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Dean James at Murder By The Book since 1984
Our former store manager, Dean now works full-time at the Texas Medical Center Library (in addition to a Ph.D. in History from Rice, he has a Master's in Library Science) and part-time (every Saturday) at Murder By The Book. He's also an award-winning author of both mystery non-fiction -- including By a Woman's Hand and Killer Books (both co-written with Jean Swanson) -- and mystery fiction, including the Wanda Nell Culpepper novels (written as Jimmie Ruth Evans), the Bridge Club mysteries (written as Honor Hartman), and the New York Times Bestselling Cat in the Stacks mysteries (written as Miranda James).
Some of Dean's favorite authors: Margery Allingham, Elizabeth Peters/Barbara Michaels, Anne Perry, Charlaine Harris, Carolyn Hains, and Carolyn Hart.
Upcoming events
- Monthly Discussion Group(Event)(Now)
- Craig Johnson(Event)(1 day)
- John Sandford(Event)(5 days)
- Steve Berry(Event)(7 days)
- James Swain(Event)(8 days)
- John Ellis(Event)(13 days)
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