Emily Brightwell

Cheryl Arguile (born November 10, 1948, in Richwood, West Virginia) is an American writer who also writes under her maiden name Cheryl Lanham and the pseudonyms Sarah Temple and Emily Brightwell.

Personal life Cheryl Lanham was born on November 10, 1948, in Richwood, West Virginia. In May 1976, she married Richard James Arguile. They have two children.

Writing career She has been published several times in the young adult novel genre (writing as Cheryl Lanham) and contemporary romance novels (writing as Sarah Temple).

As Emily Brightwell, she is the author of 41 titles in the Victorian murder mystery series that started with The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries in February 1993.

The series has grown in popularity in recent years as each new mystery is published and as the earlier titles are reissued as three-book anthologies. Her mystery Mrs. Jeffries and The One Who Got Away made the New York Times Mass Market Fiction Bestseller List for February 22, 2015. Mrs. Jeffries Turns the Tide made the New York Times Mass Market Fiction Bestseller List for May 26, 2013. Mrs. Jeffries Defends Her Own, Emily Brightwell's previous paperback original mystery, made the New York Times Mass Market Fiction Bestseller List in May 2012.