This list will provide a complete guide to Rhys Bowen’s novels and will give brief descriptions of all books included in her best-selling series Constable Evan Evans and Molly Murphy.Ĭonstable Evan Evans decided to swap bustling, busy city life with the idyllic setting of Llanfair, a quiet Welsh village in the midst of the Snowdonia mountain range. While she has written a wide variety of books under numerous names and co-written a plethora of works with other writers, this article will specifically focus on the books written under the pseudonym Rhys Bowen. Her decision to change her publication name was a result of her desire to shift genre and tone and she was cautious not to let her reputation as a light-hearted novelist interfere with her future, grittier novels. Under her real name Janet Quin-Harken, she wrote a plethora of children’s and YA books. While the two aforementioned series are her best-known works, she has written 4 series in total, which include short story add-ons, and numerous standalone books. She has written many books under her real name, some in collaboration with other writers, and some under the Rhys Bowen pseudonym. Over the course of her writing career, she has published over 40 books and is most famous for two historical mystery series Constable Evans and Molly Murphy. She juggled her career with her writing for many years, before committing to her writing full-time in the 1990s. Harkin began writing books in the late 1970s, having published her first book, a children’s book called Peter Penny’s Dance in 1976. Since then, she has been living between California and Arizona and between 19, she worked as a writing teacher in San Rafael.
She then went on to teach drama and dance before moving to Australia, working for Australian Broadcasting in Sydney. Harkin has a background in dramatic arts, having worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) as a studio manager within the drama department. Janet Quin-Harkin was born in Bath, England, and was first educated in London, before moving to Germany and attending the University of Kiel and the University of Freiburg respectively for graduate studies.
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