BlackHat Mystery BookstoreLilian Jackson Braun
[1913-2011]
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Cats are cats . . . the world over! These intelligent, peace-loving, four-footed friends – who are without prejudice,
without hate, without greed – may someday teach us something. — character James Mackintosh Qwilleran
Dogs have their day but cats have 365.
A library card is the start of a lifelong adventure.
Lilian Jackson Braun
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Braun was awarded detective of the year from New York Times in 1966.
Lilian Jackson Braun entry at Wikipedia
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'The Cat Who...' Mystery Series
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"The Cat Who Could Read Backwards" [#1 = 1966]
"The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern" [#2 = 1967]
"The Cat Who Turned On and Off" [#3 = 1968] antiquing area of Junktown
There was a gap here of eighteen years.
"The Cat Who Saw Red" [#4 = 1986]
Nominated for the 1987 Anthony Award and Edgar Award, Best Paperback Original
"The Cat Who Played Brahms" [#5 = 1987]
Nominated for the 1988 Anthony Award, Best Paperback Original
"The Cat Who Played Post Office" [#6 = 1987]
"The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare" [#7 = 6/1988]
http://www.amazon.com/Cat-Who-Knew-Shakespeare/dp/0515095826/
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 | "The Cat Who ... Four Mysteries by Lilian Jackson Braun" Box Set [1988] "The Cat Who Played Brahms", "..Knew Shakespeare", "..Saw Red", and "..Played Post Office" Jove Mystery mass pb slipcover box set [1995] out of print/used Jove Books mass pb box set [1988] out of print/used Jove Books mass pb box set [1988] out of print/used |
"The Cat Who Had 14 Tales" (stories 1988)
http://www.amazon.com/Cat-Who-Tales-Short-Stories-ebook/dp/B000OCXJB6/
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"The Cat Who Sniffed Glue" [#8 = Putnam HB 9/88]
Q new to Moose County, murder of wealthy couple, dating Polly
"The Cat Who Went Underground" [#9 = 1989]
"The Cat Who Talked To Ghosts" [#10 = 1990]
"The Cat Who Lived High" [#11 = 1990]
"The Cat Who Knew A Cardinal" [#12 = 1991]
"The Cat Who Moved A Mountain" [#13 = 1992]
"The Cat Who Wasn't There" [#14 = 1992]
"The Cat Who Went Into The Closet" [#15 = 1993]
"The Cat Who Came To Breakfast" [#16 = 1994]
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"The Cat Who Blew The Whistle" [#17 = 1995]
 | Jim Qwilleran and his two Siamese cats-cum-sleuths investigate the disappearance of a wealthy railroad buff (who may also be a multimillion-dollar embezzler) in a case that becomes complicated by red herrings, a tragic train wreck, and murder at a railroad tavern.
Kindle Edition from Jove/Penguin [1996 edition] for $7.59 Jove mass pb [3/96] for $7.19 Headline Books mass pb [9/95] out of print/many used G.P. Putnam's Sons 8¼x5¾ hardcover [2/95] out of print/300+ used |
"The Cat Who Said Cheese" [#18 = 1996]
"The Cat Who Tailed A Thief" [#19 = 1997]
"The Cat Who Sang For The Birds" [#20 = 1999]
"The Cat Who Saw Stars" [#21 = copyright, 1998; published, 1999]
"The Cat Who Robbed A Bank" [#22 = 2000]
"The Cat Who Smelled A Rat" [#23 = 2001]
"The Cat Who Went Up The Creek" [#24 = 2002]
"The Cat Who Brought Down The House" [#25 = 2003]
"The Private Life of The Cat Who..." (stories 2003)
http://www.amazon.com/Private-Life-Cat-Short-Stories-ebook/dp/B000OCXJF2/
"Qwilleran's Short and Tall Tales" (stories May 6, 2003
http://www.amazon.com/Short-Tall-Tales-Legends-Stories-ebook/dp/B000OCXJFW/
"The Cat Who Talked Turkey" [#26 = 2004]
"The Cat Who Went Bananas" [#27 = 2005]
"Two Cats, Three Tales" (stories April 2006)
http://www.amazon.com/Three-Tales-Lilian-Jackson-Braun-ebook/dp/B000O76NLE/
"The Cat Who Dropped A Bombshell" [#28 = 2006]
"The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers" [#29 = 2007]
"The Cat Who Smelled Smoke" [#30] = unfinished / cancelled by publisher Putnam
Omnibus Books
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"Three Complete Novels: The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, ..Ate Danish Modern, ..Turned On and Off" [1991]
Dorset Press 9¼x5½ hardcover [1991] out of print/used |
 | "Three Complete Novels: The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare, ..Who Sniffed Glue, ..Went Underground" [1993] "Three complete novels never before in hardcover" G.P. Putnam's Sons 9¼x6½ hardcover [9/94] out of print/100+ used G.P. Putnam's Sons 9¼x6 hardcover [9/93] out of print/140+ used |
