Janis Thornton is Tipton, Indiana’s home-grown author of history, mystery, and true crime.
Her newest book, No Place Like Murder, is a collection of 20 true crime stories that rocked Indiana between 1869 and 1950. Her latest novel, Love, Eyes, and Azure Eyes, is a suspenseful, paranormal romantic mystery about possibilities for second chances, righting old wrongs, and finding love that lasts forever. Her 2018 non-fiction release, Too Good a Girl, tells the story of Janis’ high school classmate, Olene Emberton, whose tragic, unsolved death in 1965 shocked their community. Now, some 50 years later, Janis has written Olene’s story to ensure it is never forgotten. Janis’ other works include two cozy mysteries in the “Elmwood Confidential” series — Dead Air and Double Dare, released in June 2017 and Dust Bunnies and Dead Bodies, published in 2014. Janis also is the author of three Central Indiana history books — Images of America: Tipton County, Images of America: Frankfort, and Images of America: Elwood — and she is a contributor to Undeniably Indiana, a bicentennial project from Indiana University Press.
In the newsHOOSIER HISTORY LIVE! Radio Interview w/Nelson Price • November 21, 2020
KILLER CRAFTS & CRAFTY KILLER, Guest Blog, November 20, 2020 ZOOM Q&A by JAMIE ANDERSON of the FRANKFORT LIBRARY • November 14, 2020 RADO INTERVIEW w/WFYI’s MATT PELSOR: ‘True Crime in Indiana’ • November 10, 2020 NEW CASTLE COURIER-TIMES’ HER MAGAZINE, Guest Article • November 7, 2020 HOOSIER STORYTELLERS: Interview by Mike Clossin & Jamie Anderson • October 2020 JANE FRIEDMAN: ‘Writing True Crime: Q&A with Janis Thornton’ • September 30, 2020 ANDERSON HERALD TRIBUNE STORY • September 28, 2020 ANGOLA HERALD REPUBLICAN STORY • September 13, 2020 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE MURDER FOR A WRITER WITH CURIOSITY • August 4, 2020 MIDWEST WRITERS WORKSHOP INTERVIEW • May 14, 2015 |
