Betty Winkelman (born 1936), better known by the

pen name A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen na ...

Lauren Haney, is an American mystery novelist.

Biography

Starting as a government typist at the age of 18, Haney worked her way up to, ultimately, senior technical writer/editor in the aerospace and international construction industries. In the late 1980s she became interested in writing fiction, where she drew on her interest in and knowledge of ancient Egypt for a setting. Her eight published

historical mystery The historical mystery or historical whodunit is a subgenre of two literary genres, historical fiction and mystery fiction. These works are set in a time period considered historical from the author's perspective, and the central plot involves t ...

novels are set during the joint reign of

Hatshepsut Hatshepsut (; also Hatchepsut; Egyptian: '' ḥꜣt- špswt'' "Foremost of Noble Ladies"; or Hatasu c. 1507–1458 BC) was the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. She was the second historically confirmed female pharaoh, aft ...

and

Thutmose III Thutmose III (variously also spelt Tuthmosis or Thothmes), sometimes called Thutmose the Great, was the sixth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. Officially, Thutmose III ruled Egypt for almost 54 years and his reign is usually dated from 28 ...

, of pharaonic Egypt's 18th Dynasty. The earlier books take place in frontier settlements along the Nile in Lower Nubia, where Lieutenant Bak and his troop of

Medjay Medjay (also ''Medjai'', ''Mazoi'', ''Madjai'', ''Mejay'', Egyptian ''mḏꜣ.j'', a nisba of ''mḏꜣ'',) was a demonym used in various ways throughout ancient Egyptian history to refer initially to a nomadic group from Nubia and later as a gen ...

police struggle to keep order and capture offenders against the Lady Maat. Later novels are set at various locales in ancient Egypt. Haney's novels have been published in German, English and French, and in the Czech Republic. She has lived in Missouri, New York, and New Mexico and now makes her home in Northern California. She travels abroad frequently, especially to the Middle East, primarily Egypt, and has contributed articles and book reviews to KMT and Ancient Egypt magazines. Her short story Happy Birthday, Kid, won Second Prize in an international short story contest. Her short story Murder in the Land of Wawat was nominated for an Anthony award.

Works

Lieutenant Bak series (Mystery of Ancient Egypt)

*''The Right Hand of Amon - La main droite d'Amon en Fr'' (1997) *''A Face Turned Backward - Le visage de Maât en Fr'' (1999) *''A Vile Justice - Le ventre d'Apopis en Fr'' (1999) *''A Curse of Silence - Sous l’œil d'Horus en Fr'' (2000) *''A Place of Darkness - Le souffle de Seth en Fr'' (2001) *''A Cruel Deceit - Le sang de Thot en Fr'' (2002) *''Flesh of the God'' (2003) *''A Path of Shadows - L'ombre d'Hathor en Fr'' (2003) *'' Parut en FR aux édition Grands Détectives 10/18"

Short Stories

*''A Matter of Business'' (1997), in KMT: A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt, 8-3, Fall *''Happy Birthday, Kid'' (2000), in anthology of prize winners World Wide Writers 3-14, ed. Frederick E. Smith *''Murder in the Land of Wawat'' (2002) in anthology The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike Askley *''Onate's Foot'' (2009) in anthology Murder Past, Murder Present, ed. R. Barri Flowers and Jan Grape *''A Certain and Untimely Death'' (2012) in anthology Murder Here, Murder There, ed. R. Barri Flowers and Jan Grape

Nonfiction

*''Buhen: Blueprints of an Egyptian Fortress'', KMT 6:2, Summer 1995 *''Spacious & Comfortable Dwellings: Homes of the Nobles at Akhetaten'', KMT 10:2, Summer 1999 *''Akh Isut Nebhepetre, The Mortuary Complex at Deir el Bahari of Nebhepetre Montuhotep'', KMT 12:3, Fall 2001 *''Ancient Egypt 101; A Quick Refresher Course'', Amelia Peabody's Egypt: a Compendium, 2003 *''The Belly of Stones: Ancient Egypt's Southern Frontier'', Ancient Egypt 10:4, Feb/Mar 2010 *''Royal Cemeteries of Nubia'', Ancient Egypt 14:3, Dec 2013/Jan 2014 *''Thutmose III the Builder: The Mansions of Millions of Years'', Ancient Egypt 15:1, August/September 2014 *''Old Kingdom Settlement in Nubia'', Ancient Egypt 16:6, June/July 2016 *''Serabit el-Khadim: The Turquoise Mountain'', Ancient Egypt 18:2, October/November 2017

Book reviews

*''Book Report: Stuart Tyson Smith, Askut in Nubia: The Economics and Ideology of Egyptian Imperialism in the Second Millennium B.C.'', KMT 7:2, Summer 1996 *''Book Shelf: Peter Lacovara, The New Kingdom Royal City (B.Winkelman)'', KMT 9:2, Summer 1998 *''Book Shelf: Dietrich Wildung, ed., Sudan: Ancient Kingdoms of the Nile (Betty Winkelman)'', KMT 9:3, Fall 1998 *''Book Shelf: Florence Dunn Friedman, ed., Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience (B. Winkelman)'', KMT 10:1, Spring 1999 *''Book Shelf: Joyce Tyldesley, Judgement of the Pharaoh: Crime and Punishment in Ancient Egypt (Betty Winkelman)'', KMT 12:1, Spring 2001

References

Sources

*"Lynda S. Robinson and Lauren Haney: Detection in the Land of Mysteries," by Rita Rippetoe, in ''The Detective as Historian: History and Art in Historical Crime Fiction'', Volume 1, edited by Ray Broadus Browne, Lawrence A. Kreiser *The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, Mike Ashley {{DEFAULTSORT:Haney, Lauren 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American mystery writers American women novelists 1936 births Living people Writers of historical mysteries Women mystery writers 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers Women historical novelists Writers of historical fiction set in antiquity 20th-century pseudonymous writers 21st-century pseudonymous writers Pseudonymous women writers