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"Three Complete Novels: The Cat Who Wasn't There, ..Went Into The Closet, ..Came To Breakfast" [1996]
Putnam Adult 9½x6¼ hardcover [4/96] out of print/70+ used |
 | "Three Complete Novels: The Cat Who Talked To Ghosts, ..Lived High, ..Knew A Cardinal" [1997]
Putnam Adult 9¼x6½ hardcover [4/97] out of print/many used |
 | "Three Complete Novels: The Cat Who Moved a Mountain, ..Blew The Whistle, ..Said Cheese" [1998]
Putnam Adult 9½x6¼ hardcover [4/98] out of print/40+ used |
 | "Three Complete Novels: The Cat Who Tailed A Thief, ..Sang For Birds, ..Saw Stars" [2002]
Putnam Adult 9¼x6½ hardcover [6/2002] out of print/used |
Other Works by/about Lilian Jackson Braun
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 | "Mystery Cats: Feline Felonies by Ruth Rendell, Lilian Jackson Braun, Patricia Highsmith, and Thirteen Other Modern Masters of Mystery" [1991] the other authors include Hugh B. Cave, Fred Hamlin, Patricia Moyes, and Edgar Allan Poe Signet mass pb [12/91] out of print/140+ used |
 | "More Mystery Cats: Feline Felonies by Lilian Jackson Braun, Ellis Peters, Dorothy L. Sayers, P. G. Wodehouse, and Ten Others" [1993] the other 10 stories are by: Phyllis Bentley, Bruce Bethke, A.H.Z. Carr, Gene DeWeese, Edward D. Hoch, Clark Howard, Frances & Richard Lockridge, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Nancy Schachterle, and Sandra Woodruff Signet mass pb [1993] out of print/used |
 | "Mystery Cats 3: More Feline Felonies by Lilian Jackson Braun, Patricia Highsmith, Edward D. Hoch, and Fourteen Other Modern Masters of Mystery" [1995] the other authors include Hugh B. Cave, Lael J. Littke, Frances & Richard Lockridge, Leslie Meier, Ingram Meyer, Barbara Owens, Edgar Pangborn, Charles Peterson, Steven Saylor, Lee Somerville, Theodore Sturgeon, Jimmy Vines, and Manly Wade Wellman Signet mass pb [1995] out of print/40+ used |
 | "The Cat Who ... Companion" [1998, rev 2002 & 2003] by Sharon A. Feaster
"The Complete Guide To Lilian Jackson Braun's Beloved "Cat Who ..." Mysteries — With Plot Sum-maries, Character Lists, A Moose County Map, and More!" Third Edition covers books thru #24 "..Up The Creek" Berkley Trade 3rd edition 9¼x6¼ pb [9/2002] for $21.60 Berkley Trade 9x6 pb [12/1998] out of print/80+ used Berkley Prime Crime 8¼x5¾ hardcover [1998] out of print/used Berkley Prime Crime hardcover [1998] out of print/used |
 | "The Cat Who... Cookbook: Over 200 Recipes and Menus Inspired by Lilian Jackson Braun's Beloved Bestselling Mysteries" [orig 2000, updated 2003] by Julie Murphy & Sally Abney Stempinski Berkley updated 8x8 pb [1/2006] for $12.84 Berkley updated 8x7¾ hardcover [10/2003] out of print/40+ used Berkley 7½x7½ hardcover [10/2000] out of print/90+ used |
 | "The Cat Who Killed Lilian Jackson Braun: A Parody" [2003] by Robert Kaplow James Qafka and his two cats Ying-Tong and Poon-Tang solve the horrific murder of author Lilian Jackson Braun, with much collateral damage along the way. Some reviewers are positive – 'no holds barred bad taste' – but most seem to be upset about bad writing, heavy vulgarity, and juvenile attempts at humor, even describing the book as causing 'a sorry and needless massacre of innocent trees'. New Millennium Press mass pb [6/2004] out of print/many used Phoenix Books 7x5 pb [6/2007] for $10.93 New Millennium Press 7½x5¼ hardcover [4/2003] out of print/40+ used Phoenix Audio CD read by Arte Johnson [4/2006] for $23.21 |
 | "The Cat Who... Reunion Cookbook: Over 200 Recipes To Share, Inspired by Lilian Jackson Braun's Beloved Bestselling Mysteries" [2006] by Julie Murphy & Sally Abney Stempinski These are all-new recipes that produce larger servings. Berkley 8x7¾ hardcover [10/2006] out of print/many used |
Friends & Family
Lilian Jackson Braun {Bettinger} was born in Massachusetts in 1913, lived & worked in Detroit, Michigan for over 30 years,
and retired to Tryon, North Carolina around 1980; she died in South Carolina in 2011 at age 97.
first husband, Louis Paul Braun []
second husband Earl Bettinger "the husband who ..." [], married 1979, widowed 2011
George Guidall is the voice/reader on all of the "Cat Who ..." audiobooks
L i n k s
Lilian Jackson Braun entry at Wikipedia
browse Lilian Jackson Braun Store {69 titles} at Amazon
there seems to be no entry for Lilian Jackson Braun at Internet Movie Database
The Cat Who Club & Mailing List [est. 1998]
unofficial Lilian Jackson Braun fan club [moved from Geocities 10/2009, no update since]
here on the Lilian Jackson Braun [1913-2011] Page at BlackHat Mystery Bookstore
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