KJ Cornwall is the pen name of multi-genre bestselling author Stephen Bentley, a former British detective and barrister. It is the name associated with the Jessie Harper Paranormal Cozy Mystery series with Book One 'Murder at the Vicarage' now on preorder.

The series is set in 1930s Liverpool, a city the author knows well.

Why KJ Cornwall? Kathleen, the author's mother, and Jack her twin brother, are honoured by the author in the choice of this pen name.