''For the Australian artist, see Janet Laurence.'' Janet Laurence, (born 1937 as Janet Duffellenotes.com Janet Laurence articles
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Julia Lisle, is a British author and cookery writer.

Cookery writer

From 1978, Laurence began to write cookery articles for '' Country Life'' and ''

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''. Eventually she became the sole author of the Telegraphs weekly 'Bon Viveur' column. She also wrote a series of articles in Country Life about historical cooking.Fantastic Fiction Janet Laurence page
Retrieved on 5 February 2014. She has written or co-written eight cookery books, notably books about Scandinavian cooking.

Crime fiction

Laurence's first crime novel, 'A Deepe Coffyn', was published in 1989, the first of ten contemporary novels featuring cookery writer Darina Lisle and policeman William Pigram. She also wrote one non-series mystery fiction book, 'To Kill The Past'. Laurence has also written four historical crime novels – three books where the detective is a fictionalised

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Other work

Laurence has written three contemporary women's novels under the pen name Julia Lisle, a book on how to write cookery books,List of cookery books by Janet Laurence on amazon.co.uk
Retrieved on 5 February 2014. and a book on how to write crime fiction.Review of 'Writing Crime Fiction' on 'It's A Crime'
Retrieved on 5 February 2014.

Bibliography

Sources:

Contemporary crime fiction

Darina Lisle/William Pigram novels

* ''A Deepe Coffyn'' (1989) * ''A Tasty Way to Die'' (1990) * ''Hotel Morgue'' (1991) * ''Recipe for Death'' (1992) * ''Death and the Epicure'' (1993) * ''Death at the Table'' (1994) * ''Death a la Provencale'' (1995) * ''Diet for Death'' (1996) * ''Appetite for Death'' (1998) * ''The Mermaid's Feast'' (2000)

Felicity Freer novel

* ''To Kill the Past'' (1994)

Historical crime fiction

Canaletto novels

* ''Canaletto and the Case of Westminster Bridge'' (1997) * ''Canaletto and the Case of the Privy Garden'' (1999) * ''Canaletto and the Case of Bonnie Prince Charlie'' (2002)

Ursula Grandison novels

* ''Deadly Inheritance'' (2012) * ''A Fatal Freedom'' (2015)

Contemporary women's fiction

''(writing as Julia Lisle)'' * ''A Perfect Match'' (1996) * ''The Changing Years'' (1996) * ''Journeys from Home'' (1997)

Cookery books

* ''A Little French Cookbook'' (1989) (with Diana Leadbetter) * ''A Little Scandinavian Cookbook'' (1990) (with Agnetha Petersen) * ''A Little Coffee Cookbook'' (1992) (with Catherine McWilliams) * ''Just for Two'' (1992) * ''The Food and Cooking of Norway: Traditions, Ingredients, Tastes, Techniques and Over 60 Classic Recipes'' (2007) * ''The Food and Cooking of Scandinavia: 150 Authentic Regional Recipes'' (2011) (with Anna Mossesson and Judith Dern) * ''A Taste of Scandinavia: The Real Food and Cooking of Sweden, Norway and Denmark'' (2013) (with Anna Mossesson and Judith Dern) * ''The Scandinavian Cookbook: Fresh and Fragrant Cooking of Sweden, Denmark and Norway'' (2014) (with Anna Mossesson and Judith Dern)

Writing guides

* ''The Craft of Food and Cookery Writing'' (1994) * ''Writing Crime Fiction – Making Crime Pay'' (2007)

Publications abroad

Germany, Austria, Switzerland * Mord extra scharf, 2017 dp DIGITAL PUBLISHERS, * Mord gut abgeschmeckt, 2017 dp DIGITAL PUBLISHERS, * Mord Well Done, 2017 dp DIGITAL PUBLISHERS, * Mord nach Rezept, 2018 dp DIGITAL PUBLISHERS, * Mord für Feinschmecker, 2018 dp DIGITAL PUBLISHERS, * Mord zur Primetime, 2018 dp DIGITAL PUBLISHERS, * Mord a ka provencale, 2018 dp DIGITAL PUBLISHERS, * Mord ohne Kalorien, 2018 dp DIGITAL PUBLISHERS, * Mord macht Appetit, 2018 dp DIGITAL PUBLISHERS, * Mord mit Fischgeschmack, 2018 dp DIGITAL PUBLISHERS,

References

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