Born in England, MAUREEN JENNINGS immigrated to Canada at the age of seventeen. After finishing high schoool, she earned a BA in psychology and philosophy and an MA in English literature. For eight years, she taught English at the Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now Ryerson University) before becoming a psychotherapist. In the mid-1990s she started to write, and the first novel in her Detective Murdoch Mystery series was published in 1997. Six more novels in the series were published between 1998 and 2007, all of them to enthusiastic reviews. In 2003, Shaftesbury Films adapted three novels in the series into movies of the week, one of which earned the Bravo channel its highest MOV ratings to date. Four years later Shaftesbury, in association with CityTV, Rogers, UKTV, and Granada International, began production on the Murdoch Mysteries television series, starring Yannick Bisson as Murdoch. The popular series, soon to go into its fourth season, is now shown around the world, including on CityTV in Canada, the Alibi channel in the UK, and on most PBS stations in the United States. Maureen Jennings now writes full time from her home in Toronto, where she lives with her husband and their two dogs.
Praise for the Detective Murdoch Mysteries:
"Jennings has a wonderful feel for the places and tasks that give
life and context to a character."
— New York Times Book Review
"When it comes to evoking a bygone era . . . Jennings has [Anne]
Perry beat hands down."
— Calgary Herald
"Jennings writes with the lilt and assurance of an old hand. She
deftly wields historic details without impeding the
story."
— San Jose Mercury News
"If you want to step back in time . . . let Jennings be your guide.
There's really none better."
— Ottawa Citizen
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