Diane L. Browne is an American author and singer. As an author she writes under the pen names Colin Dunne, Louise Harris, Diana Killian, and Josh Lanyon.[1] As a singer she performs with the Celtic music group The Browne Sisters & George Cavanaugh.[2]
Browne is married to author Kevin Burton Smith.[4]
Colin Dunne
Browne writes mysteries and cold war thrillers under the pen name Colin Dunne.[5]
Diana Killian
Browne writes cozy mysteries under the pen name Diana Killian.[6]
Poetic Death mystery series
Killian, Diana (2003). High Rhymes and Misdemeanors. Pocket Books.
ISBN9780743466783.
Killian, Diana (2004). Verse of the Vampire. Pocket Books.
ISBN9780743466790.
Killian, Diana (2006). Sonnet of the Sphinx. Pocket Books.
ISBN9780743466806.
Killian, Diana (2009). Docketful of Poesy. Perseverance Press.
ISBN9781880284971.
Mantra for Murder series
Killian, Diana (2008). Corpse Pose. Berkley Prime Crime.
ISBN9780425220900.
Killian, Diana (2009). Dial Om for Murder. Berkley Prime Crime.
ISBN9780425227053.
Killian, Diana (2010). Murder on the Eightfold Path. Berkley Prime Crime.
ISBN9780425233917.
Killian, Diana (2011). Murder on the Eightfold Path. Berkley Prime Crime.
ISBN9780425243817.
Josh Lanyon
Browne writes gay mystery and M/M romance novels under the pen name Josh Lanyon. As Lanyon she has won an EPIC (Electronic Publishing Industry Coalition) Ebook Award[7]
and she has been a finalist four times for the
Lambda Literary Awards
(in
2007 and
2015 for
Gay Mystery, in
2009 for
Gay Romance, and in
2010 for
Nonfiction[Note 1]).[8]
Browne sings with her sisters Pamela Browne Logan and Laura Browne-Sorenson and their cousin George Cavanaugh in a
Celtic music group called The Browne Sisters & George Cavanaugh which has been performing for over 20 years[2][9]
Notes
^The essay "The Play of Shadows and Light: Hansen Before Dave" by Josh Lanyon appeared in the book The Golden Age of Gay Fiction, edited by Drewey Wayne Gunn, which was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Nonfiction in 2010.
References
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ab"Summary Bibliography: Josh Lanyon". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved June 29, 2024. Note: Mystery writer, poet & singer. Also writes under the pseudonyms Diana Killian, Colin Dunne & Louise Harris.
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ab"Biography". The Browne Sisters & George Cavanaugh. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
^Gunn, Drewey Wayne (2005). The Gay Male Sleuth in Print and Film: A History and Annotated Bibliography. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 142.
ISBN9780810885882. DUNNE, COLIN (Diane L. Browne): The author is a Los Angeles native who has written novels under a variety of pseudonyms and has coedited an anthology of fantasy stories, Sigil (2001). She seems to have some connection with Josh Lanyon.
^"Diana Killian, Author Bibliography". Omnimystery: A Family of Mystery Websites. Retrieved June 29, 2024. Diana Killian is a pseudonym of Diane L. Browne.
^Evans, Curtis, ed. (January 11, 2017). Murder in the Closet: Essays on Queer Clues in Crime Fiction Before Stonewall. McFarland. p. 282.
ISBN9781476626338. Josh Lanyon is the pen name of American writer D.L. Browne, an Eppie Award winner, a four-time Lambda Literary Award finalist for Gay Mystery, and the first recipient of the Goodreads Favorite Male/Male Author Lifetime Achievement award.