run from The Vanishing Season (2017) through All the Best Lies (2020), Gone for Good (2021) and Long Gone (2022) to Gone in the Night in 2025.

Joanna Shupe is a USA Today bestselling author of historical romance who lives in New Jersey. Since 2015 Shupe's books have appeared on yearly best-of lists from Publishers Weekly, The Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews, Kobo and BookPage, and Holly Root of Root Literary is Shupe's agent. The catalogue lists 25 books from The Courtesan Duchess (2015) to The Gilded Rose (2026), across the Wicked Deceptions, Knickerbocker Club, Four Hundred, Fifth Avenue Rebels, Uptown Girls and Gilded Age series. New York, socialites and nobility are recurring subjects.

Joanna Trollope

40 books• 3 series

Joanna Trollope (9 December 1943 to 11 December 2025) was an English writer who also published as Caroline Harvey. Parson Harding's Daughter, a Caroline Harvey novel, won the Romantic Novelists' Association's 1980 Romantic Novel of the Year Award. The catalogue lists 40 books from Eliza Stanhope (1978) to Mum & Dad (2020), including The Choir (1988). Subjects include history, romance, domestic fiction, family life, clergy and England. The Legacy Saga is Trollope's listed series.

Motorcycle club romance is what Joanna Wylde is known for, with the Reapers MC as the recurring setting and single mothers, widowers and ex-convicts among the figures. Wylde's 23 catalogued books span 2002 to 2019, from The Price of Pleasure (2002) to Eli's Triumph (2019), and take in the Saurellian Federation and Silver Valley series. The writing sits in erotic and contemporary romance with a suspense strand. Volumes median 326 pages, and nothing new has followed 2019.

Joanne DeMaio writes women's fiction set in Connecticut, about middle age, self-discovery and the conduct of a life. The Seaside Saga and the Beach Cottage books are her series, and seasonal titles run through them: Blue Jeans and Coffee Beans (2013), Snowflakes and Coffee Cakes (2013), The Denim Blue Sea (2015) and Beach Blues (2016). Forty-one catalogued books span Whole Latte Life (2012) to The Novelists, and Driftline is scheduled for 2027.

Joanne Fluke is the pen name of Joanne Fischmann, an American writer born Joanne Gibson around 1943 in Swanville, Minnesota. Fluke is chiefly known for the Hannah Swensen cozy mysteries about a small-town baker, and six Hallmark Channel films draw on that series. The catalogue counts 64 books between 1980 and 2024, opening with The Stepchild (1980), The Other Child (1983) and Winter Chill (1984); the newest entry is Pumpkin Chiffon Pie Murder (2024). Other pen names include Jo Gibson, Chris Hunter and Kathryn Kirkwood.

Joanne Pence writes culinary mysteries. The amateur sleuth is Angie Amalfi, an underemployed food writer and gourmet chef in San Francisco, and Amalfi's romance with homicide inspector Paavo Smith runs alongside the cases; the flavour is humorous, screwball adventure. Born Joanne Lopez in San Francisco, Pence attended the University of California, Berkeley and managed operations analysis at the Social Security administration from 1970 to 1998. The catalogue lists 58 titles, opening with Dangerous Journey (1987) and Something's Cooking (1993) and reaching Deadly Ever After in 2025. Series include Cook and Inspector Mysteries, Inspector Rebecca Mayfield Mystery, Angie & Friends Food & Spirits Mysteries and Donnelly Cabin Inn.

Jocelyn Green writes fiction and devotional books, and Christian romance and history appear in the subject tags. The catalogue records 18 books from Faith Deployed (2008) to The Manhattan Confessions (2026). Heroines Behind the Lines: Civil War, Windy City Saga and On Central Park are the series, and Wedded to War (2012), Widow of Gettysburg (2013) and Spy of Richmond (2015) are among the titles. Military spouses, nursing and the American Civil War appear in the subjects.

Jocelynn Drake writes urban fantasy and paranormal romance, with vampires, magic and tattoo artists among the catalogued subjects. The 109 books in the catalogue begin with Nightwalker (2008) and include the Dark Days, Asylum Tales, Exit Strategy, Lords of Discord, Unbreakable Bonds and Ward Security series. Cursed God of Luck (2026) is the latest published title, with Wanted: Necromancers and Assassins due in 2027.

Jocko Willink

13 books• 2 series

Extreme Ownership (2015) is the earliest of 13 catalogued books by Jocko Willink, an American author, podcaster and retired United States Navy SEAL officer born September 8, 1971. In the Iraq War, Willink commanded Task Unit Bruiser of SEAL Team 3 in the fighting at Ramadi, receiving the Silver Star and the Bronze Star Medal and reaching lieutenant commander. Willink also sits on the board of San Diego FC. Other titles include Discipline Equals Freedom (2017), The Dichotomy of Leadership (2018) and Leadership Strategy and Tactics (2020), and Way of the Warrior Kid (2018) and Marc's Mission (2018) also appear, with children's fiction and leadership among the subjects. Letters from Uncle Jake (2024) is the newest.

