Nancy Fairbanks

Nancy Fairbanks Herndon is a US lecturer in English and the author of historical romances under the pseudonym Elizabeth Chadwick and mysteries under the name Nancy Herndon and Nancy Fairbanks.^[1]

Originally from St Louis, she now lives in El Paso, Texas, with her husband, a University professor.^[2]She studied at University of Missouri and Rice University and did doctoral work in English at New York University. She has lectured in English at several universities.^[3]

From 1989 she published historical romances and short stories under the pseudonym Elizabeth Chadwick.^[4] She then published seven comic police procedural mysteries under her married name, Nancy Herndon. This series is known by its protagonist, Texan Elena Jarvis.^[5] Her current series is the Carolyn Blue Culinary mysteries, written under her maiden name, Nancy Fairbanks.^[6]

References

1. ^ Information at fantastic fiction
2. ^ Information at Barnes and Noble
3. ^ Author's website
4. ^ Details on Elizabeth Chadwick novels at Amazon
5. ^ Information on the Elena Jarvis series at e-reads
6. ^ Information on the Carolyn Blue series at Amazon

See also

• Mystery (fiction)
• List of female detective/mystery writers
• List of female detective characters

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