Complete List of Shirley Rousseau Murphy's Books

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Adult Novels

Joe Grey Mystery Series


Cat on the Edge (book 1)
no hc; pb, 1996; eb, 2009;
audio, 2013


Cat Under Fire (book 2)
no hc; pb, 1998; eb, 2009;
audio, 2013


Cat Raise the Dead (book 3)
no hc; pb, 1999; eb, 2009;
audio, 2013


Cat in the Dark (book 4)
hc, 1999; pb, 1999; eb, 2009 ;
audio, 2013


Cat to the Dogs (book 5)
hc, 2000; pb, 2000; eb, 2009;
audio, 2015


Cat Spitting Mad (book 6)
hc, 2001; pb, 2001; eb, 2009;
audio, 2015


Cat on the Money (short fiction)
eb, 2010


Cat Laughing Last (book 7)
hc, 2002; pb, 2002; eb, 2009;
audio, 2013


Cat Seeing Double (book 8)
hc, 2003 ; pb, 2003 ; eb, 2003;
audio, 2013


Cat Fear No Evil (book 9)
hc, 2004; pb, 2004; eb, 2009;
audio, 2013


Cat Cross Their Graves (book 10)
hc, 2005; pb, 2005; eb, 2009;
audio, 2013


Cat Breaking Free (book 11)
hc, 2005; pb, 2006; eb, 2009;
audio, 2009


Cat Pay the Devil (book 12)
hc, 2007; pb, 2007; eb, 2009;
audio, 2008


Cat Deck the Halls (book 13)
hc, 2007; pb, 2008; eb, 2009;
audio, 2013


Cat Playing Cupid (book 14)
hc, 2009; pb, 2009; eb, 2009;
audio, 2013


Cat Striking Back (book 15)
hc, 2009; pb, 200; eb, 2009;
audio, 2013


Cat Coming Home (book 16)
hc, 2010; pb, 2011; eb, 2010;
audio, 2013


Cat Telling Tales (book 17)
hc, 2011; pb, 2011; eb, 2011;
audio, 2011


Cat Bearing Gifts (book 18)
hc, 2012; pb, 2013; eb, 2012;
audio, 2012


Cat Shout for Joy (book 19)
hc, 2016; pb, 2016; eb, 2016;
audio, 2016


Cat Shining Bright (book 20)
hc, 2017; pb, 2018; eb, 2017;
audio, 2017


Cat Chase the Moon (book 21)
hc, 2019; pb, 2019; eb, 2019

Stand-alone novel


The Catswold Portal
hc, 1992; pb, 1993 and 2005; eb, 2009

Fontana duology


The Cat, the Devil, and Lee Fontana (book 1)
With Pat J. J. Murphy
hc, 2014; pb, 2014; eb, 2014


The Cat, the Devil, the Last Escape (book 2)
With Pat J. J. Murphy
hc, 2015; pb, 2015, eb, 2015

Short fiction (unrelated to a series)


"Letters to the Editor"
In Crafty Cat Crimes, edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz et al.

hc, 2000


"Hoskin's Cat"
In Murder Most Feline, edited by Ed Gorman et al.

pb, 2001; hc, 2003


"The Noel Cat"
In Christmas Cats, edited by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

pb, 2005


"Tomcat"
In Motherhood Is Murder, by Mary Daheim and others

pb, 2003; eb, 2009

YA and Children

Dragonbards Trilogy (Young Adult)


Nightpool (book 1)
hc, 1985; pb, 1987; eb, 2010


The Ivory Lyre (book 2)
hc, 1987; pb, 1988; eb, 2010


The Dragonbards (book 3)
hc, 1988; pb, 1989; eb, 2010


The Dragonbards Trilogy (omnibus)
pb, 2016; eb, 2016

World of Ere Series (Young Adult)

Formerly titled The Children of Ynell Series


The Ring of Fire (book 1)
hc, 1977; pb, 1979


The Wolf Bell (book 2)
hc, 1979; pb, 1980


The Shattered Stone (omnibus: books 1, 2)
eb, 2011


The Castle of Hape (book 3)
hc, 1980; pb, 1981


Caves of Fire and Ice (book 4)
hc, 1980; pb, 1982


The Joining of the Stone (book 5)
hc, 1981; pb, 1983


The Runestone of Eresu (omnibus, books 3, 4, 5)
eb, 2011


"The Mooncup" (short fiction)
In Anywhere, Anywhen, edited by Sylvia Engdahl
hc, 1975; eb, 2011

Children's Books (available)


The Sand Ponies
hc, 1967; pb, 2016; eb, 2016


White Ghost Summer
hc, 1967; pb, 2016; eb, 2016


Poor Jenny, Bright as a Penny
Young Adult - hc, 1974; eb titled Unsettled, 2011


Silver Woven in My Hair
hc, 1977; pb, 1991 and 2015

Children's Books (out of print)


Elmo Doolan and the Search for the Golden Mouse
hc, 1970; pb, 1982


Carlos Charles
With Pat Murphy - hc, 1971


The Grass Tower
hc, 1976


The Pig Who Could Conjure the Wind
hc, 1978


The Flight of the Fox
hc, 1978


Soonie and the Dragon
hc, 1979, pb, 1979


Mrs. Tortino's Return to the Sun
With Pat Murphy - hc, 1980


Tattie's River Journey
hc, 1983; pb, 1983


Valentine for a Dragon
hc, 1984


Medallion of the Black Hound
With Welch Suggs - hc, 1989


The Song of the Christmas Mouse
hc, 1990


Wind Child
hc, 1999

Poetry


"Starhorn"
In The Unicorn Treasury,
edited by Bruce Coville

hc, 1988; pb, 2004


"Dear Pony"
In Herds of Thunder, Manes of Gold, edited by Bruce Coville

hc, 1989; pb, 1991