J. A. Jance
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Judith Ann (J. A.) Jance (born October 27, 1944) is an award-winning American author of mystery and horror novels. She writes at least three series of novels, centering on retired Seattle PD officer J. P. Beaumont, Arizona small-town sheriff Joanna Brady, and Diana Ladd Walker. The Beaumont and Brady series intersect in the novel Partner in Crime, which is both the 16th Beaumount mystery and the 10th Brady mystery.
Jance was born in South Dakota and raised in Bisbee, Arizona (the setting for her 1995 book Tombstone Courage). She is a graduate of the University of Arizona. Before becoming an author, she worked as a school librarian on a Native American reservation, as a teacher, and selling insurance.
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- Jance uses her initials in her pen name because a publisher told her that disclosing her gender would be a liability for a book about a male detective.
- At signings, Jance asks bookstores to donate a percentage of their earnings from her appearances to various causes. Over the past 10 years, she has raised more than $250,000 for charity. -Utah Library Association, 2000 Conference Program, <http://www.ula.org/conference/2000conf/jajance.htm>
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Categories: American mystery writers | American horror writers | American novelists | Female authors who wrote under male or gender-neutral pseudonyms | South Dakota writers | Arizona writers | University of Arizona alumni | People from South Dakota | People from Arizona | 1944 births | Living people
