Jill Churchill (born Janice Young Brooks January 11, 1943 - July 12, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri) was an American author, winner of the Agatha and Macavity Awards for her first Jane Jeffry novel and featured in Great Women Mystery Writers (2007).
This mystery series follows Jane Jeffry, a widow with three children living in suburban Chicago.
These often involve Mel Van Dyne, a police detective introduced in the first novel.
The novel titles are puns on literary works and reflect Jeffry's cozy domestic life which she leads between crime-solving capers.
[1]: 240 In 1999, Churchill began a new mystery series set during the Great Depression, which features siblings Robert and Lily Brewster who live in New York.