Betty Winkelman (1936 - 2022), better known by the pen name Lauren Haney, was an American mystery novelist.
[1] Starting as a government typist at the age of 18, Haney worked her way up to, ultimately, senior technical writer/editor in the aerospace and international construction industries.
Her eight published historical mystery novels are set during the joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, of pharaonic Egypt's 18th Dynasty.
[2] The earlier books take place in frontier settlements along the Nile in Lower Nubia, where Lieutenant Bak and his troop of Medjay police struggle to keep order and capture offenders against the Lady Maat.
Her short story Murder in the Land of Wawat was nominated for an Anthony award.