tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76497413780450060422024-03-13T11:13:09.136-07:00Mystery Thriller Suspense Author Colleen CrossColleen Cross, Bestselling Mystery/Thriller AuthorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649741378045006042.post-9029115986232603412017-08-23T11:41:00.000-07:002017-08-23T11:41:24.307-07:00Listen to the Westwick Witches Cozy Mysteries in audio!<h2>
Witch You Well - Westwick Witches Cozy Mystery #1</h2>
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<b> Lights, camera, assassin…</b></div>
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A Hollywood movie shoot comes to town and journalist Cendrine West is eager for a scoop. Her witchy family also wants in on the action, but shenanigans with the stars soon turn to Tinseltown tragedy.<br />
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Bodies are piling up faster than a coven’s worth of curses, and everything points back to Cen’s starstruck family. They will stop at nothing in their quest for supernatural stardom, even if that means meddling in a murder investigation.<br />
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The witches have created one spell of a mess and given the killer a chance to get away with murder. Cen resorts to her own blend of supernatural justice to keep her family in check, but can she unmask the killer before he strikes again?<br />
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Welcome to the wild, wild Wests!<br />
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Witch & Famous is for fans of a paranormal mystery, cozy mystery, and wickedly funny witches.<br />
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This book can be read as a standalone mystery, but if you want to know more about the Westwick Witches and their family history, you can start with book 1: Witch You Well and book 2: Rags to Witches.<br />
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Witch and Famous - A Westwick Witches Cozy Mystery</h3>
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Lights, camera, assassin…<br />
A Hollywood movie shoot comes to town and journalist Cendrine West is eager for a scoop. Her witchy family also wants in on the action, but shenanigans with the stars soon turn to Tinseltown tragedy.<br />
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Bodies are piling up faster than a coven’s worth of curses, and everything points back to Cen’s starstruck family. They will stop at nothing in their quest for supernatural stardom, even if that means meddling in a murder investigation.<br />
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The witches have created one spell of a mess and given the killer a chance to get away with murder. Cen resorts to her own blend of supernatural justice to keep her family in check, but can she unmask the killer before he strikes again?<br />
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Welcome to the wild, wild Wests!<br />
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Witch and Famous is for fans of paranormal mystery, cozy mystery, and wickedly funny witches.<br />
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This book can be read as a standalone mystery, but if you want to know more about the Westwick Witches and their family history, you can start with book 1: Witch You Well.<br />
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Un giallo paranormale delle streghe di Westwick<br />
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"...Una chicca soprannaturale che vi stregherà. Se vi piacciono i misteri e le magie adorerete Cendrine West e la sua stravagante famiglia di streghe!"<br />
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Cendrine West ha un segreto: non vuole essere una strega. D’altra parte come strega non è molto brava e sua zia Pearl non fa che ricordarglielo. Ma Cendrine non può sfuggire alla sua natura, soprattutto non nella piccola Westwick Corners, dove la famiglia di streghe West crea problemi da generazioni.<br />
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I problemi sorgono quando viene scoperto un cadavere poco prima del matrimonio di Cendrine. Le sue indagini portano alla luce una connessione soprannaturale e un segreto sul suo fidanzato che avrebbe preferito non scoprire. Cendrine è costretta a mettere alla prova la sua capacità come strega. Sarà in grado di salvare la sua famiglia e la città?<br />
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Gli indizi sulla scena del crimine indicano l’irascibile zia Pearl, che si è votata a impedire a ogni costo il turismo, così importante per la piccola Westwick Corners. Pearl è anche determinata a mandare via Tyler Gates, il nuovo affascinante sceriffo, come ha fatto con i suoi predecessori. E se questo non bastasse, ci si mette anche il fantasma di nonna Vi, che vuole partecipare all’azione. Cendrine fa di tutto per scagionare la zia, anche se questo non andrà necessariamente a suo vantaggio.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Il colpo delle Streghe: Un giallo delle streghe di Westwick</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><br />Serie: I gialli delle streghe di Westwick</i></b></div>
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Un giallo paranormale delle streghe di Westwick </div>
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Cendrine West non ha un momento di tregua. Sta per avere un nuovo lavoro e le cose con il bello sceriffo Tyler Gates si mettono per il meglio. Ma tutto cambia all’improvviso quando viene rapita da zia Pearl, strega ribelle votata anima e corpo a vendicare la morte premature di un’amica. È Las Vegas o la fine… per tutti i motivi sbagliati.<br />
