Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro is one of the prominent authors of America who has been writing for the last 40 years. She is well versed in writing successful and interesting novels based on the science fiction, horror, fantasy, mystery and thriller genres. Chelsea was born in Berkeley, California, United States.

The best place to start is the Ogilvie, Tallant and Moon / Charlie Moon Mysteries series, the earliest of Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's multi-book series: it opens with Ogilvie, Tallant and Moon / Bad Medicine (1976) and runs to 4 books across 1976–1992, ending with Cat's Claw / Dead Mice (1992). Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro has 187 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1973 and 2025. 123 of them belong to 24 named series — the largest being the Saint-Germain series with 27 books — and 64 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Ogilvie, Tallant and Moon / Charlie Moon Mysteries (1976–1992, 4 books), Saint-Germain (1978–2014, 27 books) and Messages From Michael (1979–1998, 4 books), plus 20 more.

This guide splits Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's 187 books into 24 named series and 64 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Saint-Germain (27 books, 1978–2014); Dragonflight (6 books, 1990–1997); Messages From Michael (4 books, 1979–1998); Mycroft Holmes (4 books, 1997–2000); Ogilvie, Tallant and Moon / Charlie Moon Mysteries (4 books, 1976–1992), plus 19 further series.