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Darynda Jones

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Darynda Jones

Profile

Gender
Female
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
New Mexico

Career

Occupations
novelist, author
Active Years
2009-2024

Awards

Golden Heart Award
2009
Work: First Grave on the Right
Category: Best Paranormal Romance
Organization: Romance Writers of America
Result: won
RITA Award
Organization: Romance Writers of America
Result: won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

First Grave on the Right

2011 paranormal romantic thriller

Private investigator and Grim Reaper Charley Davidson who serves as a portal to heaven for the dead.

Grim Reaperghostsromancehumor

Second Grave on the Left

2011 paranormal romantic thriller

Second book in the Charley Davidson series.

Grim Reaperromancesuspense

A Bad Day for Sunshine

2020 mystery

First book in the Sunshine Vicram series.

detectivehumor

Bibliography

  • First Grave on the Right (2011)
  • Second Grave on the Left (2011)
  • Third Grave Dead Ahead (2012)
  • Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet (2012)
  • Fifth Grave Past The Light (2013)
  • Sixth Grave on the Edge (2014)
  • Seventh Grave and No Body (2014)
  • Eighth Grave after Dark (2015)
  • The Dirt on Ninth Grave (2016)
  • The Curse of Tenth Grave (2016)
  • Eleventh Grave in Moonlight (2017)
  • The Trouble with Twelfth Grave (2017)
  • Summoned to Thirteenth Grave (2019)
  • Death and the Girl Next Door (2012)
  • Death, Doom and Detention (2013)
  • Death and the Girl He Loves (2013)
  • A Bad Day for Sunshine (2020)
  • A Good Day for Chardonnay (2021)
  • A Hard Day for a Hangover (2022)
  • Betwixt (2020)
  • Bewitched (2021)
  • Beguiled (2021)
  • Moonlight and Magic (2022)
  • Brighter Than the Sun (2015)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Balance of humor, romance, and suspensesarcastic narrationwitty dialogue
Recurring Motifs
Grim Reaperghostsson of Satansupernatural phenomena

Legacy

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Recipient of Golden Heart, RITA, and other awards.

Trivia

  • The Charley Davidson series features a Grim Reaper private investigator.