Earlene Fowler
http://www.earlenefowler.com
Earlene Fowler was raised in La Puente, California, by a
Southern mother and a Western father which is probably why
her Benni Harper series features quilts, cattle,
smart-mouthed women, cowboys and a sexy Latino cop. She
wrote literary and commercial short fiction for ten years
with no publishing success when she decided to change gaits
and write a mystery novel.
Earlene’s first novel Fool’s Puzzle and
two sequels were sold within a week of submission to
Putnam-Berkley Publishing Group as one of three lead titles
for their new hardcover Prime Crime Line. Fool’s
Puzzle was nominated for an Agatha Award for Best First
Mystery of 1994. Kansas Troubles, Goose in the
Pond, and Dove in the Window were each nominated
for an Agatha award for Best Novel. Earlene finally won the
Agatha Award for her sixth book Mariner’s
Compass. It was followed by Seven Sisters,
Arkansas Traveler, Steps to the Altar and
Sunshine and Shadow, Broken Dishes. It was
followed by Delectable Mountains, Tumbling
Blocks, and State Fair. In March 2009, she
published her second mainstream book, Love Mercy,
which is set in Morro Bay, California, and stars a new set
of San Celina County characters (Benni and family are minor
characters and the book is set eleven years later than the
Benni Harper books). Her fifteenth Benni Harper novel,
Spider Web, comes out in May 2011. She is currently
working on the sequel to The Saddlemaker’s Wife.
The Benni Harper mystery series is set on the Central Coast
of California in a town remarkably similar to San Luis
Obispo. Love Mercy is also set on
California’s central coast in the town of Morro Bay.
Earlene is an avid lover of quilts, folk art, horses, oral
history, cowboy boots (she owns 25 pair), the Central
California Coast and country/western music. She lives in
Orange County, California, with her husband Allen and
Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Boo.
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Books
Spider Web
(A Benni Harper Mystery #15)
May 3, 2011
Benni Harper is back in an unforgettable new mystery from
national bestselling author Earlene Fowler.
Benni and the ladies of her Coffin Star Quilt Guild are
excited to display their Graveyard Quilt Read more...
State Fair
(A Benni Harper Mystery #14)
May 4, 2010
“Each Benni Harper mystery is better than the
previous” (Midwest Book Review)
Folk art museum curator, rancher, and sometime sleuth Benni
Harper returns with a long-awaited new mystery that has her
attending the Read more...
Love Mercy
May 4, 2010
National bestselling author of the Benni Harper
mysteries.
Widow Love Mercy Johnson still listens for her
husband’s comforting laugh, but with her
friend’s help, she’s trying to move on. Then her
18-year-old estranged granddaughter shows Read more...
Love Mercy
March 3, 2009
New from the national bestselling author of The
Saddlemaker's Wife and the Agatha Award-winning Benni
Harper mystery series.
After being widowed, Love Mercy Johnson has come to terms
with her life in Morro Bay, Read more...
Tumbling Blocks
(A Benni Harper Mystery #13)
May 6, 2008
With Christmas just a few weeks away, Benni's queenly boss,
Constance Sinclair, demands that she investigate the death
of a local socialite. It's not long before Benni recognizes
that there may be some Read more...
The Saddlemaker's Wife
May 1, 2007
Ruby McGavin has inherited part of a cattle ranch from her
late husband, only to discover that his family is very much
alive, in contrast to what he told her. Even as Read more...
Tumbling Blocks
(A Benni Harper Mystery #13)
May 1, 2007
New in the Agatha Award-winning series!
With Christmas just a few weeks away, Benni's queenly boss,
Constance Sinclair, demands that she investigate the death
of a local socialite. It's not long before Benni Read more...
The Saddlemaker's Wife
May 2, 2006
Ruby McGavin isn't quite sure what she's doing in the small
town of Cardinal. After the death of her husband, Cole,
Ruby is shocked to learn from his will that she Read more...
Delectable Mountains
(A Benni Harper Mystery #12)
May 2, 2006
When the musical director of Benni's church is abruptly
called away, Benni's gramma Dove eagerly volunteers the both
of them to take over a children's play already in rehearsal.
Benni reluctantly agrees Read more...
Delectable Mountains
(A Benni Harper Mystery)
May 3, 2005
When the musical director of Benni Harper's church is called
away, Benni finds herself "volunteered" to take over a
children's play already in rehearsal. But the production
comes to a screeching halt when Read more...
Broken Dishes
(A Benni Harper Mystery #11)
May 1, 2005
Benni's friend and her husband have opened a dude ranch
that's about to go belly-up. So Benni helps out, tempting
vacationers with a Western extravaganza. Soon, she's cooking
and quilting with a slew Read more...
Broken Dishes
(A Benni Harper Mystery)
May 1, 2004
In this new novel by the author of Sunshine and Shadow,
Benni Harper wears multiple hats-as a cowgirl and a
detective-roping in guests and suspects during one mystery-
filled Western week... Read more...
Sunshne and Shadow
(A Benni Harper Mystery)
April 6, 2004
One of Benni's favorite mystery writers, Emma Baldwin, is
coming to San Celina. Her purpose: to reconnect with the
town she left years before. Benni is thrilled Read more...
Sunshine and Shadow
(Benni Harper Mystery)
May 1, 2003
Steps To The Altar
April 1, 2002
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