Jodi Burnett's catalogue lists 28 books published between 2018 and 2026. Letting Go (2018) is the first title, followed by A Flint River Christmas, Danger In The Hills and Run For The Hills in 2019. Four series are named: Tin Star K9, US Marshal Dirk Sterling, FBI-K9 and Flint River. Survival (2026) is the most recent title.

Jodi Ellen Malpas writes erotic contemporary romance. This Man (2012) opens the series that made her name, continued in Beneath this Man and This Man Confessed (2013) and retold later from Jesse's side. Unlawful Men, Arlington Hall, Belmore Square and two duologies follow. Thirty-four books are catalogued through The Unraveling in 2026, at 418 pages on median.

Jodi Picoult

42 books• 7 series

Jodi Picoult is an American writer, born in 1966, whose fiction is described as family saga, often built around moral dilemmas or procedural dramas that set family members against one another. As of 2026 Picoult had published 30 novels and several short stories, and had written several issues of Wonder Woman. Around 40 million copies of Picoult's books are in print in 34 languages, and the New England Bookseller Award for fiction came in 2003. The catalogue holds 42 books, opening with Songs of the Humpback Whale (1992) and including Harvesting the Heart, The Pact, Plain Truth and Salem Falls, alongside plays and graphic novels.

Time travel and historians are Jodi Taylor's stock in trade. The Chronicles of St Mary's opens with Just One Damned Thing After Another (2013); the Time Police, Elizabeth Cage, Smallhope & Pennyroyal and Frogmorton Farm series follow, with humour, history, fantasy and horror across the subjects. Taylor's catalogue reaches 65 books, Twelfth Night is the most recent, and Short on Time is scheduled for 2027.

Jodi Thomas is the pen name of Jodi Koumalats, an American author of historical romance born in Amarillo, Texas. Most of the novels are set in Texas, and Romance Writers of America inducted Thomas into its Hall of Fame in 2006. The catalogue records 70 books, from Beneath The Texas Sky (1988) to Silverleaf Rapids (2025). Ransom Canyon, Whispering Mountain, Texas Brothers, Wife Lottery, Honey Creek, McQuillen and Someday Valley are among the Thomas series. Ranch life, women pioneers and western romance appear in the subject tags.

Jodie Bailey writes Christian romantic suspense, and the subject tags include the United States Army, soldiers, officers and drug trafficking. The catalogue lists 33 books from Freefall (2012) to Dangerous Mountain Search (2026). Crossfire (2014), Smokescreen (2015), Breach of Trust (2016) and Dead Run (2017) fall in between. Trinity Investigative Team and Dellinger Racing are the named Bailey series, and Jodie Bailey continues to publish.

Jody Hedlund writes Christian historical romance, and the recorded subjects also take in religious fiction, knights and knighthood, orphans, young women and man-woman relationships. The catalogue lists 75 books, from The Preacher's Bride (2010) to Horseshoes and Honeymoons (2026), with the 2020s the heaviest decade. Series credited to Hedlund include Beacons of Hope, Bride Ships, Colorado Cowboys, Knights of Brethren, Lost Princesses, Waters of Time and High Country Ranch. Hedlund remains actively publishing.

Joe Abercrombie

20 books• 6 series

Joe Abercrombie, born 31 December 1974, is an English writer of epic fantasy who has also worked as a film editor. The First Law and Age of Madness trilogies share one setting with other Abercrombie novels, and Abercrombie has also written a young adult trilogy. Half a King took the 2015 Locus Award for best young adult book. The catalogue opens with The Blade Itself (2006), reaches The Devils (2025) and lists The Heretics for 2027. Series include First Law World, Age of Madness, Shattered Sea and Devils.

Joe Buff writes naval techno-thrillers, and Jeffrey Fuller is the recurring character across all six catalogued books. Deep Sound Channel (2000) opens the series and Seas of Crisis (2006) closes it, with Thunder in the Deep, Crush Depth, Tidal Rip, the bestseller of the run, and Straits of Power between them. Nuclear submarines, submarine warfare and Navy SEALs supply the material. Buff spent 20 years as an actuary before writing full time from 1997.

Joe Dispenza writes non-fiction on the brain and on changing behaviour: neuropsychology, the mind and body, and New Thought. Evolve Your Brain (2007) opens the catalogue, followed by Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself (2012), You Are the Placebo (2014), Becoming Supernatural (2017) and Mind to Matter (2018), with guided meditations among the titles. Nine books are catalogued, the last dated 2020.

Joe Haldeman

48 books• 10 series

Joe Haldeman is an American science fiction writer whose 48 catalogued books begin with War Year (1972). The Forever War (1974) is his best known novel, drawn from his service as a combat soldier in Vietnam, and the Forever War name extends across later books, comics and graphic novel adaptations. The Hemingway Hoax (1991) and Forever Peace (1997) took Hugo and Nebula awards alongside it. Worlds, Marsbound and Attar The Merman are his other series. Human-alien encounters, space colonies, hard science fiction and war supply the subject matter. Haldeman received the SFWA Grand Master award, entered the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2012, and taught writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1983 to 2014.

