Yasmine Galenorn aka India Ink writes the Bath and Body mystery series. Yasmine Galenorn's two series (Chintz 'n China and Sisters of the Moon) are mysteries with fantasy/romance, and a little supernatural thrown in.

Bente Gallagher  (aka  Jenna Bennett & Jennie Bentley) As Gallagher, she writes the Savannah Martin Real Estate Mystery Series, which, I believe is also called the Cutthroat Business Mystery Series. This series has, as its sleuth, Savannah Martin, a Southern Belle in Tennessee - who has recently been divorced and now finds herself working as a realtor... and sleuth. As Jennie Bentley she pens the Do It Yourself Mystery Series and gets her inspiration from the professional house renovations she has done.

Cynthia Gallant-Simpson   Gallant-Simpson was raised on Cape Cod, which explains why she is so familiar with its location. Both her Deadly Mystery Series and India Street Mystery Series take place on Cape Cod and Nantucket. Gallant-Simpson is also a painter of Narrative Maritime Americana Primitives.

Ashley Gardner    Gardner has her Master's in English Literature. Her English mystery series is set in the Regency period (1790-1820) and incorporates Gardner's interest for culture and history of England during that period.

Erle Stanley Gardner (aka A. A. Fair)   Gardner is best known for his Perry Mason Mystery Series...

P. L. Gaus    Gaus is a retired chemistry professor who writes the Ohio Amish Mystery Series which features a college professor/sleuth...

Louise Gaylord   I just found out about Gaylord's books, and although I have not read any of them yet, they look really interesting to me. She has just released a "stand alone" mystery and also has a series...  Now to decide which to read first!

Anne George    George's Southern Sisters series is absolutely one of the best cozy mystery series you will ever find.

Elizabeth George   Not Cozy.... but  definitely good (Scotland Yard) mysteries to read. You might recognize George's Inspector Lynley and Barbara Havers from the delightful television shows. In case you have not yet seen one of the shows, be forewarned.... Barbara on screen doesn't look at all like Barbara in the novels. The actress, however, does an excellent job, even though the physical similarities are not at all obvious! (As much as I like the television series, I much prefer the novels... but they are not cozy!)

Daryl Wood Gerber (aka Avery Aames)  Gerber writes the Cookbook Nook Mystery Series which takes place in Coastal California, and features Jenna Hart, a cookbook store owner. As Aames, she writes the Cheese Shop Mystery Series which features the co-owner of the "Fromagerie Bessette" or, as the people living in her small Ohio town call it, the Cheese Shop.

Bartholomew Gill    Not Cozy.... Police Procedural

Dorothy Gilman   Who doesn't know about the mature Mrs. Pollifax and her "spying travels" throughout the world? Delightful cozy mystery series...

Jaqueline Girdner   aka Claire Daniels.... Girdner has a well-established series about a sleuth who owns a gag-gift business and now, writing as Claire Daniels, she has a new series for her fans to look forward to...

Leslie Glass    Not Cozy... Psychological Thrillers

Melissa Glazer   (aka Tim Myers, Elizabeth Bright, Chris Cavender & Casey Mayes) Glazer writes the Clay & Crime Cozy Mystery Series... set in the Fire at Will pottery shop. What other name could a sleuth-owned shop have?!? As Bright, the author writes the Card Making mystery series. As Myers, there are four series: Lighthouse Inn Mystery Series, Slow Cooker Mystery Series, Soapmaking Mystery Series, and Candlemaking Mystery Series.  As Chris Cavender, we have the Pizza Mystery Seriesm and as Mayes, the Math Puzzle Mystery Series.

Jeanne Glidewell   Glidewell's first cozy mystery has the distinction of having a "blurb" by Jill Churchill. That's a great start-off for hew new Lexie Starr Mystery Series which falls under the "older sleuth" (although she's only middle aged!) and "librarian sleuth" themes.

Christine L. Goff  Goff set out to become a journalist, which she has done, but now she is devoting her energies to writing a birdwatchers' mystery series.

Lee Goldberg    He wrote and/or produced TV shows like Diagnosis Murder, Mr. Monk.....so it is only natural that he is writing books based on those two very popular TV shows...

Sally Goldenbaum    Goldenbaum is an editor of a publishing company that features veterinary items. She also writes the Queen Bees Quilt Mystery Series... for all of you quilters! (And non-quilters, too!) Also, she writes the Seaside Knitters Mystery Series which is set in a coastal town in Massachusetts.

Debra H. Goldstein   Goldstein is a judge and author of the Denney Silber Mystery Series. The series takes place in Michigan, and is set during the 1970s. Denney, the sleuth, is a student at the University of Michigan.

J. G. Goodhind   Goodhind writes the Honey Driver Mystery Series which features the manager of a hotel in Bath who is also a liaison with the Bath police.

Alan Gordon   Gordon, a New York lawyer, writes the Fools' Guild Mystery Series, which is an historical mystery series. The series features medieval court jesters who are secret agents...

Nadia Gordon   Gordon (a pseudonym for Julianne Balmain) writes the Sunny McCoskey Napa Valley Mystery Series. Sunny is the chef of an organic restaurant in the wine country valley.

M. M. Gornell   Gornell is new to the world of mystery authors. She has recently (2008 and 2009) published two mysteries. Gornell is also a high-fire stoneware potter and avid gardener.

Paula Gosling    Both of Gosling's series are set in Michigan, one features a sheriff and the other features a professor and policeman. (On the Crime Writers' Association Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time)

Laurence Gough    Gough won the prestigious Canadian Arthur Ellis Award for his 1990 mystery novel Hot Shots.

