Albert, Susan Wittig: China Bayles (herb shop proprietor)
Barr, Nevada: Anna Pigeon (park ranger)
Bland, Eleanor Taylor: Marti Macalister (African-American Police Detective)
Braun, Lilian Jackson: The Cat Who… (Jim Qwilleran and feline sleuth)
Brown, Rita Mae: Mrs. Murphy (another feline sleuth)
Coel, Margaret: John O’Malley & Vicky Holden (priest/detective & Native American attorney)
Collins, Kate: Flower Shop mysteries
Cross, Amanda: Kate Fansler (literature professor sleuth)
D’Amato, Barbara: Cat Marsala (Chicago free-lance journalist)
Davidson, Diane Mott: Goldy Bear (caterer)
Dams, Jeanne M.: Dorothy Martin (American widow living in England); Hilda Johansson (Swedish American domestic, South Bend, IN)
Douglas, Carole Nelson: Midnight Louie (Las Vegas cat sleuth)
Dunlap, Susan: Jill Smith (homicide detective); Kiernan O’Shaunessy (private eye, former Medical Examiner)
Evanovich, Janet: Stephanie Plum (bounty hunter)
Flora, Kate Clark: Thea Kozak (educational consultant)
Grafton, Sue: Kinsey Millhone (private detective)
Hart, Carolyn G.: Death on Demand (Annie Darling, bookstore owner) ; Henrie O (Henrie O’Dwyer, journalist)
Hart, Ellen: Jane Lawless (restauranteur); Sophia Greenway (food critic)
Hayter, Sparkle: Robin Hudson (TV reporter)
Henry, Sue: Jessie Arnold & Alex Jensen (Dog musher and Alaska state trooper)
Hess, Joan: Maggody (Arkansas Police Chief Arly Hanks; Claire Malloy (Bookseller)
Kallen, Lucille: C. B. Greenfield and Maggie Rome (newpaper editor and sidekick)
Kellerman, Faye: Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus (homicide detective and Jewish wife/detective)
Kijewski, Karen Kat Colorado (hard-boiled private eye, former bartender)
King, Laurie R.: Mary Russell (apprentice, then wife of Sherlock Holmes)
Krich, Rochelle: Jessie Drake (attorney)
Lanier Virginia: Jo Beth Sidden (owner of bloodhound tracking service)
Maron, Margaret: Deborah Knott (judge); Sigrid Harald (New York cop)
Matera, Lia: Laura DiPalma (attorney)
McCrumb, Sharyn: Elizabeth McPherson (forensic anthropologist); Laura Bonesteel (Appalachian folklorist/seer)
Meyers, Annette: Smith and Wetzon (Wall Street head-hunters)
Monfredo, Miriam: Seneca Falls Historical/Glynis Tryon (librarian, women’s rights advocate)
Muller, Marcia: Sharon McCone (private eye)
Neely, Barbara: Blanche White (African-American domestic worker)
Paretsky, Sara: V. I. Warshawski (Chicago hard-boiled private eye)
Pickard, Nancy: Jenny Cain (amateur sleuth); Eugenia Potter (chef turned sleuth, originated by Virginia Rich)
Sandstrom. Eve K.: Sam and Nicky Titus (lady photographer and military detective husband)
Scoppettone, Sandra: Lauren Laurano (private eye, former FBI agent)
Scottoline, Lisa: Rosato & Associates (women attorneys)
Sprinkle, Patricia: Maclaren Yarbrough (older amateur sleuth)
Swanson, Denise: Scrumble River (Skye Denison, school psychologist)
Tooley, S. D.: Sam Casey (Native American detective)
Wesley, Valerie Wilson: Tamara Hayle (former cop turned Private Investigator)
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