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1. Hi! I'm Stephanie Plum. Technically I'm not a detective, I'm a bounty hunter (and not a very good one). However, I frequently end up solving mysteries with the help of my mentor Ranger, cop boyfriend Joe Morelli, friend Lula, and pistol-packing Grandma Mazur. Who created me?
2. Good afternoon. I'm Lady Emily Hargraves and my parents are an Earl and a lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria. The first mystery I solved was the death of my first husband. Who brought me to the page in 2005's "And Only to Deceive"?
3. Hello. I'm Sano Ichiro, investigator for Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. I solve crimes with the help of my assistant, Hirata and my wife, Reiko. Chamberlain Yanagisawa tries to thwart me (and have me exiled from the Shogun's inner circle), but I don't let that get in the way of justice. Who created me?
4. Hi. I'm Chicago based lawyer turned PI VI Warshawski. I specialize in financial crimes, but take on other, often more dangerous, cases for personal reasons. Which Sisters in Crime co-founder created me?
5. Hi, y'all. I'm Skip Langdon, a New Orleans debutante turned homicide detective. Who won the 1991 Edgar Award for "New Orleans Mourning", the first novel in which I appeared?
6. Yo, I'm Bennie Rosato, the senior partner in a small, all-woman law firm in Philadelphia. I'm not always the main character in my books - sometimes my partner Mary DiNunzio or one of our associates is the crime solver. Who is my creator?
7. Hi. I'm Kinsey Millhone, a PI in Santa Theresa, California. My bread and butter is insurance fraud and I rent an apartment from an octogenarian retired baker named Henry. Which former screenwriter brought me to the bookshelf?
8. Nice to meet you. I'm Sharon McCone, a PI in San Francisco. When my author introduced me in 1977's "Edwin of the Iron Shoes", she helped launch the female PI sub genre. Who is my creator?
9. Hello, I'm Tess Monaghan, a Baltimore reporter turned PI. Who won the Agatha Award for Best Novel in 1997 for my second appearance, "Butcher's Hill"?
10. Hello, I'm Pete Decker. After decades as a homicide detective in Los Angeles, I semi-retired to a college town in upstate New York where I'm the police chief. Who won the 1987 Mcavity Award for my debut, "The Ritual Bath"?
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