Donald Bain
http://www.donaldbain.com
Donald Bain, Jessica Fletcher's longtime collaborator,
is the author or ghost/author of more than 80 books, many
of them bestsellers. Among his books, the airline comedy,
Coffee Tea or Me?, published almost 30 years ago, together
with its sequels sold more than 5-million copies worldwide
and was the basis of a television movie-of-the-week. Bain is a graduate of Purdue University and received its
highest award for his work in educational radio and
television. (He was designated a Purdue "Distinguished
Alumni" for 2003.) He went on to work professionally in
broadcasting in Texas and Indiana, and co-hosted more than
200 shows in New York with Long John Nebel, then king of
late-night talk-radio. A public relations executive for McCann-Erickson and
American Airlines, Bain also was a consultant to Pan Am for
the introduction of the 747, the takeover of National
Airlines, and a national campaign to promote air travel.
Two of these projects earned Silver Anvil awards from the
Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). In 1985, with
his wife, he co-founded Hyphenates, Ltd., which has
provided editorial services to a wide variety of
companies. Bain has worked for over 30 years as a professional jazz
musician, has taught at the college level and has written
myriad magazine articles. He is a member of Sigma Delta
Chi, the Writer's Guild of America, the Authors Guild, the
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and the
Mystery Writers of America. Don Bain is married to Renée Paley-Bain, also a writer,
and who collaborates with him on the "Murder, She Wrote"
series. He has two grown daughters and four grandsons.
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Books
Murder, She Wrote: The Fine Art of Murder
(Murder, She Wrote)
October 4, 2011
While on vacation in Italy, Jessica joins a tour that takes
her to where lesser-known Italian masterworks are
displayed—and where a pair of young Italian gunmen
steal a painting off a church wall, Read more...
Murder, She Wrote: The Queen's Jewels
(Murder, She Wrote)
September 6, 2011
Jessica Fletcher has always wanted to take a transatlantic
voyage on the legendary Queen Mary 2. Now, she’s
finally getting her chance. But when the investigation of a
stolen diamond follows her up Read more...
Murder, She Wrote: Skating on Thin Ice
(Murder, She Wrote)
April 5, 2011
The brand-new mystery in the USA Today bestselling
series finda Jessica Fletcher on the trail of a cold
killer...
Christine Allen’s dream of competing in pairs figure
skating competitions becomes a nightmare when a Read more...
Murder, She Wrote: Nashville Noir
(Murder She Wrote)
March 1, 2011
Weeks after young Cabot Cove singer Cyndi Gabriel is sent on
scholarship to Nashville, everyone is stunned when
she’s charged with the murder of a brash music
publisher. Now it’s up to Jessica Read more...
Murder, She Wrote: The Queen's Jewels
October 5, 2010
In the brand-new novel in the USA Today
bestselling series, Jessica Fletcher takes a cruise through
some rough—and deadly—seas.
Jessica Fletcher has always wanted to take a transatlantic
voyage on the legendary Queen Read more...
Murder, She Wrote: A Fatal Feast
September 7, 2010
The bird is the world in the USA Today bestselling
series
Jessica Fletcher would like to relax as Thanksgiving comes
to Cabot Cove, but she’s hosting a bountiful dinner
for an ever-growing guest Read more...
Murder, She Wrote: Nashville Noir
(Murder, She Wrote)
April 6, 2010
In the brand-new novel in the USA Today
bestselling series, Jessica Fletcher learns that some songs
end on a fatal note.
Jessica Fletcher knows that creativity must be nurtured. So
when a young Read more...
Murder, She Wrote: Madison Avenue Shoot
March 2, 2010
It's lights...
Camera...
Murder!
The USA Today bestselling series—more than 4.5
million copies in print
When Jessica Fletcher’s nephew, Grady, asks her to
visit him in New York City, she’s happy to reunite.
The production Read more...
Murder, She Wrote: Murder Never Takes a Holiday
November 3, 2009
A doubly delightful volume with two Christmas-themed
mysteries from the USA Today bestselling series!
Together for the first time, these two festive mysteries
featuring legendary author and sleuth Jessica Fletcher
deliver twice the Read more...
Murder, She Wrote: A Fatal Feast
October 6, 2009
The newest novel in the USA Today bestselling
series finds Jessica Fletcher cooking up a heartwarming
holiday dinner—and a fresh serving of trouble...
Jessica Fletcher would like nothing more than to sit back
and Read more...
Murder, She Wrote: A Slaying in Savannah
September 1, 2009
Jessica Fletcher digs up a home-grown murder mystery down
South in this nstallment in the USA Today bestselling
series.
Jessica is saddened when her eccentric old friend Tillie
Mortelaine passes away—and surprised to learn Read more...
Murder, She Wrote: Madison Avenue Shoot
(Murder She Wrote)
April 7, 2009
Jessica Fletcher's nephew Grady and his nine-year-old son
Frank have been visiting the set where Jessica has been
making a television commercial. Grady is ready to go home,
but Frank has wheedled his Read more...
Murder, She Wrote: Murder on Parade
(Murder, She Wrote)
March 3, 2009
Every Fourth of July, the town of Cabot Cove hosts an
elaborate celebration—and no one is more enthusiastic
than the town's newest resident, corporate mogul Joseph
Lennon. He's desperate to give the town Read more...
