Writer of crime fiction who divides her time between Southern California and the Pacific North-west, where the lesbian thrillers for which she is renowned are set. Calloway has invented a lesbian investigator who features in all her crime fiction, Cassidy James. Readers may speculate about the obsession with numerical sequence evident in the titles of Calloway's crime thrillers.

Work:

• First Impressions (1996)
• Second Fiddle (1997)
• Third Degree (1997)
• Fourth Down (1997)
• Fifth Wheel (1998)
• Sixth Sense (1999)
• Seventh Heaven (1999)
• Eight Day (2001)

Source: excerpts from: Gabriele Griffin, Who's Who in Lesbian and Gay and Writing, Routledge, London, 2002