Diane L. Browne | |
---|---|
Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Other names |
|
Alma mater | Pepperdine University |
Occupations |
|
Years active | 2002–present |
Spouse | Kevin Burton Smith |
Diane L. Browne is an American author and singer. As an author she writes under the pen names Colin Dunne, Louise Harris, Diana Killian, and Josh Lanyon. [1] As a singer she performs with the Celtic music group The Browne Sisters & George Cavanaugh. [2]
Browne was born in Los Angeles, California. [1] She graduated from Pepperdine University with degrees in English and Humanities. [3]
Browne is married to author Kevin Burton Smith. [4]
Browne writes mysteries and cold war thrillers under the pen name Colin Dunne. [5]
Browne writes cozy mysteries under the pen name Diana Killian. [6]
Browne writes gay mystery and M/M romance novels under the pen name Josh Lanyon. As Lanyon she has won an EPIC (Electronic Publishing Industry Coalition) Ebook Award [7] and she has been a finalist four times for the Lambda Literary Awards (in 2007 and 2015 for Gay Mystery, in 2009 for Gay Romance, and in 2010 for Nonfiction [Note 1] ). [8]
Browne sings with her sisters Pamela Browne Logan and Laura Browne-Sorenson and their cousin George Cavanaugh in a Celtic music group called The Browne Sisters & George Cavanaugh which has been performing for over 20 years [2] [9]
The City and the Pillar is the third published novel by American writer Gore Vidal, written in 1946 and published on January 10, 1948. The story is about a young man who is coming of age and discovers his own homosexuality.
The Drowning Pool is a 1950 mystery novel by American writer Ross Macdonald, then writing under the name John Ross Macdonald. It is his second book in the series revolving around the cases of private detective Lew Archer and was published by Alfred A. Knopf in the US and in 1952 by Cassell in the UK.
Susan Wittig Albert, also known by the pen names Robin Paige and Carolyn Keene, is an American mystery writer from Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. Albert was an academic and the first female vice president of Southwest Texas State University before retiring to become a fulltime writer.
Katherine V. Forrest is a Canadian-born American writer, best known for her novels about lesbian police detective Kate Delafield. Her books have won and been finalists for Lambda Literary Award twelve times, as well as other awards. She has been referred to by some "a founding mother of lesbian fiction writing."
Lillian Stewart Carl is an American author of mystery, fantasy and science-fiction novels.
Victor Jerome Banis was an American author, often associated with the first wave of West Coast gay writing. For his contributions he has been called "the godfather of modern popular gay fiction." He was openly gay.
Donna Andrews is an American mystery fiction writer of two award-winning amateur sleuth series.
Barbara G. Peters is a publisher and bookshop owner.
Neil S. Plakcy is an American writer whose works range from mystery to romance to anthologies and collections of gay erotica. Plakcy is a retired Professor of English at Broward College.
Julie Hyzy is an American author of mystery fiction.
Deb Baker is an American mystery writer from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, who has created three mystery series.
Jeri Westerson is an American novelist of medieval mysteries, Tudor mysteries, historical novels, and paranormal novels, along with LGBTQ mysteries under the pen name Haley Walsh.
Christopher Bollen is an American novelist and magazine writer/editor who lives in New York City.
Richard Amory, born Richard Wallace Love, was an American writer from Halfway, Oregon. He obtained a bachelor's degree in sociology from Ohio State University, a M.A. in Spanish from San Francisco State University, and began an uncompleted Ph.D. in Spanish at University of California, Berkeley. A high school teacher by profession, he achieved success as a novelist in the late 1960s while still a graduate student and before coming out.
A Scandal in Belgravia is a 1991 book by British author Robert Barnard. The book was first published in August 1991 by Charles Scribner's Sons and has since been through several reprints and has also been released in ebook formats. The novel won the Nero Award in 1992.
Caro Soles is a Canadian author of science fiction, mystery and erotica literature, who has published work both in her own name and under the pen name Kyle Stone.
John Morgan Wilson is an American journalist and author of crime fiction, notably the Benjamin Justice mystery novels. The books feature a reclusive ex-reporter, ruined by a Pulitzer scandal and haunted by personal loss, who operates out of West Hollywood, California, becoming enmeshed in murder investigations in and around Los Angeles.
Simone St. James is a Canadian author of mystery, historical fiction, and romance novels. Simone lives outside of Toronto, Canada and had twenty years of experience in the television business before leaving to write full-time.
Barbara Wilson is the pen name of Barbara Sjoholm, an American writer, editor, publisher, and translator. She co-founded two publishing companies: Seal Press and Women in Translation Press. As Barbara Sjoholm, she is the author of memoir, essays, a biography, and travelogues, including The Pirate Queen: In Search of Grace O’Malley and Other Legendary Women of the Sea, which was a finalist for the PEN USA award in creative nonfiction. She is also a translator of fiction and nonfiction by Norwegian and Danish writers into English, and won the Columbia Translation Award and the American-Scandinavian Translation Award. As Barbara Wilson, she has written two mystery series and has won several awards for her mystery novels, including the British Crime Writers Association award and the Lambda Literary Award. She is known for her novel Gaudi Afternoon, which was made into a film directed by Susan Seidelman in 2001.
Victoria Thompson is an American author of cozy mystery novels.
Note: Mystery writer, poet & singer. Also writes under the pseudonyms Diana Killian, Colin Dunne & Louise Harris.
DUNNE, COLIN (Diane L. Browne): The author is a Los Angeles native who has written novels under a variety of pseudonyms and has coedited an anthology of fantasy stories, Sigil (2001). She seems to have some connection with Josh Lanyon.
Diana Killian is a pseudonym of Diane L. Browne.
2010: Mystery/Suspense/Adventure Erotic Romance: Mexican Heat by Laura Baumbach and Josh Lanyon
Josh Lanyon is the pen name of American writer D.L. Browne, an Eppie Award winner, a four-time Lambda Literary Award finalist for Gay Mystery, and the first recipient of the Goodreads Favorite Male/Male Author Lifetime Achievement award.