Donna Fletcher Crow

Donna Fletcher Crow (b. 1941) is an American author of over 50 books specializing in meticulously researched historical fiction, mysteries, and novels of British Christianity, including her best-known work Glastonbury: The Novel of Christian England. A former rodeo queen who earned titles such as Snake River Stampede Queen (1959) and Miss Rodeo Idaho (1960), she grew up on a farm in Idaho and majored in English before becoming a full-time writer. Her series include The Monastery Murders clerical mysteries, Lord Danvers Victorian true-crime investigations, and the Elizabeth and Richard literary suspense mysteries.