November 23, 2017(2017-11-23) (aged 68) Austin, Texas, U.S.
Pen name
Joan Hadley
Occupation
Writer
Genre
Mystery fiction
Notable awards
Agatha Award (1990)
Macavity Award (1991)
Joan Hess (January 6, 1949 – November 23, 2017) was an American mystery writer, a member of Sisters in Crime, and a former president of the American Crime Writers League. She wrote two popular mystery series: The Claire Malloy Mysteries and The Maggody Mysteries (also called The Arly Hanks Mysteries), and contributed to multiple anthologies and book series, including: Crosswinds, Deadly Allies, Malice Domestic, Sisters in Crime, and The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories. She also wrote the Theo Bloomer mystery series, under the pseudonym Joan Hadley.[1][2]
^"Joan Hess". Goodreads. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
^"Joan Hadley". Goodreads. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
JoanHess (January 6, 1949 – November 23, 2017) was an American mystery writer, a member of Sisters in Crime, and a former president of the American Crime...
Lane (2020) Best Short Story Robert Barnard (1988) Sharyn McCrumb (1989) JoanHess (1990) Margaret Maron (1991) Aaron Elkins and Charlotte Elkins (1992)...
born in the Paddington area of London, the son of Jack Suchet and his wife Joan Patricia (née Jarché; 1916–1992), an actress. Jack emigrated from South Africa...
between 1975 and 2010, with the final, posthumous novel (completed by JoanHess) appearing in 2017. Amelia Peabody is introduced in the series' first...
Shakespearean adaptations for the BBC, playing Cordelia in King Lear and Joan of Arc in Henry VI, Part 1. She also appeared with Robert Bathurst and others...
Lane (2020) Best Short Story Robert Barnard (1988) Sharyn McCrumb (1989) JoanHess (1990) Margaret Maron (1991) Aaron Elkins and Charlotte Elkins (1992)...
Lane (2020) Best Short Story Robert Barnard (1988) Sharyn McCrumb (1989) JoanHess (1990) Margaret Maron (1991) Aaron Elkins and Charlotte Elkins (1992)...
Sisters in Crime, and alternated with JoanHess as president of the Arkansas Mystery Writers Alliance until Hess' death in 2017. Harris has long been married...
Lane (2020) Best Short Story Robert Barnard (1988) Sharyn McCrumb (1989) JoanHess (1990) Margaret Maron (1991) Aaron Elkins and Charlotte Elkins (1992)...
Lane (2020) Best Short Story Robert Barnard (1988) Sharyn McCrumb (1989) JoanHess (1990) Margaret Maron (1991) Aaron Elkins and Charlotte Elkins (1992)...
Lane (2020) Best Short Story Robert Barnard (1988) Sharyn McCrumb (1989) JoanHess (1990) Margaret Maron (1991) Aaron Elkins and Charlotte Elkins (1992)...
The Painted Queen, was published in July 2017 after being completed by JoanHess. The heroine and her husband Radcliffe Emerson are Egyptologists, while...
Lane (2020) Best Short Story Robert Barnard (1988) Sharyn McCrumb (1989) JoanHess (1990) Margaret Maron (1991) Aaron Elkins and Charlotte Elkins (1992)...
Lane (2020) Best Short Story Robert Barnard (1988) Sharyn McCrumb (1989) JoanHess (1990) Margaret Maron (1991) Aaron Elkins and Charlotte Elkins (1992)...
Lane (2020) Best Short Story Robert Barnard (1988) Sharyn McCrumb (1989) JoanHess (1990) Margaret Maron (1991) Aaron Elkins and Charlotte Elkins (1992)...
aspiring actor, also signed to MGM, and had recently left a relationship with Joan Crawford. He and Lansbury became a couple, living together before she proposed...
Lane (2020) Best Short Story Robert Barnard (1988) Sharyn McCrumb (1989) JoanHess (1990) Margaret Maron (1991) Aaron Elkins and Charlotte Elkins (1992)...
Lane (2020) Best Short Story Robert Barnard (1988) Sharyn McCrumb (1989) JoanHess (1990) Margaret Maron (1991) Aaron Elkins and Charlotte Elkins (1992)...
from the original on 2022-12-25. Retrieved 2022-12-25. "Obituary Notes: JoanHess". Shelf Awareness. November 28, 2017. Archived from the original on 2022-12-25...
Lane (2020) Best Short Story Robert Barnard (1988) Sharyn McCrumb (1989) JoanHess (1990) Margaret Maron (1991) Aaron Elkins and Charlotte Elkins (1992)...
Lane (2020) Best Short Story Robert Barnard (1988) Sharyn McCrumb (1989) JoanHess (1990) Margaret Maron (1991) Aaron Elkins and Charlotte Elkins (1992)...
Lane (2020) Best Short Story Robert Barnard (1988) Sharyn McCrumb (1989) JoanHess (1990) Margaret Maron (1991) Aaron Elkins and Charlotte Elkins (1992)...
Lane (2020) Best Short Story Robert Barnard (1988) Sharyn McCrumb (1989) JoanHess (1990) Margaret Maron (1991) Aaron Elkins and Charlotte Elkins (1992)...
Lane (2020) Best Short Story Robert Barnard (1988) Sharyn McCrumb (1989) JoanHess (1990) Margaret Maron (1991) Aaron Elkins and Charlotte Elkins (1992)...
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