Carolyn Haines

Carolyn Haines
Carolyn Haines, 2012
Carolyn Haines, 2012
BornCarolyn Haines
(1953-05-12) May 12, 1953 (age 71)
Lucedale, Mississippi, U.S.
Pen nameCarolyn Haines
R.B. Chesterton
Caroline Burnes
Lizzie Hart
OccupationNovelist
Alma materUniversity of Southern Mississippi
University of South Alabama
Period1988–present
Genresuspense, horror
Website
www.carolynhaines.com

Carolyn Haines (born May 12, 1953, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi), who uses the pseudonyms R.B. Chesterton, Caroline Burnes, and Lizzie Hart, is a prolific mystery author and former journalist specializing in mysteries set in the Mississippi Delta.

Biography

Haines is the daughter of Roy and Hilda Haines, both journalists. Haines grew up in Lucedale, Mississippi, and graduated from high school there in 1971. She received a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1974 and a master's degree in creative writing from the University of South Alabama in 1985. For over ten years she was a reporter and journalist for newspapers such as the George County Times, the Mobile Press-Register, The Mississippi Press, The Huntsville Times, and the Hattiesburg American.

Her current mysteries are the Sarah Booth Delaney Mississippi Delta series, set in the fictional town of Zinnia. The humorous series has won numerous accolades, including Best Amateur Sleuth. "Hallowed Bones," the fifth in the series, was named in the top five mysteries of 2004 by Library Journal.

Haines also writes darker crime novels and general fiction. "Penumbra" was named one of the top five mysteries of 2006 by Library Journal. She has written under the pseudonyms Caroline Burnes in romantic mysteries, and Lizzie Hart in humor.

She taught the graduate and undergraduate fiction writing classes at the University of South Alabama, where she was an assistant professor and Fiction Coordinator.

Awards & praise

  • 2010 Harper Lee Award winner for Alabama's Distinguished Writer of the Year
  • Received Alabama State Council on the Arts literary fellowship for her writing
  • 2009 Richard Wright Award for Literary Excellence

Bibliography

As herself

The Sarah Booth Delaney Mysteries

  1. Them Bones. Bantam. 1999. ISBN 9780553581713.
  2. Buried Bones. Bantam. 2000. ISBN 9780553581720.
  3. Splintered Bones. Dell. 2003. ISBN 9780440237211.
  4. Crossed Bones. Dell. 2004. ISBN 9780440240938.
  5. Hallowed Bones. Dell. 2005. ISBN 9780440241317.
  6. Bones to Pick. Kensington. 2006. ISBN 9780758210913.
  7. Ham Bones. Kensington. 2007. ISBN 9780758210920.
  8. Wishbones. Minotaur Books. 2008. ISBN 9780312377083.
  9. Greedy Bones. Minotaur Books. 2009. ISBN 9780312377106.
  10. Bone Appétit. Minotaur Books. 2010. ISBN 9780312594640.
  11. Bones of a Feather. Minotaur Books. 2011. ISBN 9780312595029.
  12. Bonefire of the Vanities. Minotaur Books. 2012. ISBN 9780312641870.
  13. Smarty Bones. Minotaur Books. 2013. ISBN 9780312641887.
  14. Booty Bones. Minotaur Books. 2014. ISBN 9781250046130.
  15. Bone to Be Wild. Minotaur Books. 2015. ISBN 9781250046147.
  16. Rock-a-Bye Bones. Minotaur Books. 2016. ISBN 9781250085160.
  17. Sticks and Bones. Minotaur Books. 2017. ISBN 9781250085269.
  18. Charmed Bones. Minotaur Books. 2018. ISBN 9781250154132.
  19. A Gift of Bones. Minotaur Books. 2018. ISBN 9781250193629.
  20. Game of Bones. Minotaur Books. 2019. ISBN 9781250154156.
  21. The Devil's Bones. Minotaur Books. 2020. ISBN 9781250257864.
  22. A Garland of Bones. Minotaur Books. 2020. ISBN 9781250257925.
  23. Independent Bones. Minotaur Books. 2021. ISBN 9781250257871.
  24. Lady of Bones. Minotaur Books. 2022. ISBN 9781250833723.
  25. Bones of Holly. Minotaur Books. 2022. ISBN 9781250833754.

Sarah Booth Delaney Short Stories

  • "Bones on the Bayou" (2014)
  • "Shorty Bones" (2014)
  • "Guru Bones" (2015)
  • "Jingle Bones" (2015)
  • "Bones and Arrows" (2016)
  • "Clacking Bones" (2018 - novella)
  • "Enchanted Bones" (2020)

The Jexville Chronicles

  1. Summer of the Redeemers (1994)
  2. Touched (1996)
  3. Judas Burning (2005)

Non-series

  1. Deception (2012)
  2. Skin Dancer (2011)
  3. Fever Moon (2007)
  4. Revenant (2007)
  5. Penumbra (2006)
  6. My Mother's Witness: The Peggy Morgan Story (2003)

Short stories

  • "The Christmas Ornament" in Haunted Holidays: Three Short Tales of Horror (2014)
  • "The Sugar Cure" in Delta Blues (2010)
  • "Ode to the Fruitcake" in Christmas Memories from Mississippi (2010)
  • "The Cypress Dream" in Florida Heat Wave (2010)
  • "Neighborhood Watch" in Damn Near Dead II (2010)
  • "The Wish" in Many Bloody Returns (2009)
  • "Carolyn Haines" in Growing Up in Mississippi (2008)

As Caroline Burnes

Fear Familiar

  1. Fear Familiar (1990)
  2. Too Familiar (1993)
  3. Thrice Familiar (1993)
  4. Shades of Familiar (1994)
  5. Familiar Remedy (1994)
  6. Familiar Tale (1995)
  7. Bewitching Familiar (1995)
  8. Familiar Heart (1997)
  9. Familiar Fire (1998)
  10. Familiar Valentine (1999)
  11. Familiar Christmas (1999)
  12. Familiar Obsession (2000)
  13. Familiar Lullaby (2001)
  14. Familiar Mirage (2002)
  15. Familiar Oasis (2002)
  16. Familiar Texas (2005)
  17. Familiar Escape (2006)
  18. Familiar Vows (2008)
  19. Familiar Showdown (2009)

Legend of Blackthorn

  1. Babe in the Woods (2003)
  2. Rider in the Mist (2003)

Non-series

  1. Phantom Filly (1989)
  2. The Jaguar's Eye (1990)
  3. Fatal Ingredients (1992)
  4. Hoodwinked (1993)
  5. Cutting Edge (1994)
  6. Texas Midnight (2000)
  7. Midnight Burning (2001)

As editor

  1. Delta Blues (2010)

As R.B. Chesterton

  1. The Darkling. Pegasus. 2013. ISBN 9781605984582.
  2. The Seeker. Pegasus. 2014. ISBN 9781605985008.

Short stories

  • "The Hanged Man" (2015 - novella)