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ⓘ About Meg Gardiner
Meg Gardiner is American bestselling American crime writer best known for Evan Delaney novels. She was born in Oklahoma and spent her childhood in Santa Barbara, California and is the daughter of an English professor Frank C Gardiner and Sally Gardiner. Meg went to Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta and graduated in June 1975. Moreover, following her graduation, she went on to further her studies at Stanford University where she graduated with a Bachelors degree in Economics. Subsequently, Meg joined Stanford Law School, and after graduation, she went to Los Angeles to practice law before returning to Santa Barbara where she taught writing and legal research at the University of California. She had lived in Surrey proximal to London until 2013 when she relocated to Austin, Texas.
All Book Series by Meg Gardiner
Heat 2
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2022 Co-authored · Michael Mann
120 Murders: Dark Fiction Inspired by the Alternative Era
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2025
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Meg Gardiner?
Meg Gardiner is American bestselling American crime writer best known for Evan Delaney novels. She was born in Oklahoma and spent her childhood in Santa Barbara, California and is the daughter of an English professor Frank C Gardiner and Sally Gardiner. Meg went to Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta and graduated in June 1975.
Which Meg Gardiner series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Evan Delaney series, the earliest of Meg Gardiner's multi-book series: it opens with China Lake (2002) and runs to 5 books across 2002–2006, ending with Kill Chain (2006). Meg Gardiner's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Meg Gardiner written?
Meg Gardiner has 19 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2002 and 2025. 13 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Evan Delaney series with 5 books — and 6 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Meg Gardiner's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Meg Gardiner's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Evan Delaney (2002–2006, 5 books), Jo Beckett (2008–2011, 4 books) and UNSUB (2017–2024, 4 books).
How are Meg Gardiner's books organised into series?
This guide splits Meg Gardiner's 19 books into 3 named series and 6 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Evan Delaney (5 books, 2002–2006); Jo Beckett (4 books, 2008–2011); UNSUB (4 books, 2017–2024).