Joe Hart writes thrillers and dystopian science fiction. Dystopias, epidemics and survival run through the subject headings alongside crime, hard-boiled detection and police procedure. Series include the Dominion Trilogy, Nora McTavish, Liam Dempsey and Clare Murdock. Thirty books are catalogued, published between 2011 and 2026, from Midnight Paths (2011) to Night Calls (2026).

Joe Hill

69 books• 17 series

Joe Hill is the pen name of Joseph Hillström King, an American writer born June 4, 1972. Hill's novels include Heart-Shaped Box (2007), Horns (2010), NOS4A2 (2013) and The Fireman (2016), with King Sorrow following in 2025. 20th Century Ghosts (2005) and Strange Weather (2017) are story collections. Hill also wrote the comic series Locke & Key (2008 to 2013). Awards include Bram Stoker Awards, British Fantasy Awards and an Eisner Award. The catalogue lists 69 Hill books from 2005 to 2025, and its subjects include horror, ghost stories, short stories and comics.

Joe Ide is an American crime fiction writer of Japanese descent, born around 1958, with 7 books in the catalogue. IQ (2016) opens the list, followed by Righteous (2017), Wrecked (2018), Hi Five (2020), Smoke (2021), The Goodbye Coast (2022) and Fixit (2023). IQ is the series on record, and Philip Marlowe appears among the characters. Subjects include private investigators, Los Angeles, missing persons, brothers and African American mystery fiction. No new Ide title has appeared since 2023.

Joe McKinney (1968-2021) was a San Antonio author who also served as a Patrol Supervisor with the San Antonio Police Department. McKinney wrote horror, and the catalogue records zombies, epidemics, monsters and paranormal fiction among its subjects, with Texas and Houston as settings. The listing holds 31 books published between 2006 and 2022, from Dead City (2006) to Forlorn Hope (2022), and includes the Retreat series. Anthology volumes in the listing, among them Demonic Visions: 50 Horror Tales, carry other contributors including Nancy Kilpatrick, Paul Kane and Jeremy C. Shipp.

Joe R. Lansdale

156 books• 24 series

Joe R. Lansdale, born Joe Richard Lansdale on October 28, 1951, is an American writer and martial arts instructor who works across Western, horror, science fiction, mystery and suspense and has also written comic books and screenplays. Lansdale's honours include the British Fantasy Award, the American Horror Award, the Edgar Award and eleven Bram Stoker Awards, and several novels have been adapted for film and television. The catalogue begins with Act of Love (1981) and includes Dead in the West (1986), The Magic Wagon (1986), The Nightrunners (1987), The Drive-In (1988) and Cold in July (1989); Petrified Dreams (2026) is the newest. Hap Collins and Leonard Pine head the Hap and Leonard series, and Texas features in the subjects.

Joe Siple has 6 books in the catalogue, from The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride (2018) to The First Wish of Mr. Murray McBride (2025). The Final Wish of Mr. Murray McBride appeared in 2021. The remaining titles are The Town with No Roads (2019), The Last Dogs (2020) and Charlie Fightmaster and the Search for Perfect Harmony (2021).

Joel C. Rosenberg

26 books• 6 series

Middle East politics, terrorism and end-of-the-world themes run through Joel C. Rosenberg's thrillers. The Last Jihad (2002) opens the first series, followed by the David Shirazi, J.B. Collins and Marcus Ryker sequences, with non-fiction such as Epicenter (2006) and Inside the Revolution (2009) alongside. Twenty-six books are catalogued through The Beijing Betrayal in 2025, at 432 pages on median.

Joel Dicker

6 books• 1 series

Joël Dicker is a Swiss novelist, and Marcus Goldman is the one named series in his catalogue. Six titles are listed: The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (2012), The Baltimore Boys (2015), The Disappearance of Stephanie Mailer (2018), The Enigma of Room 622 (2020), and The Alaska Sanders Affair and Wild Animal, both from 2024. Subject headings cover cold cases, murder investigation, police work and judicial error. Dicker's books are long, at a median of 642 pages.

Joel Rosenberg

24 books• 7 series

Joel Rosenberg (May 1, 1954 - June 2, 2011) was a Canadian American author of science fiction and fantasy, and the long-running Guardians of the Flame series is the work most associated with Rosenberg. Rosenberg was also active in the gun rights movement. The catalogue holds 24 books published from The Sleeping Dragon (1983) to Knight Moves (2006). Other series are Thousand Worlds, Keepers of the Hidden Ways, D'Shai, Sparky Hemingway and Morded's Heirs/Paladins. Subjects include magic, time travel and the imaginary land of D'Shai.

Joelle Charbonneau writes for young adults and in mystery. Twenty books are catalogued between Skating Around the Law (2010) and Disclose (2020). The Testing is the science fiction series, with The Testing (2013), The Testing Guide (2013) and Graduation Day (2014); Verify and Dividing Eden are the later ones. Rebecca Robbins leads a roller-rink mystery sequence in Skating Over the Line (2011), Skating on the Edge (2012) and Skating Under the Wire (2013), and the Glee Club Mysteries take on show choirs in Murder for Choir (2012), End Me a Tenor (2013) and A Chorus Line-Up (2014). Nothing new has appeared since 2020.