Ron Goulart    Goulart writes mystery, history, science fiction, and fantasy books. His Groucho Marx Mystery Series has, as its sleuth, the 1930s Hollywood comedian and actor, Groucho Marx.

Grace Chapel Inn   (aka Tales from Grace Chapel Inn) I have been asked by more than a few people if I would include a chronological list of all of the books in this NON mystery series. It is a series which was published by Guideposts, and follows three sisters who live in Pennsylvania. Alice, Jane, and Louise run a Bed & Breakfast. This is a series by several Christian authors...

Margaret Grace (aka Camille Minichino & Ada Madison) Grace writes a series set amidst dollhouses and miniature settings. As Minichino she writes a series about a physicist/sleuth. Minichino happens to be a physicist, which comes in pretty handy for her main character! As Madison, she writes the Sophie Knowles Mystery Series - which features a college mathematics professor/beader/sleuth.

Sue Grafton   The very popular Kinsey Millhone "alphabet" series. (On the Mystery Writers of America Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time)

Caroline Graham   TV Midsomer Murders series with Inspector Barnaby, of course! (On the Crime Writers' Association Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time)

Ann Granger   One of my favorite mystery series... the Markby & Mitchell Village Whodunit Series.... I absolutely love this series! I still haven't tried Granger's Fran Varaday series, but I am looking forward to starting it.

Pip Granger    Granger, an ex-teacher, writes the Rosie Featherby Mystery Series, which takes place in postwar London. Rosie is a little girl who has been deserted by her mum, and is being raised by her Uncle Bert and Aunt Maggie in their Soho cafe. Granger was nominated for both the Barry Award and the Agatha Award for Best First Novel.

Sarah Graves    The Home Repair is Homicide series....

Gallagher Gray   aka Katy Munger.... Gray's series is about a retired personnel manager who "sleuths" with his octogenarian aunt, living in New York, while Munger's series is based in North Carolina with an unlicensed private investigator in her 30s. Munger also writes the Dead Detective Mystery Series, which features a dead policeman as its sleuth.

Andrew M. Greeley   Not Cozy... Greeley, an alumni of University of Chicago (both M. A. and Ph.D.) is a priest who presides in Chicago. He has two best selling mystery series, along with many stand alone best selling novels and non-fiction books.

Anna Katherine Green   Green is sometimes referred to as "the mother of the detective novel."  She was an American author of mystery novels. Some people consider her Amelia Butterworth as the earliest version of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and Patricia Wentworth's Miss Silver.

Chloe Green    aka J. Suzanne Frank    Green writes the Dallas O'Connor Mystery Series which features a fashion stylist who lives in Texas...

Christine Green   Several British series to pick from......

D. M. Greenwood   Clergy woman in London series.....

Kerry Greenwood   Greenwood is a solicitor in Australia and has authored books for both children and adults. Her Phryne Fisher series takes place in the 1920s, in Australia. Greenwood's Corinna Chapman Mystery Series features the owner of a bakery in Melbourne, Australia. 

Susanna Gregory   (aka Simon Beaufort) Gregory writes the Chronicles of Matthew Bartholomew Mystery Series and the Thomas Chaloner Mystery Series. Both are set in Great Britain, one during the 1300s and the other during the 1600s. As Simon Beaufort, she has teamed with her author husband (Beau Riffengburgh) to write the Geoffrey Mappestone Mystery Series set during the 1100s in Great Britain.

Jackie Griffey   Griffey writes the Maryvale Mystery Series which is set in Tennessee and she also has some Stand-Alone mysteries...Griffey's first horror novel came out in 2008... Griffey also writes the Maggie Murphy Mystery Series which features a young widowed columnist in Tennessee.

Annie Griffin (aka Sally Chapman)   As Griffin, she writes the Hannah & Kiki Mystery Series which features two sixty-something year old sisters who live in California. As Chapman, she writes the Silicon Valley Mystery Series which features an investigator of computer fraud, also based in California.

Kate Grilley   aka Kate Borden…….. Writes two series, one set on a Caribbean Island and the other set in New England.

Martha Grimes   Grimes writes the really good (British) Richard Jury Mystery Series, which features police Superintendent Richard Jury & his friend Melrose Plant...

Terris McMahan Grimes   Grimes, an English grad, writes the Theresa Galloway Mystery Series. This series features, as its sleuth, a married, working mother of two, and her mother. The first mystery in this series was nominated for the very prestigious Agatha Award and won the (also very prestigious) Anthony Award for Best First Novel.

John Grisham    Not cozy. A lawyer who decided to stop "lawyering" and follow his passion for writing, and who evidently was correct to do so! (On the Mystery Writers of America Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time) (On the Mystery Writers of America Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time) Grisham also writes the Theodore Boone series for young adults.

Beth Groundwater    Groundwater writes the Claire Hanover, Gift Basket Designer Mystery Series which features a Colorado Springs gift basket shop owner and the Rocky Mountain Outdoor Adventures Mystery Series...

Patricia Guiver    Guiver writes the Pet Detective Mystery Series... which features Delilah Doolittle... and with a last name like that, could it be about a detective for anything other than pets? Her faithful Doberman Pinscher companion (Watson) helps her track down her missing "clients."

Sally Gunning   Gunning began her writing career with the Peter Bartholomew Mystery Series, which is set in a New England coastal area. She is currently writing historical fiction...

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