As an author she writes under the pen names Colin Dunne, Louise Harris, Diana Killian, and Josh Lanyon.
[1] As a singer she performs with the Celtic music group The Browne Sisters & George Cavanaugh.
[4] Browne writes mysteries and cold war thrillers under the pen name Colin Dunne.
[6] Browne writes gay mystery and M/M romance novels under the pen name Josh Lanyon.
As Lanyon she has won an EPIC (Electronic Publishing Industry Coalition) Ebook Award[7] and she has been a finalist four times for the Lambda Literary Awards (in 2007 and 2015 for Gay Mystery, in 2009 for Gay Romance, and in 2010 for Nonfiction[Note 1]).