Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How to Create High-Impact Newsletters | 1996 | Jane K. Cleland | Buy |
| 2 | How to Create High-Impact Designs | 1997 | Jane K. Cleland | Buy |
| 3 | Putting First What Matters Most: Proven Strategies for Success in Work and in Life | 2001 | Jane K. Cleland | Buy |
| 4 | Business Writing for Results: How to Create a Sense of Urgency and Increase Response to All of Your Business Communications | 2003 | Jane K. Cleland | Buy |
| 5 | Mastering Suspense, Structure, and Plot | 2016 | Jane K. Cleland | Buy |
| 6 | Mastering Plot Twists | 2018 | Jane K. Cleland | Buy |
| 7 | Beat the Bots | 2025 | Jane K. Cleland | Buy |
Jane K. Cleland’s non-fiction spans business communication and fiction writing. Her early books — How to Create High-Impact Newsletters and Business Writing for Results — targeted professionals looking to improve their workplace writing. She later shifted focus to creative writing with Mastering Suspense, Structure, and Plot and Mastering Plot Twists, both published by Writer’s Digest Books.
The seven non-fiction titles, published between 1996 and 2025, reflect Cleland’s dual career as a writing instructor and a practicing novelist. Her craft books draw on the lessons she applies in her own Josie Prescott mystery series, giving them a practitioner’s perspective.