Gore was not my style, so I just forgot about The Cat Who. They wanted sex and violence, not kitty-cat storied. "By the time I had written the fourth one, tastes in mysteries had changed. There was an 18-year hiatus between the third and fourth books. Two more followed with critical acclaim (The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern and The Cat Who Turned On and Off). The New York Times labeled her "the new detective of the year". Braun wrote 31 books (2 collections of short stories and 29 the Cat Who books).ĭutton published her first book, The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, in 1966. Her death was announced by her husband, Earl Bettinger, always referred to in her book dedications as "The Husband Who". She was 97 and had lived in Tryon, NC for the past 23 years. 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, 2011. Lilian Jackson Braun, Author - A Remarkable Life
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