Writing under the name J.E. Irvin, Janet Irvin has written seven mystery/thriller novels. Her works have appeared in a variety of print and online journals, including Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, Flights, and Literary Mama. Her poetry has been published in Hawaii Pacific Review, Creosote, MockTurtleZine, and more.

Irvin’s novel The Dark End of the Rainbow won the Jeremiah Healey Mystery Fiction Contest. Her next book, The Rules of the Game was a finalist for the same award. Irvin is a member of Sisters in Crime, Central Ohio Fiction Writers, and Buckeye Crime Writers. She also serves on the Springboro City Park Board and is a member of the Springboro Area Historical Society.

Some of her published works include:

• Hollowed Bone, published in the Sky Island Journal Issue # 25 in 2023
• ALL THE ODDS ARE EVEN, published in the Nexus Literary Journal in Spring 2015
• PAWNS, published in the Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine in May 2011
• THE FABRIC OF OUR FEARS, published in The Broken Plate in Spring 2010