 Kathleen Cecil Bacus was born in Iowa. She is an author and former Iowa State Trooper and Iowa Department of Justice investigator. She also writes young adult novels under the house name 'Max Deimos'. She is the creator of 'Tressa "Calamity" Jayne Turner', a reporter in fictional Grandville, Iowa. Visit also this site. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 1) Calamity Jayne | 2006 |
| 2) Calamity Jayne Rides Again (Also published as: Calamity Jayne and the Fowl Play at the Fair [2013]) | 2006 |
| 3) Ghouls Just Want to Have Fun (Also published as: Calamity Jayne and the Haunted Homecoming [2013]) | 2006 |
| 4) Calamity Jayne Goes to College (Also published as: Calamity Jayne and the Campus Caper [2014]) | 2007 |
| 5) Calamity Jayne Heads West (Also published as: Calamity Jayne in the Wild, Wild West [2014]) | 2007 |
| 6) Anchors Aweigh (Also published as: Calamity Jayne and the Hijinks on the High Seas [2014]) | 2008 |
| 7) Six Geese a' Slaying (e-story) | 2013 |
| 8) Calamity Jayne and the Trouble with Tandems | 2014 |
| 9) Calamity Jayne and the Sisterhood of the Traveling Lawn Gnome | 2015 |