Elizabeth J. Duncan is the author of the award-winning and well-established Penny Brannigan mystery series set in North Wales and a brand new series, Shakespeare in the Catskills.

After graduating from Carleton University, Ottawa, with a BA in English, Elizabeth worked as a writer and editor for some of Canada’s largest newspapers, including the Ottawa Citizen and Hamilton Spectator. She lived and worked in London, England for five years as a freelance writer and broadcaster. She has also worked in public relations and is currently a faculty member of the Humber School for Writers.

Elizabeth’s first novel, THE COLD LIGHT OF MORNING, won the William F. Deeck-Malice Domestic 2006 Grant for Unpublished Writers and the 2008 St. Martin’s/Malice Domestic Award for best first traditional mystery and was nominated for an Arthur Ellis award in Canada and an Agatha Award in the United States.

Her fourth novel, A SMALL HILL TO DIE ON won the 2013 Bloody Words best light mystery (Bony Blithe) and the fifth book in the series, NEVER LAUGH AS A HEARSE GOES BYy, was nominated for the same award in 2014.

Elizabeth lives in Toronto and spends several months each year in North Wales.

Books by Elizabeth J Duncan

Ill Met by Murder: A Shakespeare in the Catskills Mystery

by Elizabeth J Duncan - Fiction, Mystery

It’s the most important night of the year for costume designer Charlotte Fairfax and the Catskills Shakespeare Theater Company. This year, the company will give a moonlight performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream as part of the wedding celebrations for Paula’s daughter, Belinda, and her fiance Adrian. But then Hugh Hedley, family friend of the Van Dusens and Adrian’s rival in the cutthroat world of high-end Manhattan real estate, is found murdered with a stolen prop from the play. Paula and Charlotte throw themselves into an investigation of shady business deals, a missing dog, and long buried family secrets.