Constance Laux (born January 21, 1952, in
Cleveland, Ohio) is an American
writer
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of
romance novels
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as her real name and of
mystery and
young adult
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novels under her many pen names: Connie Deka, Connie Lane, Connie Laux, Casey Daniels, Zoe Daniels, Kylie Logan, Miranda Bliss, Mimi Granger, Lucy Ness, and Anastasia Hastings.
Biography
Constance Laux was born on January 21 in
Cleveland, Ohio (
U.S.
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). She studied
English Literature
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at
Queen's College in
Oxford, England
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(
UK).
She married her childhood sweetheart, and they live in
Brecksville
Brecksville is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, and a suburb in the Greater Cleveland area. The city's population was 13,635 at the United States 2020 Census.
History
Brecksville was founded in 1811, four years after several men ...
, a suburb of Cleveland, with their two children.
Connie began writing during the summer of 1990 with her first book, ''The Fortune Teller''. The book would go on to be nationally recognized.
Connie writes under many pseudonyms to differentiate the types and tones of books that she writes.
Bibliography
As Constance Laux
* ''Twilight Secrets'' 1992/Fev
* ''Moonlight Whispers'' 1993/Jan
* ''Earthly Delights'' 1995/Mar
* ''Touched By Magic'' 1996/Jul
* ''Devil's Diamond'' 1998/Apr
* ''Diamond Rain'' 1999/Apr
Lords of Desire multi-author series
* ''Diamonds and Desire'' 2000/Aug
Anthology contribution
* ''Angel Love'' 1996/Aug (with Janice Bennett, Mallory Burgess, Elizabeth Graham, Patricia McAllister, Doreen Owens Malek,
Karen Ranney
Karen Ranney (February 5, 1963June 15, 2020) was an American author of historical and paranormal romance novels.
Biography
Ranney (pronounced Rain-ey) was the daughter of an Air Force officer and lived in places around the world, including ...
and John Scognamiglio)
As Connie Deka
* ''Bright Promise'' 1993/Jun
As Zoe Daniels
The Year of the Cat
* ''The Dream'' 1995
* ''The Hunt'' 1995
* ''The Amulet'' 1995
As Connie Laux
Blood Moon
* ''The Curse'' 1995
* ''The Fortune Teller'' 1995
* ''The Reckoning'' 1996
Ghosts of Fear Street, with
R. L. Stine
* ''Fright Night'' 1996
As Connie Lane
* ''Reinventing Romeo'' 2000/Nov
* ''Romancing Riley'' 2002/Jan
* ''Guilty Little Secrets'' 2003/Mar
* ''The Viscounts Bawdy Bargain'' 2003/Jun
* ''Dirty Little Lies'' 2004/Mar
* ''The Duke's Scandalous Secret'' 2004/Aug
* ''Sarah's Guide To Life, Love & Gardening'' 2005/Jun
* ''Knit Two Together'' 2007/Mar
Burton at Cupid's Hideaway Series
* ''Stranded at Cupid's Hideaway'' 2002/Jul
* ''Christmas at Cupid's Hideaway'' 2003/Nov
As Miranda Bliss
A Cooking Class Mystery
* ''Cooking Up Murder'' 2006
* ''Murder on the Menu'' 2007
* ''Dead Men Don't Get the Munchies'' 2007
* ''Dying for Dinner'' 2008
* ''Murder Has a Sweet Tooth'' 2009
As Casey Daniels
Pepper Martin Mystery Series
* ''Don of the Dead'' 2006
* ''The Chick and The Dead'' 2007
* ''Tombs of Endearment'' 2007
* ''Night of the Loving Dead'' 2009
* ''Dead Man Talking'' 2009
* ''Tomb with a View'' 2010
* ''A Hard Day's Fright'' 2011
* ''Wild Wild Death'' 2012
* ''Supernatural Born Killers'' 2012
* ''Graveyard Shift'' 2016
A Miss Barnum Mystery
* ''Smoke and Mirrors'' 2017
As Kylie Logan
Button Box Mystery Series
* ''Button Holed'' 2011
* ''Hot Button'' 2012
* ''Panic Button'' 2012
* ''Buttoned Up'' 2013
League of Literary Ladies Series
* ''Mayhem at the Orient Express'' 2013
* ''A Tale of Two Biddies'' 2014
* ''The Legend of Sleepy Harlow'' 2014
* ''And Then There Were Nuns'' 2016
* ''Gone with the Twins'' 2017
Chili Cook-Off Series
* ''Chili Con Carnage'' 2013
* ''Death by Devil's Breath'' 2014
* ''Revenge of the Chili Queens'' 2015
An Ethnic Eats Mystery
* ''Irish Stewed'' 2016
* ''French Fried'' 2017
* ''Italian Iced'' 2018
Jazz Ramsey Series
* ''The Scent of Murder'' 2019
* ''The Secrets of Bones'' 2020
* ''A Trail of Lies'' 2021
As Lucy Ness
A Haunted Mansion Mystery
* ''Haunted Homicide'' 2020
* ''Phantoms and Felonies'' 2021
As Mimi Granger
A Love is Murder Mystery
* ''Death of a Red-Hot Rancher'' 2021
* ''Murder of a Mail-Order Bride'' 2022
As Anastasia Hastings
A Dear Miss Hermione Mystery
* ''Of Manners and Murder'' 2023
References and sources
Constance LauxConnie Lane
an
Kylie Logan
in Fantastic Fiction
Author Website
References
External links
Official Site
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Living people
Writers from Cleveland
American romantic fiction writers
Alumni of the Queen's College, Oxford
1952 births