Mystery Women Authors

Lillian Jackson Braun

Biography

Lilian Jackson Braun composed her first poem at the age of two. She began writing her Cat Who… detective series when one of her own Siamese cats mysteriously fell to its death from her apartment block in 1966. She wrote three Cat Who .... novels and then took a break from writing books for eighteen years. Since then nineteen Cat Who… novels have been published, all featuring the very talented Koko and Yum Yum, Siamese cats with a bent for detection. She is currently working on the next novel in this internationally best-selling series.

Lilian Jackson Braun and her husband, Earl, live with their two cats, Koko III and Pitti Sing, in the mountains of North Carolina.

Photo by Patricia Beck

Books

Jim Qwilleran Mysteries with Koko and Yum Yum

The Cat Who Saw Stars

A new caper from "a master of mystery who knows exactly when to let the cat out of the bag." --People Quill is determined to dispel rumors circulating in Moose County, "four hundred miles north of everywhere," that extraterrestrial beings may be responsible for the disappearance of a stray backpacker. Koko, on the other hand, is spending hours on the porch in the dark, watching the sky for stars--or something! Throw in some highly
innovative plans for this year's 4th of July parade, a dogcart race, and the recent knitting craze in Moose County, and Quill and the cats have some serious sorting out to do..and readers yet another purrfectly delightful Cat Who..mystery to enjoy! (Amazon.com)

Published Putnam January 1999

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The Cat Who Sang for the Birds

Spring has come early to Moose County. On the surface, things appear tranquil for newspaperman Jim Qwilleran and his two felines, Koko and Yum Yum. But then an elderly woman dies in a suspicious fire, and the newly opened art center falls victim to a mysterious break-in. Throw in a scandal involving an unscrupulous local politician and an anti-computer uprising at the town library and suddenly life is anything but peaceful. In addition, a young artist disappears, and Qwill, Koko and Yum Yum have some serious sleuthing to do .(From Amazon.com)

Published Putnam 1998

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The Cat Who Could Read Backwards

Prize-winning reporter Jim Qwilleran's latest assignment is to cover the art beat for the Daily Fluxion. Sounds easy enough--unless your art beat includes a stabbing in an art gallery, vandalized paintings, and a fatal fall from a scaffolding! (From Amazon.com)

Published Jove 1986

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The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern

Jim Qwilleran is not exactly thrilled by his new assignment for the Daily Fluxion--a weekly magazine on interior design. But Qwilleran finds himself on familiar territory when a murder is committed, and he and Koko, the brilliant Siamese, take the case. (From Amazon.com)

Published Jove 1990

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The Cat Who Saw Red

Published Jove 1991

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The Cat Who Played Post Office

An unexpected inheritance throws reporter Jim Qwilleran into the limelight of the rich and famous--until a missing maid and a shocking murder show him the unsavory side of the upper crust. But it's his Siamese Koko's propensity for clues that leads the roving reporter to some unlikely suspects. (From Amazon.com)

Published Jove 1991

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The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare

An accident has claimed the life of the local paper's eccentric publisher, but to Qwilleran and his feline friends it smells like murder. They soon sniff out a shocking secret, but Koko's snooping may prove CATastrophic. (From Amazon.com)

Published Jove 1991

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The Cat Who Went Underground

Jim Qwilleran packs up his old kit bag and his two Siamese cats for a sun-and-fun summer at his log cabin in Moose County. Their vacation starts off ominously with the disappearance of a handyman hired to patch up Qwilleran's cabins. But the felines really start throwing catfits when they come across a couple of dead bodies! (From Amazon.com)

Published Jove 1991

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The Cat Who Lived High

Determined to restore the Casablanca, the apartment building he has saved from the wrecking ball, Jim Qwilleran moves in, and is soon investigating the murder of an art dealer whose corpse was discovered in his apartment. (From Amazon.com)

Published Jove 1991

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The Cat Who Moved A Mountain

After Jim Qwilleran officially inherits a fortune, he and his sleuthing cats head for the Potato Mountains seeking peace and isolation. But one of the Taters, as the mountain folk are called, has been convicted of murdering one of the developers who would turn the Potatoes into a tourist trap. Some people swear the wrong man has been jailed. But if he didn't do the dirty deed, who did? Only one thing is sure. With Qwill, Koko and Yum Yum on the case, the killer won't get away with murder. (From Amazon.com)

Published Jove 1992

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The Cat Who Wasn't There

Qwill agrees to join his beloved Polly on a group tour of Scotland to keep her safe from the Pickax Prowler. On their sixth day in Scotland, however, the tour organizer--Polly's best friend Irma--dies of an apparent heart attack, and Qwill suspects foul play. Koko and Yum Yum may have been miles away from the scene of the crime, but they're just a whisker away from cracking the case. (From Amazon.com)

Published Jove 1994

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The Cat Who Turned On And Off

Qwilleran and Koko, the beautiful Siamese cat, are back on the mystery beat. When a mysterious fall ends the life of one of Junktown's leading citizens, Qwilleran is convinced it was no accident. And Koko is about to prove him right. (From Amazon.com)

