J. A. Jance

Judith Ann Jance is an American author of mystery novels. She writes three series of novels, centering on retired Seattle Police Department Detective J. P. Beaumont, Arizona County Sheriff Joanna Brady, and former Los Angeles news anchor turned mystery solver Ali Reynolds. The Beaumont and Brady series intersect in the novel Partner in Crime, which is both the 16th Beaumount mystery and the 10th Brady mystery. They intersect again in Fire and Ice.

27 October 1944

Born on the same birth day (27 October): Chai Rong • Fritz Sauckel • George Thompson (cricketer) • Jonathan Stroud • Kit Malthouse • Maria Mutola • Peter Blume • Ruby Dee • Shirō Takasu • Viktor Genev • Walt Kuhn

Born in the same month (October 1944): Azizan Abdul Razak • Claude Brochu • Ed Kirkpatrick • Haim Saban • Judee Sill • Merzak Allouache • Mike Harding • Peter Tosh • Rodney Marsh • Sali Berisha