Elizabeth Spann Craig

Elizabeth Spann Craig is a successful and prolific American author, best known for her cozy mystery novels. She has written several series under her own name as well as the pseudonym Riley Adams. Her works include the Myrtle Clover Mysteries, the Memphis Barbeque Mysteries, and the Southern Quilting Mysteries. Craig is known for her engaging characters and intricate plotlines, which keep readers guessing until the very end.

Craig was raised in a small town in South Carolina and currently resides in Matthews, North Carolina with her two children. She has a deep love for blogging and site-building about mystery writing and lifestyle, and is an active participant in the online writing community. In addition to her work as an author, Craig also manages a search engine for writers with Hiveword's Mike Fleming. She is a busy mother and makes use of any free time to write, often juggling her writing while helping out with her children, driving car pools, and acting as a chaperone on field trips.

In addition to her writing, Craig is also an avid reader of mysteries and a lover of libraries. Her southern roots are evident in her works, which often feature cats, corgis, and cheese grits. She is also the mother of two and shares her home with her husband, a corgi, and a shy cat. Craig's books can be found on her website and Goodreads. She is always looking for new ways to connect with her readers and invites them to visit her website to learn more about her and her books.
Myrtle Clover Mysteries Books
# Title Year
1 A Dyeing Shame 2006
2 Pretty is as Pretty Dies 2009
3 Progressive Dinner Deadly 2011
4 A Body in the Backyard 2012
5 Death at a Drop-In 2013
6 A Body at Book Club 2014
7 Death Pays a Visit 2014
8 A Body at Bunco 2015
9 Murder on Opening Night 2015
10 Cruising for Murder 2016
11 Cooking is Murder 2017
12 A Body in the Trunk 2017
13 Cleaning is Murder 2018
14 Edit to Death 2019
15 Hushed Up 2019
16 A Body in the Attic 2020
17 Murder on the Ballot 2020
18 Death of a Suitor 2021
19 A Dash of Murder 2022
20 Death at a Diner 2022
21 A Myrtle Clover Christmas 2022
22 Murder at a Yard Sale 2023
23 Doom and Bloom 2023
Memphis BBQ Mysteries Books (as Riley Adams)
# Title Year
1 Delicious and Suspicious 2010
2 Finger Lickin' Dead 2011
3 Hickory Smoked Homicide 2011
4 Rubbed Out 2013
Southern Quilting Mystery Books
# Title Year
1 Quilt or Innocence 2012
2 Knot What It Seams 2013
3 Quilt Trip 2013
4 Shear Trouble 2014
5 Tying the Knot 2015
6 Fall to Pieces 2017
7 Patch of Trouble 2017
8 Pressed for Time 2017
9 Rest in Pieces 2018
10 On Pins and Needles 2018
11 Fit To Be Tied 2019
12 Embroidering the Truth 2020
13 Knot a Clue 2020
14 Quilt-Ridden 2021
15 Needled to Death 2021
16 A Notion to Murder 2022
17 Behind the Seams 2023
18 Quilt Complex 2023
Village Library Mysteries Books
# Title Year
1 Checked Out 2019
2 Overdue 2019
3 Borrowed Time 2020
4 Hush-Hush 2020
5 Where There's a Will 2021
6 Frictional Characters 2022
7 Spine-Tingling 2022
8 A Novel Idea 2023
9 End of Story 2023
10 Booked Up 2024