Nancy Fairbanks
http://www.nancyfairbanks.com
Nancy Fairbanks Herndon was born and brought up in the St.
Louis area, took bachelors degrees in English and
Journalism from the University of Missouri, Columbia, where
she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, an event almost as
exciting and astonishing as the news, delivered by phone
early one morning when she had been fast asleep, that her
first book had been accepted for publication. She followed
those two degrees with a Masters from Rice University, plus
some doctoral work in English at New York University.
She held low-paying and not terribly interesting jobs as a
typist, sales clerk, proofreader, and advertising
copywriter, and then almost as low-paying but much more
interesting jobs as a lecturer in English at Rice, NYU,
University of Mississippi, Florida Atlantic University and
University of Texas at El Paso. In 1989 her first
historical romance, Wanton Angel, was published by
Dorchester Publishing Co. in NYC under the pseudonym
Elizabeth Chadwick. Six more historical romances and seven
short stories in various anthologies followed before she
published her first mystery, Acid Bath, with Berkley Prime
Crime under her married name, Nancy Herndon.
After six additional comic police procedurals in the Elena
Jarvis series, she began the Carolyn Blue culinary mystery
series, written under her maiden name, Nancy Fairbanks.
Crime Brulee, Truffled Feathers, Death a l'Orange,
Chocolate Quake, and The Perils of Paella are in print with
Unholy Guacamole to follow in November, 2004. Nancy has a
new contract for three more Carolyn Blue novels with
Berkley and is at work on a mystery that takes place in
Sorrento, Italy. Each of these mysteries is situated in a
different city (in some of which English is a second
language, if spoken at all, including her hometown, El
Paso, Texas, site of Unholy Guacamole). The series includes
cultural history and recipes from the relevant areas, not
to mention bizarre characters and adventures. Who, after
all, expects to find a real corpse as part of an art
exhibit?
Nancy lives in El Paso, Texas.
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Books
Bon Bon Voyage
(A Culinary Mystery)
August 7, 2007
Even if she must share a cabin with her mother-in-law, food
columnist Carolyn Blue admits it's a terrific Mother's Day
present: passage on the Bountiful Feast, a gourmet cruise
ship sailing to the Read more...
French Fried
(A Culinary Mystery With Recipes)
December 5, 2006
Dip into the bestselling Culinary mystery series.
Carolyn Blue and her husband Jason are in Paris for his
lecture tour—and she plans to enjoy the city's culinary
delights. But delight turns deadly when Read more...
Bon Bon Voyage
(A Culinary Mystery)
April 4, 2006
New in the popular culinary mystery series — with
recipes included!
It's a perfect Mother's Day murder.
Even if she must share a cabin with her mother-in-law, food
columnist Carolyn Blue admits it's a Read more...
Three-Course Murder
(A Culinary Mystery)
January 3, 2006
The first three Carolyn Blue culinary mysteries in one
book! Includes recipes!
Forty-something Carolyn Blue is through with being a
homemaker. She's decided to throw in the dishtowel and take
on a dream job Read more...
Mozzarella Most Murderous
(A Culinary Mystery with Recipes)
July 1, 2005
Awaiting a passionate rendezvous with her husband in
romantic Italy, Carolyn spends the day with the beautiful
Paolina, who has been stood up by her lover. But Carolyn's
ciesta turns Read more...
Holy Guacamole!
(A Culinary Mystery)
November 2, 2004
At an opera party in Texas, the artistic director eats some
bad guacamole that disagrees with him right to death. A
scorned soprano admits to mixing the dish to get Read more...
The Perils of Paella
January 6, 2004
Food writer Carolyn gets to challenge her taste-testing
skills once again-this time, in Barcelona. Her first feast
is for the eyes-at a modern art museum where her friend
Roberta is Read more...
Chocolate Quake
April 1, 2003
Carolyn Blue's trip to San Francisco includes a visit to
her mother-in-law, a few earthquake tremors-and a stint in
prison as a murder suspect. A column on prison food might Read more...
Death A L'orange
June 4, 2002
It's a culinary tour de France for Carolyn Blue and her
family as they travel through Normandy and the Loire Valley
with a group of academics. Where better to write Read more...
Truffled Feathers
December 1, 2001
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