Biography of lilian jackson braun series

Born in Chicopee, Massachusetts on June 20, 1913, Lilian Jackson Braun was the author of The Cat Who... series of mystery novels. Braun began writing as a teenager, and her sports poetry was often featured in The Detroit News. Braun worked as an advertising copywriter and public relations executive and at the Detroit Free Press before writing The Cat Who novels, all which involve a former newspaper reporter and his two Siamese cats.

Her first mystery novels, The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern, and The Cat Who Turned On and Off, were published to critical acclaim between 1966 and 1968. The books follow two Siamese cat sleuths, Koko and Yum Yum, as they attempt to assist their owner, Jim Qwilleran, in solving crimes. Although the books’ setting is fictitious, Braun was believed to have modeled the country and culture after Bad Axe, Michigan, where she and her husband lived until the mid-1980s.

However, Braun ceased

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Lilian Jackson Braun

Born

in Willimansette, Chicopee Falls, Massachachusetts, The United States

June 20, 1913

Died

June 04, 2011

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 katt 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, "400 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 1980'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 Amer

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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 katt Who mystery series for more than 40 years, died at Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills in Landrum, SC on June 4, 2011.  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 1966.  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 katt Who Turned On and Off).  There was an 18-year hiatus between the third and fourth books.

"By the time I had written the fourth one, tast