
J. M. West is the author of the award-winning Madam Bessie Jones, Her Life and Times, a tapestry of the history of a local brothel owner’s struggles and sacrifices to survive. Carlisle’s Molly Pitcher is her second local history book. West also penned the fact-based Carlisle Crime Cases featuring homicide detectives Christopher Snow and Erin McCoy, including Dying for Vengeance, Courting Doubt and Darkness, Darkness at First Light, Had a Dying Fall, and Things Strangled. Her debut novel, Glory in the Flower, depicts four coeds’ struggles during the turbulent sixties.
West is a Professor Emerita of English Studies at Harrisburg Area Community College, The Gettysburg Campus. She also taught at Messiah College and Shippensburg University and served as Assistant Director of the Learning Center at Shippensburg.
For four years, West co-hosted the Milford House Mysteries, author interviews and writing tips on the Bookspeak Network (www.blogtalkradio.com) and volunteered at The Bosler Memorial Library’s “The Bookery” for eleven years.
She and her husband live in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. They have two sons and two grandsons. They enjoy their Border Collie mix. In her spare time, West participates in a book club and writing group and reads voraciously.
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J M West
Carlisle's Molly PitcherNo reviews$12.95-- Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley -- A fictionalized...-- Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley -- A fictionalized account of Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley’s life story, the most plausible “Molly Pitcher” from the American Revolution, based on the historical record. b... -
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American Roulette3 reviews$22.95One unremarkable Friday in April, a stream of o...One unremarkable Friday in April, a stream of ordinary people make their way to Liberty Mall in Anywhere, USA, to shop, work, keep appointments, or catch a movie. A typical day in an average town. ... -
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Madam Bessie Jones1 review$12.95Her Life and Times In Madam Bessie Jones, Her L...Her Life and Times In Madam Bessie Jones, Her Life and Times, Jones emerges from the shadows of Carlisle (PA) history, first turning tricks in her mother Cora Andrews’ “bawdy house” and then runnin... -
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Things Strangled1 review$22.95by Joan West Carlisle Crime Cases #5, A Christo...by Joan West Carlisle Crime Cases #5, A Christopher Snow and Erin McCoy Mystery Dispatched to a possible kidnapping site, Carlisle Homicide Detective Erin McCoy, her K-9 Officer Shadow, and other K... -
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Darkness at First Light$22.95by Joan West Carlisle Crime Cases #3, A Christo...by Joan West Carlisle Crime Cases #3, A Christopher Snow and Erin McCoy Mystery In Darkness at First Light, Carlisle Homicide Detectives Christopher Snow and Erin ‘Mac’ McCoy discover an unidentifi... -
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Had a Dying Fall$19.95by Joan West Carlisle Crime Cases #4, A Christo...by Joan West Carlisle Crime Cases #4, A Christopher Snow and Erin McCoy Mystery In HAD A DYING FALL, a raging fire greets the Carlisle police and fire crew where Detectives Snow and Savage discover... -
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Courting Doubt & Darkness$27.95by Joan West Carlisle Crime Cases #2, A Christo...by Joan West Carlisle Crime Cases #2, A Christopher Snow and Erin McCoy Mystery In the second Carlisle Crimes Case, Courting Doubt and Darkness, Homicide Detectives Christopher Snow and Erin McCoy ... -
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Dying for Vengeance$28.95by JM West Carlisle Crime Cases #1, A Christoph...by JM West Carlisle Crime Cases #1, A Christopher Snow and Erin McCoy Mystery Carlisle Homicide Detective Erin McCoy battles the jitters as the first woman in Homicide partnered with Senior Detecti...