Jo Bannister

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Jo Bannister
Born (1951-07-31) July 31, 1951 (age 72)
NationalityEnglish
OccupationBritish crime fiction novelist

Jo Bannister (born 31 July 1951 in Rochdale, Lancashire [1] ) is a British crime fiction novelist.

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Life and work

She began her career as a journalist and rose to become editor of the County Down Spectator [2] before resigning to devote all her time to her writing. [3] She has had over 30 novels published both in English and translated into several other languages. [4] Most of these belong to five series, while nine are standalone novels. Her books are well reviewed, with the New York Times , for example, referring to her "solid series of British police procedurals", [5] and praising the Castlemere novels for their "superb character work" in the context of a "deeply satisfying series". [6]

Clio Rees and Harry Marsh novels

Mickey Flynn novels

Castlemere novels

Rosie Holland novels

Brodie Farrell novels

Hazel Best & Gabriel Ash novels

Standalone novels

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References

  1. page 12, Great Women Mystery Writers, 2nd Ed. by Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay, 2007, publ. Greenwood Press, ISBN   0-313-33428-5
  2. "Crime Scene NI: An Interview - Jo Bannister". 16 March 2009.
  3. "Jo Bannister".
  4. "Gregory and Company". www.gregoryandcompany.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.
  5. Stasio, Marilyn (23 December 2001). "CRIME". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  6. Stasio, Marilyn (18 September 1994). "CRIME". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 28 October 2021.