Papazoglou worked as a teacher at the college level and as a magazine editor.
[7] She began her fiction writing career after attending the 1981 Romantic Times Booklovers' Convention, which she was covering as a journalist.
After her article about the conference was rejected, Papazoglou sat down and began to write the first Patience McKenna novel, Sweet, Savage Death.
[8] She was best known for her series of mysteries written as Jane Haddam featuring Gregor Demarkian, a former FBI agent.
Note: The series was later republished under the name Jane Haddam Haddam was nominated for an Edgar Award in the "Best First Mystery Novel by an American Author" category for her novel Sweet, Savage Death in 1985.