 Jean Catherine Potts was born in Saint Paul, Nebraska. She was educated at St. Paul High School and Denver Women's College before graduating from Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln. After a visit to New York she decided to stay there. She also wrote numerous short stories. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 1) Go, Lovely Rose (Edgar Award) | 1954 |
| 2) Death of a Stray Cat (Also published as: Dark Destination [1955]) | 1955 |
| 3) The Diehard | 1956 |
| 4) The Man with the Cane | 1957 |
| 5) Lightning Strikes Twice (UK Title: Blood Will Tell [1959]) | 1958 |
| 6) Home Is the Prisoner | 1960 |
| 7) The Evil Wish | 1962 |
| 8) The Only Good Secretary | 1965 |
| 9) The Footsteps on the Stairs | 1966 |
| 10) The Trash Stealer | 1967 |
| 11) The Little Lie | 1968 |
| 12) An Affair of the Heart | 1970 |
| 13) The Troublemaker | 1972 |
| 14) My Brother's Killer | 1975 |