the Detroit News. Finally she lived in Tryon, North Carolina, with her second husband of 32 years, Earl Bettinger, and their two cats. Each of her books is dedicated to "Earl Bettinger, the Husband Who ...". Braun died from a lung infection in June 2011, at the Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills in Landrum, South Carolina. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Louis Paul Braun, a sister, Florence Jackson, and a brother, Lloyd Jackson. Earl A. Bettinger (born November 24, 1923) died at the age 96 on July 20, 2020. "The Cat Who..." novels The Cat Who Could Read Backwards (1966) The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern (1967) The Cat Who Turned On and Off (1968) The Cat Who Saw Red (1986) – nominated for the 1987 Anthony Award and Edgar Award, Best Paperback Original The Cat Who Played Brahms (1987) – nominated for the 1988 Anthony Award, Best Paperback Original The Cat Who Played Post Office (1987) The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare (1988) The Cat Who Sniffed Glue (1988) The Cat Who Went Underground (1989) The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts (1990) The Cat Who Lived High (1990) The Cat Who Knew a Cardinal (1991) The Cat Who Moved a Mountain (1992) The Cat Who Wasn't There (1992) The Cat Who Went into the Closet (1993) The Cat Who Came to Breakfast (1994) The Cat Who Blew the Whistle (1995) The Cat Who Said Cheese (1996) The Cat Who Tailed a Thief (1997) The Cat Who Sang for the Birds (1999) The Cat Who Saw Stars (1999; copyright 1998) The Cat Who Robbed a Bank (2000) The Cat Who Smelled a Rat (2001) The Cat Who Went up the Creek (2002) The Cat Who Brought Down the House (2003) The Cat Who Talked Turkey (2004) The Cat Who Went Bananas (2005) The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell (2006) The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers (2007) The Cat Who Smelled Smoke – cancelled by publisher Putnam after Braun's death Short stories The Cat Who Had 14 Tales (1988) – 14 stories featuring cats unrelated to The Cat Who... Short & Tall Tales: Moose County Legends Collected by James Mackintosh Qwilleran (2002) – 27 stories The Private Life of the Cat Who...: Tales of Koko and Yum Yum from the Journals of James Mackintosh Qwilleran (2003) References External links The Cat Who Club at Tripod.com Works by