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Earlene Fowler

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Earlene Fowler

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1954-01-01 （California）
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
La Puente, California

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
1984-2011
Nominations
Agatha Award 2006 Best Novel nomination - The Saddlemaker's Wife

Education

Orange Coast College
Writing
Country: United States

Awards

Agatha Award
1999
Work: Mariner's Compass
Category: Best Novel
Organization: Malice Domestic
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Mariner's Compass

1999 Mystery

Sixth book in the Benni Harper series. Features quilting and a folk art museum curator solving mysteries.

quiltingfolk artfamily

The Saddlemaker's Wife

2006 Mystery

First in Ruby McGavin series about a saddlemaker's wife.

Western lifefamily secrets

Fool's Puzzle

1994 Mystery

First Benni Harper mystery set in fictional San Celina, involving quilts.

quilt patternsmystery solving

Bibliography

  • Fool's Puzzle
  • Irish Chain
  • Kansas Troubles
  • Goose in the Pond
  • Dove in the Window
  • Mariner's Compass
  • Seven Sisters
  • Arkansas Traveler
  • Steps to the Altar
  • Sunshine and Shadow
  • Broken Dishes
  • Delectable Mountains
  • Tumbling Blocks
  • State Fair
  • Spider Web
  • The Saddlemaker's Wife
  • The Road to Cardinal Valley
  • Love Mercy

Style & Themes

Literary Style
cozy mysteryintegration of quilting motifs
Recurring Motifs
quilt block patternsCalifornia small-town lifefamily and community

Legacy

Known for the Benni Harper mystery series featuring quilting and set in fictional San Celina, California.

Trivia

  • The fictional town San Celina has improper Spanish grammar (San instead of Santa) intended as a joke, but the author regrets it due to fan mail.