Murder, She Wrote: A Slaying In Savannah
September 30, 2008
Jessica Fletcher digs up a home-grown murder mystery down
South in this brand-new installment in the USA Today
bestselling series.
Jessica is saddened when her eccentric old friend Tillie
Mortelaine passes away—and surprised to Read more...
Murder, She Wrote: Panning For Murder
September 2, 2008
Jessica's plans to enjoy a relaxing cruise to Alaska are
dashed when her friend Kathy Copeland joins her. Kathy's
sister vanished from the very same vessel on a prior voyage,
and though Wilimena Read more...
Murder, She Wrote: Murder on Parade
(Murder, She Wrote)
April 1, 2008
The Cabot Cove residents are pulling out all the stops for
their celebration of the 4th of July this year. But amidst
the pleasures of planning the big event, there is tension
too. Read more...
Murder She Wrote: Panning for Murder
September 25, 2007
Jessica's much-deserved cruise becomes a working vacation
when her friend Kathy tags along, hoping to locate her
sister Wilimena, who vanished from the same vessel.
Distantly related to Alaska's most famous madam—a woman
who Read more...
Murder, She Wrote: Three Strikes and You're Dead
September 4, 2007
Visiting her old friends the Duffys in Arizona, Jessica
watches their foster son Ty hit the winning run in an AA
league playoff game. She and the Duffys are thrilled, but
team owner Read more...
Murder, She Wrote: Coffee, Tea, or Murder?
(Murder, She Wrote)
April 3, 2007
Ms. Fletcher learns that the friendly skies aren't so
friendly after all.
When Cabot Cove's own Wayne Silverton debuts his new
airline, he invites Jessica Fletcher and other locals on the
inaugural flight from Read more...
Murder She Wrote: Three Strikes and You're Dead
(Murder, She Wrote)
October 3, 2006
Jessica goes out to the ballgame—and comes through
in the bottom of the ninth—in a brand-new mystery in
the USA Today bestselling series.
Visiting her old friends Judge Jack and Meg Duffy in
Arizona, Read more...
Murder, She Wrote: Margaritas & Murder
September 5, 2006
San Miguel de Allende is a picturesque town in central
Mexico's highlands that attracts artists, retirees, and
those in need of some rest and relaxation. So when publisher
Vaughan Buckley and his wife, Read more...
Murder, She Wrote: A Question of Murder
(Murder She Wrote)
April 4, 2006
ALL PART OF THE SHOW
Jessica Fletcher is attending a writer's conference at a
historic mansion in the Berkshires, where her friends are
hosting a murder-mystery party. As both crime-solver and
mystery author, Jessica Read more...
Murder She Wrote: A Little Yultide Murder
(Murder She Wrote)
November 1, 2005
Spend the holidays with America's favorite sleuth...
A Slay Ride For Santa
Jessica Fletcher unwraps a deadly puzzle when she sets out
to discover who killed "Santa Claus"—a.k.a. her
neighbor Rory Brent, who played Read more...
Murder, She Wrote: Margaritas & Murder
(Murder, She Wrote)
October 4, 2005
In this new novel in the bestselling series, mystery writer
Jessica Fletcher accompanies her publisher to Mexico for a
little R&R.
San Miguel de Allende is the perfect place for Jessica to
soak up Read more...
Murder, She Wrote: A Vote for Murder
September 6, 2005
The latest novel in the USA Today bestselling
series finds mystery writer and amateur sleuth Jessica
Fletcher in Washington to support a senator's new literacy
initiative—until it gets vetoed by murder...
Jessica Fletcher Read more...
Murder, She Wrote: The Maine Mutiny
April 5, 2005
ROCKING THE LOBSTER BOAT
Cabot Cove, Maine is a quiet little community—perhaps
too quiet. Although the town profits from the lobster trade,
tourists avoid the main street shopping district. The First
Annual Cabot Cove Read more...
Murder She Wrote: A Vote for Murder
October 5, 2004
Jessica Fletcher can't believe her luck. Not only does she
get to spend a week helping with such an important cause,
she also gets to spend time with her friend, Read more...
Murder, She Wrote: Destination Murder
September 1, 2004
All aboard! America's star sleuth takes to the rails in
this special 20th novel in the USA Today bestselling
series.
Mystery writer Jessica Fletcher takes a three-night train
trip with her Read more...
Murder, She Wrote: Dying to Retire
April 6, 2004
Deadly Medicine
In Florida for the funeral of Portia Shelby, a former
neighbor from Cabot Cove, mystery sleuth Jessica Fletcher
and her old friend Dr. Seth Hazlitt discover that an
apparent Read more...
Murder She Wrote: Destruction Murder
October 7, 2003
Celebrity mystery writer Jessica Fletcher has always loved
Vancouver. So when her friend from Cabot Cove invites her
on a three-night trip with his railroad association
through scenic British Columbia, Read more...
Murder She Wrote: Majoring In Murder
April 1, 2003
You Bet Your Life
October 1, 2002
When her old friend Martha decides to get married in Las
Vegas, Jessica Fletcher makes the trip to watch her walk
down the aisle. But what are the odds that Read more...
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