Laura Joh Rowland

Laura Joh Rowland is an American author of historical mysteries. She studied microbiology and public health at the University of Michigan and worked as a scientist before turning to fiction. She is best known for the Sano Ichiro series, which follows a samurai detective in feudal Japan and began with Shinju in 1994, and has also written a Charlotte Bronte mystery series and the Victorian London Sarah Bain series.