Miranda James | Writing the Series Sleuth February 13, 2017
All my mystery novels have featured amateur detectives. The main reason for this
is that I have always enjoyed mysteries with amateur sleuths, ever since Read More...
Miranda James | Miss Marple Hooked Me October 14, 2014
I have always had a predilection for female amateur detectives, ever since I
first discovered Nancy Drew over forty years ago with The Secret Read More...
Miranda James | Cozy isn't just "female" March 10, 2013
When you mention the words "cozy mystery" these days, what probably comes to
mind most often is "female sleuth." That's because 99% of cozy Read More...
Miranda James is the pseudonym of Dean James, a seventh-generation Mississippian recently returned home after over thirty years in Texas. A mystery fan since the age of ten, he wrote his first novel at the ripe old age of twelve. The only copy of The Mystery of the Willow Key vanished years ago, but since it was highly derivative of the Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden mystery series, that’s probably a good thing. Currently a librarian in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Dean has published articles on topics in library science, the history of science/medicine, and mystery fiction. Dean lives with two young cats, thousands of books, and thinks frequently about killing people – but only in the pages of fiction.