Published Jove 1995

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The Cat Who Knew A Cardinal

Jim Qwilleran's sharp-witted Siamese cats play detective once again in this charming mystery by Lilian Jackson Braun. Qwill, Koko, and Yum Yum return to Pickax, looking forward to settling back into their quiet life after their last adventure. But when a body is found in Qwill's orchard and his friend looks like the prime murder suspect, he and the cats are on the case! (From the Publisher)

Published Jove 1995

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The Cat Who Went Into The Closet

Jim Qwilleran packs up the cats and moves into a mansion in town for the winter. While Koko and Yum Yum play, Qwill turns his attention to two suspicious deaths: the mansion's former owner and a local farmer. The case is going nowhere until Koko unearths surprising evidence that someone is willing to kill to suppress. (From Amazon.com)

Published Jove 1995

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The Cat Who Came To Breakfast

Isolated Breakfast Island has become a hot vacation spot thanks to the development of a major resort complex. That fact alone is enough to upset the locals. But when an explosion sets off a series of bizarre accidents, Qwill, with his feline companions, Koko and Yum Yum, must investigate. (From Amazon.com)

Published Jove 1995

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The Cat Who Sniffed Glue

It looks like robbery gone awry to the police. But then Koko develops an odd appetite for glue, and he and Qwilleran become entangled in a web of love and danger in their stickiest case yet! "The mix of crime and cats (is) catnip to readers who like both! (From Amazon.com)

Published Jove 1996

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The Cat Who Talked To Ghosts

Ace reporter Jim Qwilleran doesn't believe ghosts are haunting the Goodwinter farmhouse museum, but curator Iris Cobb swears on her life to the contrary. Qwill is positive the screams and moans Iris hears exist only in her overactive imagination--until the night he finds her on the farmhouse floor, literally scared to death! Despite their skepticism about ghosts, Qwill and his psychic feline sleuths, Yum Yum and Koko, don't think a heart attack did Iris in. Sure enough, their investigation opens a closet full of skeletons whose origins are linked to strange events at the farmhouse. One this is for sure, ghosts or no ghosts, Iris was not alone when she died, and Qwill and the cats are determined to learn the truth. (From Amazon.com)

Published Jove 1996

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The Cat Who Blew the Whistle

Floyd Trevelyan's historic steam locomotive, newly restored, is the newest attraction in Moose County. But the excitement is eclipsed by shock when Trevelyan disappears--along with millions of investors' dollars. Now, Qwill--with the help of his cats, Koko and Yum Yum--is trying to make a connection between the missing man and a recent murder at the railroad tavern. (From Amazon.com)

Published Jove 1996

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The Cat Who Played Brahms

Jim Qwilleran decides to take an extended vacation and chooses a cabin in Mooseville, 400 miles north of the city. He has the free use of it from a quasi-aunt and long time friend of his mother's. While passing through Pickax, the county seat, he visits Aunt Fanny for a reunion after many years and proceeds to Mooseville accompanied by Koko and Yum-Yum. While settling into the cabin he meets many locals who will also feature in future episodes and becomes aware that all is not well on the crime front. Several deaths and other events point in so many different directions hat the precise nature of the crime is not clear at all to either Jim or Koko. Eventually, the puzzle is solved, but not before the chain of events leads to the death of octogenarian Aunt Fanny. At the end of the book, Jim is informed that Aunt Fanny has made him her sole heir, but a stipulation of the will requires that he relocate to Moose County for a period of no less than five years. This sets the stage for future "tails" in the "The Cat Who" series. (From the Publisher)

Published Jove 1997

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The Cat Who Said Cheese

During the Moose County Great Food Expo, Qwill and his crime-solving Siamese have plenty of delicious distractions. But after a mysterious death, they have to put aside the treats--and cook up a solution to the case! (From Amazon.com)

Published Jove 1997

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The Cat Who Tailed A Thief

A rash of petty thefts threatens the holiday spirit in Pickax in the best Cat Who . . . mystery yet. Qwilleran decides to do some surreptitious investigating. With the help of Koko and Yum Yum, he endeavors to bring the right people to justice before the small town is destroyed by a crime wave. (From Amazon.com)

Published Jove 1998

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Short Stories

The Cat Who Had 14 Tails

A courageous Siamese bags a cunning cat burglar. A country kitty proves a stumbling block in a violent murder. And an intuitive feline's premonition helps solve the case of the missing antique dealer. Here are 14 Braun "Cat" tales that are riveting and amusing whodunits.(From Amazon.com)

Published Jove 1991

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Mystery Cats

This murderously entertaining collection assembles 16 purr-feet tales of crime and cats by some of today's best mystery writers: Lilian Jackson Braun, Ruth Rendell, Patricia Highsmith, Patricia Moues, Edgar Allen Poe, Hugh B. Cave, Fred Hamlin, and others.

Published New America 1995

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More Mystery Cats

Selected by the editors of the prestigious Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, here are 14 tales of extraordinary cats and uncommon crimes. Features lead story by bestselling novelist Lilian Jackson Braun as well as selections from Dorothy L. Sayers, Ellis Peters, and others.

Published Signet 1993

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Mystery Cats 3 : More Feline Felonies

This collection of charismatic cat stories gives that wayward animal even more mystery. Sixteen tales of enigmatic tabbies and stealthy Siamese are guaranteed to deliver a fur-raising scare. Contributors include Lilian Jackson Braun, Patricia Highsmith, Edward D. Hoch, and 14 others.

Published Signet 1995

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