{"id":35311,"date":"2018-04-19T08:41:54","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T13:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=35311"},"modified":"2018-04-23T11:08:24","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T16:08:24","slug":"desert-island-two-cozy-authors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/desert-island-two-cozy-authors\/","title":{"rendered":"Desert Island, Two Cozy Authors…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"So, I’ve asked this question before<\/a> (and other variations on it<\/a>), but it’s been a while, and people’s opinions might have changed, new authors have been introduced, and of course we have a large number of different people now than the other times I’ve asked it before. So, if you were stranded on a desert island with only two Cozy mystery authors works, which two authors would you choose and why?<\/p>\n

To clarify the rules, you can get all the books written by an author, including books that they co-wrote and books written under different pen names.<\/p>\n

I think I’m still going to go with my previous choices – Agatha Christie<\/a><\/strong> and Ngaio Marsh<\/a><\/strong>. As before, I’ve put both authors up because they have strong plots, good mysteries, and three-dimensional characters… and it doesn’t hurt that they wrote a lot of novels each, so I won’t run out of material too quickly.<\/p>\n

So, what two authors would you choose for a deserted island, and why?<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> I decided to make a list of the suggestions, so here it is! I’ve decided to include authors mentioned that aren’t quite Cozy or aren’t even mystery authors as well, as long as they were mentioned as one of the top two… and people who put up to three or four also got their choices up.<\/p>\n

Avery Aames<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(aka\u00a0Daryl Wood Gerber<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Susan Wittig Albert<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Donna Andrews<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Isaac Asimov<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Nancy Atherton<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

David Baldacci<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

M. C. Beaton<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Gail Bowen<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rhys Bowen<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lilian Jackson Braun<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Duffy Brown<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rita Mae Brown<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dorothy Cannell<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Kate Carlisle<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Laura Childs<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0(aka Gerry Schmitt)<\/p>\n

Kate Chopin<\/strong><\/p>\n

Agatha Christie<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jill Churchill<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mary Higgins Clark<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ann Cleeves<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Wilkie Collins<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cleo Coyle<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0aka\u00a0Alice Kimberly<\/a><\/p>\n

Philip R. Craig<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Kathi Daley<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Diane Mott Davidson<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Krista Davis<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Laura DiSilverio<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0(aka\u00a0Ella Barrick<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0Lila Dare<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Arthur Conan Doyle<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Daphne du Maurier<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Janet Evanovich<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Monica Ferris<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 aka Mary Monica Pulver & half of the duo who wrote as\u00a0Margaret Frazer<\/a><\/p>\n

Joanne Fluke<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Earlene\u00a0<\/a>Fowler<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Patricia Fry<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dorothy Gilman<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sue Grafton<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Hans van Gulik<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carolyn Haines<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Carolyn Hart<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Veronica Heley<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Joan Hess<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 aka Joan Hadley<\/p>\n

Anne Hillerman<\/strong><\/p>\n

P. D. James<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Nancy Lynn Jarvis<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

James Joyce<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sofie Kelly<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 (aka\u00a0Sofie Ryan<\/a>\u00a0& Darlene Ryan for Young Adult)<\/p>\n

Kate Kingsbury<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0(aka\u00a0Rebecca Kent<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0Allison Kingsley<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Laura Levine<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jess Lourey<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Charlotte MacLeod<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka\u00a0Alisa<\/a><\/strong> Craig<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Ngaio Marsh<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jenn McKinlay<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka\u00a0Josie Belle<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0Lucy Lawrence<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Miss Read<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gladys Mitchell<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka Malcolm Torrie)<\/p>\n

Shirley Rousseau Murphy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tamar Myers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Louise Penny<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Anne Perry<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Elizabeth Peters<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0aka\u00a0Barbara Michaels<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0Barbara Mertz<\/a><\/p>\n

Mary Roberts Rinehart<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

J. D. Robb<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 (aka\u00a0Nora Roberts<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Dorothy L. Sayers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mary Stewart<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Rex Stout<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

William G. Tapply<\/strong><\/p>\n

Phoebe Atwood Taylor<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 (aka Freeman Dana & Alice Tilton)<\/p>\n

Angela Thirkell<\/strong><\/p>\n

Victoria Thompson<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Charles Todd<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lea Wait<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Patricia Wentworth<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Phyllis A. Whitney<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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