Isis Crawford

Isis Crawford is the pseudonym of American novelist Barbara Block, who is well-known for her mystery novels. She writes under the name Isis Crawford for her Mystery with Recipes series and the Robin Light series. Barbara Block was born in Egypt to diplomatic corps parents and moved back to New York City when she was five years old.

Barbara Block, also known as Isis Crawford, earned her B.A. and M.A. in Spanish from New York University and Columbia University, respectively. Her love for food and travel, which she inherited from her parents, led her to run a catering service and write travel articles. Growing up, she had every kind of pet imaginable, including a caiman, pythons, lizards, dogs, and cats.

Isis Crawford is a popular mystery writer in the USA, known for her many novels and book series. Her most famous creation is the Mystery with Recipes series, which contains eleven individual novels describing different incidents. She was born in Egypt and lived there with her parents until she was five years old. After moving back to the United States, her mother established a catering business in Upper Westchester, and her father became a university professor. Crawford developed a passion for food and cooking due to her family's love for traveling and involvement in catering. Most of her novels are based on catering events and holidays, which end up in peculiar incidences, focusing on eating events, murders, and investigations of the killings. Crawford currently resides in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, with her husband and twin boys, where she is working on the next Bernie and Libby culinary mystery.
Mystery With Recipes Books
# Title Year
1 A Catered Murder 2003
2 A Catered Wedding 2004
3 A Catered Christmas 2005
4 A Catered Valentine's Day 2007
5 A Catered Halloween 2008
6 A Catered Birthday Party 2009
7 A Catered Thanksgiving 2010
8 A Catered St. Patrick's Day 2012
9 A Catered Christmas Cookie Exchange 2013
10 A Catered Fourth of July 2014
11 A Catered Mother's Day 2015
12 A Catered Tea Party 2016
13 A Catered Costume Party 2017
14 A Catered Cat Wedding 2018
15 A Catered New Year's Eve 2019
16 A Catered Book Club Murder 2020
17 A Catered Doggie Wedding 2022
18 A Catered Quilting Bee 2024
Robin Light Books (as Barbara Block)
# Title Year
1 Chutes and Adders 1994
2 Twister 1995
3 In Plain Sight 1996
4 The Scent of Murder 1997
5 Vanishing Act 1998
6 Endangered Species 1999
7 Blowing Smoke 2001
8 Rubbed Out 2002
9 Salt City Blues 2005
10 No Good Deed 2007
Isis Crawford Anthologies
# Title Year
1 Murder Most Merry 1994