Donna Fletcher Crow
Born1941
Nampa, Idaho
OccupationMystery Writer

Donna Fletcher Crow (born 1941) is an American mystery writer known for historical Christian fiction.[1][2][3][4] She lives in Boise, Idaho, but sets much of her work in England.[2][4]

Biography

Crow was born in Nampa, Idaho in 1941.[5] She was an only child and grew up learning to ride horses.[3] Crow participated in competitive riding, winning the titles of Snake River Stampede Rodeo Queen in 1959 and Miss Rodeo Idaho in 1960,[6] and she was a runner up in the Miss Rodeo America 1960 competition.[3] Crow graduated from Northwest Nazarene College with a bachelor's in English literature in 1964 and afterwards, she taught English and drama in high school.[5]

Crow founded an alternative Wesleyan-Anglican church called Epworth Chapel on the Green.[3]

Work

Crow promoted her nonfiction book, Recipes for the Protein Diet in 1972.[7] A reviewer for the Idaho Free Press felt that there was good variety among the recipes and the pictures were realistic and "mouth-watering."[8]

Crow's novel, Glastonbury: The Novel of Christian England, won the best historical novel of 1992 from the National Federation of Press Women.[5] Her work has been compared to Veronica Black and Carol Anne O'Marie by Library Journal.[9]

Bibliography

The Celtic Cross

  • The Keeper of the Stone: Of Saints and Chieftains (2021)
  • The Forger of a Nation: Of Kings and Kingdoms (2021)
  • The Refiner of the Realm: Of Queens and Clerics (2021)
  • The Vanquishers of Tyranny: Of Priests and Patriots (2021)
  • The Planting of Ulster: Of Visionaries and Builders (2021)
  • The Hammering of the Inhabitancy: Of Brothers and Strangers (2021)
  • The Strife of Ascendancy: Of People and Rulers (2022)
  • The Shaping of the Union: Of Plots and Parliaments (2022)
  • The Famishment of the People: Of Hunger and Fulfillment (2022)
  • The Dawning of Peace: Of Dreamers and Designers (2022)

The Monastery Murders

  • A Very Private Grave. Monarch Books. 2010. ISBN 9781854249685.
  • A Darkly Hidden Truth. Monarch Books. 2011. ISBN 9780857210500.
  • An Unholy Communion. Lion Fiction. 2013. ISBN 9781782640042.
  • A Newly Crimsoned Reliquary (2014)
  • An All-Consuming Fire (2015)
  • Against All Fierce Hostility (2020)

The Elizabeth and Richard Mysteries

  • The Flame Ignites (2015)
  • Shadow of Reality (1992) (reissued as The Shadow of Reality, 2018)
  • A Midsummer Eve's Nightmare (2012)
  • A Jane Austen Encounter (2013)
  • A Most Singular Venture (2016)

Lord Danvers Mysteries

  • A Most Inconvenient Death. Moody Press. 1993. ISBN 9780802427106.
  • Grave Matters. Moody Press. 1994. ISBN 9780802427113.
  • To Dust You Shall Return (1995)
  • A Tincture of Murder (2012)
  • A Lethal Spectre (2018)

Epic Novels

  • Glastonbury: The Novel of Christian England (1992) (new ed. 2013)
  • Glastonbury: A Novel of the Holy Grail (ebook) (2012)
  • The Fields of Bannockburn: A Novel of Scotland from Origins to Independence (1996)
  • The Banks of the Boyne: The Generations of Northern Ireland (1998)

The Virtuous Heart Series

The Daughters of Courage

The Cambridge Chronicles

Intrigue

  • The Castle of Dreams (1992)

Serenade Romances

  • Love Unmerited (1986)
  • The Desires of Your Heart (1985)
  • Greengold Autumn (1984)

Choose Your Own Adventure

  • General Kempthorne's Victory Tour (1987)
  • The Evil Plot of Dr. Zarnof (1983)
  • Mr. Xanthu's Golden Scheme (1985)
  • Professor Q's Mysterious Machine (1983)

Nonfiction

  • Seasons of Prayer: Discovering the Riches of the Church Year Through Classic Prayer (2000)
  • The Frantic Mother Cookbook (1982)
  • Recipes for the Protein Diet (1972)

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Fantastic Fiction website (accessed 19 July 2008)
  2. 1 2 Garnett, Lynn (5 December 2012). "Lion Hudson Launches Christian Fiction Imprint". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Ryan, Erin (3 December 2002). "DONNA FLETCHER CROW: Rodeo-Queen, Writer and Religious Pioneer". Boise Weekly. ProQuest 367620268.
  4. 1 2 "WEDDINGS; Catherine C. Huse, Preston F. Crow". The New York Times. 30 July 1995. ProQuest 430215899.
  5. 1 2 3 Pippen, Carol Lawson (2007). Guide to Literary Masters & Their Works. Literary Reference Center – via EBSCO.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-05-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ↑ "Author of All-Protein Cookbook Likes to Cook, Must Diet". Eugene Register-Guard. 2 August 1972. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  8. ↑ Bird, Annie Laurie (29 July 1972). "Recipes for the Protein Diet Compiled by Former Nampan". Idaho Free Press. Retrieved 26 May 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Hill, Nanci Milone (15 February 2012). "A Darkly Hidden Truth". Library Journal. 137 (3): 92. Retrieved 26 May 2016 – via EBSCO.
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