She was the author of a series of mystery novels featuring a lesbian protagonist, Tyler Jones, and owned and operated a bookshop, Drury Lane Books, in Grand Marais, Minnesota.
[3] Spinsters Ink published several well-known authors including Val McDermid (Conferences Are Murder), Maureen Brady (Give Me Your Good Ear), Ellen Frye (Amazon Story Bones), Susan Stinson (Fat Girl Dances with Rocks) and Sandra Butler.
[8][9] Drury wrote a trilogy of detective novels featuring a lesbian protagonist named Tyler Jones.
[3][5] In 1991, Drury established the National Lesbian Writer’s Award, which was judged by Audre Lorde, Jewelle Gomez, Gloria Anzaldúa, and Sarah Schulman.
Winners of the award include Dorothy Allison, Nikky Finney, JP Howard, Lisa Moore, and Achy Obejas.