Jerrilyn Farmer is an American mystery fiction writer, author of a series of humorous
'cozy' mysteries featuring Hollywood caterer 'Madeline Bean'.
Originally from Illinois, Jerrilyn Farmer majored in Acting and English at
Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University (NIU) is a public research university in DeKalb, Illinois. It was founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School on May 22, 1895, by Illinois Governor John P. Altgeld as part of an expansion of the state's system ...
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and moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. However she found a career writing for television, mainly for game shows and sketch comedy. Her first novel ''Sympathy for the Devil'' (1998) was nominated for an
Agatha award and an
Edgar award and won the
Macavity Award
The Macavity Awards are a literary award for mystery writers. Nominated and voted upon annually by the members of the Mystery Readers International, the award is named for the " mystery cat" of T. S. Eliot's ''Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats'' ...
. Her second was nominated for an
Agatha award and a
Lefty award. She has also taught mystery writing at the UCLA Extension's Writers Program.
Clair E.White 'A Conversation with Jerrilyn Farmer' in Writers Write; The Internet Writing Journal
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Books
Madeline Bean Series:
*''Sympathy for the Devil'' (1998)
*''Immaculate Reception'' (1999)
*''Killer Wedding'' (2000)
*''Dim Sum Dead'' (2001)
*''Mumbo Gumbo'' (2003)
*''Perfect Sax'' (2004)
*''The Flaming Luau of Death'' (2005)
*''Desperately Seeking Sushi'' (2006) - Never released
Other:
*(with Joan Rivers) ''Murder at the Academy Awards'' (2009)
See also
*Mystery (fiction)
Mystery is a fiction genre where the nature of an event, usually a murder or other crime, remains mysterious until the end of the story. Often within a closed circle of suspects, each suspect is usually provided with a credible motive and a rea ...
* List of female detective/mystery writers
* List of female detective characters
References
External links
author's website
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American mystery novelists
20th-century American novelists
Living people
Macavity Award winners
People from Lincolnwood, Illinois
Northern Illinois University alumni
21st-century American novelists
Women mystery writers
American women novelists
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American women writers
Year of birth missing (living people)