Rhys Bowen
Author of Her Royal Spyness
About the Author
Rhys Bowen was born Janet Quin-Harkin in 1941 in Bath, England. She earned her bachelors degree from the University of London. Soon after graduation she worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation as a studio manager and writer. She then took a job working for a textbook company developing show more reading texts before writing her own books. Her first picture book - Peter Penny's Dance - was published in 1976 and changed her career to children's book author. The book earned praise and won numerous awards. In 1981 she wrote a teen novel entitled California Girl which became the first installment in Bantam's Sweet Dreams series. This series grew to include novels such as Love Match, Daydreamer, and Ten-Boy Summer. These Sweet Dreams books started a major trend in young adult publishing. they were praised as an encouragement to reading. Janet Quin-Harkin also authored non-series fiction for adolescents such as award winning novel Wanted: Date for Saturday Night and Summer Heat. She also wrote the young adult historical novels Madam Sarah and Fool's Gold. She then moved on to writng mystery novels whcih included her Constable Evans series. Her book Royal Blood made the New York Times Bestseller list. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Disambiguation Notice:
Janet Quin-Harkin writes books for teens. She uses the pen name Rhys Bowen for her mystery novels for adults.
Image credit: Taken by Lesa Holstine, 2/10/08, Glendale, AZ
Series
Works by Rhys Bowen
The Rose Arbor: A Novel 2 copies
Voodoo 2 copies
La vittoria di Emily 1 copy
Sherlocked 1 copy
Hush Now Don't You Cry 1 copy
All That is Hidden 1 copy
Evan and Me 1 copy
The Wall 1 copy
Doppelganger 1 copy
Love Potion 1 copy
Associated Works
For the Sake of the Game: Stories Inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon (2018) — Contributor — 86 copies
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense (2006) — Contributor — 72 copies
Private Investigations: Mystery Writers on the Secrets, Riddles, and Wonders in Their Lives (2020) — Contributor — 24 copies
Livros Condensados: O Bosque | Sua Alteza A Espia | Zona Azul | Os Anjos De Morgan Hill (2008) — Contributor — 2 copies
Crimespree Magazine #50 — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Quin-Harkin, Janet
- Birthdate
- 1941-09-24
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Bath, Somerset, England, UK
- Places of residence
- California, USA
Arizona, USA - Education
- University of London
- Occupations
- mystery writer
BBC announcer
drama studio manager - Organizations
- Mystery Writers of America
- Awards and honors
- Anthony Award (Short Story, 2004) for "Doppleganger" in the anthology Blood on Their Hands
- Agent
- Meg Ruley
- Disambiguation notice
- Janet Quin-Harkin writes books for teens. She uses the pen name Rhys Bowen for her mystery novels for adults.
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Statistics
- Works
- 179
- Also by
- 17
- Members
- 23,624
- Popularity
- #886
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 1,170
- ISBNs
- 875
- Languages
- 11
- Favorited
- 34