Lilian jackson braun biography
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Lilian Jackson Braun
American writer
Lilian Jackson Braun (June 20, &#;&#; June 4, [1]) was an American writer known for her light-hearted series of The katt Whomystery novels. The katt Who books features newspaper journalist Jim Qwilleran and his two Siamese cats, Koko (short for Kao K'o Kung) and Yum Yum, first in an unnamed midwestern American city and then in the fictitious small town of Pickax located in Moose County " miles north of everywhere". Although never explicitly located in the books, the towns, counties, and lifestyles portrayed in the series are generally accepted to be modeled after Bad Axe, Michigan, where Braun resided with her husband until the mids.
Life and career
[edit]Born Lilian Jackson in the Willimansett neighborhood of Chicopee, Massachusetts, to Charles and Clara Ward Jackson,[2] she began her writing career as a teenager, contributing sports poetry to the Detroit News. She went on to write advertising copy for many
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Lilian Jackson Braun
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Lilian Jackson Braun, Author - A Remarkable Life
Lilian Jackson Braun Bettinger, a prolific best-selling author of The Cat Who mystery series for more than 40 years, died at Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills in Landrum, SC on June 4, She was 97 and had lived in Tryon, NC for the past 23 years.
Her death was announced by her husband, Earl Bettinger, always referred to in her book dedications as "The Husband Who". She died of natural causes.
Ms. Braun wrote 31 books (2 collections of short stories and 29 the Cat Who books).
Dutton published her first book, The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, in The New York Times labeled her "the new detective of the year". Two more followed with critical acclaim (The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern and The Cat Who Turned On and Off). There was an year hiatus between the third and fourth books.
"By the time I had written the fourth one, tastes in mysteri
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Lilian Jackson Braun
Born
in Willimansette, Chicopee Falls, Massachachusetts, The United StatesJune 20,
Died
June 04,
Genre
Mystery & Thrillers
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Lilian Jackson Braun was an American writer. She is well-known for her light-hearted series of The Cat Who mystery novels. The Cat Who books center around the life of former newspaper reporter James Qwilleran, and his two Siamese cats, KoKo and Yum Yum in the fictitious small town of Pickax located in Moose County, " miles north of everywhere." Although never formally stated in the books, the towns, counties and lifestyles described in the series are generally accepted to be a modeled after Bad Axe, Michigan (located in the "Michigan Thumb") where she resided with her husband for many years until the mid 's. Many also believe that the culture and history of the Upper peninsula of Michigan are represented in the series as well, whiLilian Jackson Braun was an American writer. She is