Betty Winkelman (born 1936), better known by the pen name Lauren Haney, is an American mystery novelist. Biography Starting as a government typist at the age of 18, Haney worked her way up to, ultimately, senior technical writer/editor in the aerospace and international construction industries. In the late 1980s she became interested in writing fiction, where she drew on her interest in and knowledge of ancient Egypt for a setting. Her eight published historical mystery novels are set during the joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, of pharaonic Egypt's 18th Dynasty. The earlier books take place in frontier settlements along the Nile in Lower Nubia, where Lieutenant Bak and his troop of Medjay police struggle to keep order and capture offenders against the Lady Maat. Later novels are set at various locales in ancient Egypt. Haney's novels have been published in German, English and French, and in the Czech Republic. She has lived in Missouri, New York, and New Mexico and now makes her home in Northern California. She travels abroad frequently, especially to the Middle East, primarily Egypt, and has contributed articles and book reviews to KMT and Ancient Egypt magazines. Her short story Happy Birthday, Kid, won Second Prize in an international short story contest. Her short story Murder in the Land of Wawat was nominated for an Anthony award. Works Lieutenant Bak series (Mystery of Ancient Egypt) The Right Hand of Amon - La main droite d'Amon en Fr (1997) A Face Turned Backward - Le visage de Maât en Fr (1999) A Vile Justice - Le ventre d'Apopis en Fr (1999) A Curse of Silence - Sous l’œil d'Horus en Fr (2000) A Place of Darkness - Le souffle de Seth en Fr (2001) A Cruel Deceit - Le sang de Thot en Fr (2002) Flesh of the God (2003) A Path of Shadows - L'ombre d'Hathor en Fr (2003) Parut en FR aux édition Grands Détectives 10/18" Short StoriesA Matter of Business (1997), in KMT: A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt, 8-3, FallHappy Birthday, Kid (2000), in anthology of prize winners World Wide Writers 3-14, ed. Frederick E. SmithMurder in the Land of Wawat (2002) in anthology The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed. Mike AskleyOnate's Foot (2009) in anthology Murder Past, Murder Present, ed. R. Barri Flowers and Jan GrapeA Certain and Untimely Death (2012) in anthology Murder Here, Murder There, ed. R.