Joanne Fluke

Joanne Fluke (neé Gibson,[1] born 1943 in Swanville, Minnesota) is an American writer. She is best known for her cozy mystery series surrounding a small-town baker, Hannah Swensen.[2] Four movies for the Hallmark Channel have been created based on her Hannah Swensen series.[1] Fluke is also known for making chocolate chip cookies for her readers.[3] Fluke has written under the pseudonyms John Fischer, R.J. Fischer, Jo Gibson, Chris Hunter, Gina Jackson and Kathyrn Kirkwood.[4]

Personal life

Fluke has been baking since she was a young-adult and comes from a long line of bakers.[1]

According to the author's website, "While pursuing her writing career, Joanne has worked as a public school teacher, a psychologist, a musician, a private detective’s assistant, a corporate, legal, and pharmaceutical secretary, a short-order cook, a florist’s assistant, a caterer and party planner, a computer consultant on a now-defunct operating system, a production assistant on a TV quiz show, half of a screenwriting team with her husband, and a mother, wife, and homemaker."[5]

She is married and lives with her husband, children and stepchildren in Southern California.[5]

Work

In the 1980s, Fluke began writing young adult horror stories under the name Jo Gibson.[1]

Fluke began writing her cozy mystery series starring Hannah Swensen, an "amateur sleuth and baker" in 2000.[1] The idea for the series came out of Fluke's desire to create a cookbook and her editor editor's suggestion that she write a cozy mystery series.[6] Fluke combined the two ideas by including recipes in the series.[6] Hannah Swensen lives in a small Minnesota town and Fluke feels that the stories are a welcome escape from reality.[7] Library Journal writes that the depiction of the story in Cinnamon Roll Murder is so natural, it is difficult to remember that the characters are fictional.[8] Booklist praised her plot-twists in Devil's Food Cake Murder.[9] Her most recent book, Wedding Cake Murder, sees Swensen getting married and solving a crime in the same story.[10]

Bibliography

As Joanne Fluke

Hannah Swensen series

For the television films based on the series, see Murder, She Baked.

Other works[12]

Under pseudonyms

Fluke has been published under several pseudonyms, including Jo Gibson, Chris Hunter, John Fischer, R.J. Fischer, Kathryn Kirkwood and Gina Jackson.[4]

Teen Thrillers (as Jo Gibson)[13]

Regency Romances (as Kathryn Kirkwood)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Werris, Wendy (19 February 2016). "Kitchen Crime Queen: Joanne Fluke". Publishers Weekly. 28 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Christie, Judy (23 February 2016). "Author Joanne Fluke Shares Recipes". Monroe News Star. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  3. ↑ Ammeson, Jane (9 March 2014). "Joanne Fluke Cooks Up Another Sweet Murder Mystery in Latest Series". Northwest Indiana Times. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Fluke, Joanne 1943-". Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series. Gale. 2007 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
  5. 1 2 "Joanne Fluke - Cozy Mysteries and Thrillers". joannefluke.com.
  6. 1 2 Cowles, Gregory (6 March 2015). "Inside the List". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  7. ↑ Hart, Melissa (2006). "Why Readers Curl Up With Cozies: Good Always Wins Out in These Gentle Mysteries That Tease the Brain and Comfort the Soul". Writer. 119 (3): 30–33. Retrieved 28 May 2016 – via EBSCO. (subscription required (help)).
  8. ↑ Israel, Jodi L. (September 2012). "Cinnamon Roll Murder". Library Journal. 137 (14): 64. Retrieved 28 May 2016 – via EBSCO. (subscription required (help)).
  9. ↑ O'Brien, Sue (March 2011). "Devil's Food Cake Murder". Booklist. 107 (13): 31. Retrieved 28 May 2016 – via EBSCO. (subscription required (help)).
  10. ↑ "New Books Include Joanne Fluke's Baker/Sleuth". Star-Telegram. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  11. ↑ "Joanne Fluke - Hannah Swensen Mysteries and Thrillers". joannefluke.com.
  12. ↑ "Joanne Fluke - Thriller Novels". joannefluke.com.
  13. ↑ "Joanne Fluke - Cozy Mysteries and Thrillers". joannefluke.com.

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