 Jane Gillson Langton was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She studied astronomy at Wellesley College and the University of Michigan receiving a B.A. in 1944. She also studied art history at the University of Michigan and at Radcliffe College obtaining an M.A. from both. She is the creator of 'Homer Kelly', a professor and amateur sleuth in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 1) The Transcendental Murder (Also published as: The Minuteman Murder [1976]) | 1964 |
| 2) Dark Nantucket Moon | 1975 |
| 3) The Memorial Hall Murder | 1978 |
| 4) Natural Enemy | 1982 |
| 5) Emily Dickinson is Dead (Nero Wolfe Award) | 1984 |
| 6) Good and Dead | 1986 |
| 7) Murder at the Gardner | 1988 |
| 8) The Dante Game | 1991 |
| 9) God in Concord | 1992 |
| 10) Devine Inspiration | 1993 |
| 11) Murder at the Revels | 1995 |
| 12) Dead As a Dodo | 1996 |
| 13) The Face on the Wall | 1998 |
| 14) The Thief of Venice | 1999 |
| 15) Murder at Monicello | 2001 |
| 16) The Escher Twist | 2002 |
| 17) The Deserter | 2003 |
| 18) Steeplechase | 2005 |