The series lists the reading order in brackets.ġ. So here are the John Dunning books in order of publication, which consists of the Cliffe Janeaway series, 3 standalone detective novels, 2 general standalone novels and a few works of non-fiction. This sadly prevented the author from completing a new novel. In 2006 he had a brain surgery to remove a benign tumor, which also caused the loss of one eye. He closed his bookstore in 1994, focusing thereafter on being an online bookseller and author. And of course, he wrote books, which he got serious about in 1992 when his first novel, Booked To Die, also the first book in the Cliff Janeaway series, was published. Later on, he worked in politics and eventually opened his own bookstore with his wife Helen. Eventually, he worked his way up to become a copy boy and at some point became a journalist. He worked in a glass shop, then worked for various horse trainers on the race tracks, followed by landing a clerk boy job at the Denver Post in the library. His inability to concentrate for long times on a job was eventually diagnosed as ADD. He got a GED certificate from the state of Carolina in the early 1960s.Īt the age of 22, he moved to Denver, Colorado where he started working various odd jobs. He admits that he was never very good in school, he left high school, he got kicked out of the army and could never hold a steady job.

At the age of 3, he moved with his family Charleston in South Carolina, his father’s hometown. John Dunning was born in 1942 in Brooklyn, New York. The author himself owns a rare bookstore in East Denver, called the Old Algonquin Bookstore. Interesting fact about the series – Cliff Janeway is a cop and a rare book expert located in Denver, Colorado. John Dunning ( website) is an American author best known for his Cliff Janeaway detective series.

Booked to Die by John Dunning