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Rocco Racatelli è un fusto e una figura chiave di Vegas— e anche il prossimo bersaglio della mafia. La signora Buonasorte gli ha fatto tirare una mano perdente e lui vuole vendicarsi. Zia Pearl è anche troppo ansiosa di aiutare e il progetto Vegas Vendetta rapidamente si gonfia trasformandosi in una caotica guerra per il territorio tra mafiosi. Intanto che le streghe vengono scaraventate nel mondo perduto della Città del Peccato, i corpi si ammucchiano e i segreti vengono alla luce.<br />
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Non è solo il calore di Las Vegas che brucia… Rocco fa di tutto per conquistare il cuore di Cen. Ma lei desidera solo l’uomo che ha lasciato a Westwick Corners. Tutto quello che deve fare è risolvere il mistero di un omicidio, superare le magia della bizzosa zia e sconfiggere la mafia di Las Vegas. Cosa potrebbe andare male?<br />
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Quando il crimine organizzato incontra la magia disorganizzata, tutto può succedere! Mentre aumentano i cadaveri, è evidente che a Cen serve più di un miracolo per sistemare le cose.<br />
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<i><b>"...Un affascinante chicca soprannaturale. Se vi piacciono i misteri familiari, adorerete Cendrine West e la sua stravagante famiglia di streghe!"</b></i><br />
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<i><b>Se vi piacciono i gialli familiari intrisi di una buona dose di umorismo e soprannaturale, impazzirete per questa storia!</b></i><br />
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<b>Be careful what you wish for...</b><br />
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<b><i>A Westwick Witches Cozy Mystery</i></b><br />
Dead billionaires are not good for business! That's what Aunt Pearl complains to Cen when the dead body is found in the cozy family inn at Westwick Corners.<br />
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Still, it's not Cen's problem. She lives an ordinary life away from her witch-ful family for a reason. She got her ordinary fiancé and her ordinary job as a journalist using no magic whatsoever, and no inconvenient local murder is going to change her comfortable existence.<br />
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Even if the entire town is now accusing Aunt Pearl of murdering her guest. Even if her fiancé is acting weird and talking about seeing ghosts. Even if the town's sexy new sheriff, Tyler Gates, treats her like the most hexing of all the witches...<br />
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<b><i>A Westwick Witches Cozy Mystery</i></b><br />
Cendrine West can’t catch a break. She’s close to landing a new job, and things are getting cozy with sexy sheriff Tyler Gates. All that changes when she is kidnapped by renegade witch Aunt Pearl, who is hell bent on avenging a friend’s untimely death. It's Vegas or bust…for all the wrong reasons.<br />
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Rocco Racatelli is a hunky Vegas kingpin—and the next mob target. Lady Luck has dealt him a losing hand and he wants revenge. When Aunt Pearl is a little too eager to help, project Vegas Vendetta quickly escalates into an all-out mob turf war. As the witches are thrust into Sin City’s seamy underworld, bodies pile up and secrets are exposed.<br />
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It’s not just the Las Vegas heat that’s scorching...Rocco is intent on winning Cen’s heart. But she only wants the man she left behind in Westwick Corners. All she has to do is solve a murder, out-magic her ornery aunt, and take down the Las Vegas mafia. What could possibly go wrong?<br />
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When organized crime meets unorganized magic, anything can happen! As the body count climbs, it’s clear that Cen needs more than a miracle in the desert to set things right. <b><br /></b><b><br /></b>There are many more books in the series to come, so sign up for new release notifications above or at <a href="http://www.colleencross.com/" target="_blank">http://www.colleencross.com</a> and you'll be notified when a new book comes out.<b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b>Get the books at the links on the right or anywhere books are sold.</b><br />
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I live in Vancouver, on Canada’s southwest coast. I’m a writer and a runner, a cat and dog fanatic (though my dog likes cats a little too much, lol), a traveler turned homebody (my life revolves around my dog), and a lover of all things nature and the great outdoors. We go to the beach and hike a lot, and then I come home to write. And naturally, I’m a bookworm. I read mostly mysteries, thrillers, and lots of nonfiction.</div>
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I am a graphic artist turned accountant turned writer. I have always been writing though, so I suppose I have finally come full circle to my true calling.</div>
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I’ve always written stories in my head and began writing (and illustrating) them soon after I learned how to write. In fact, the treehouse I imagined as a child lives on as Cendrine’s home in my <i>Westwick Witches Cozy Mysteries</i> series. I never dreamed I could write for my day job though. It’s a dream come true! When I was a kid I read everything I could get my hands on, so it was only natural that would go the DIY route and write my own stories! Back then, they tended towards fantasy. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I’m currently working on the third book in my <i>Westwick Witches Cozy Mysteries</i> series, <i>Witch and Famous</i>. It’s 100% cozy mystery with sprinkles of humour and fantasy. It’s so much fun to write that it often feels like my characters are coming up with their own lines, and sometimes they are rather cheeky! Since witches are magic, I get to make even more stuff up than usual!<o:p></o:p></div>
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There are so many books that I don’t know where to start. As a kid, I loved Nancy Drew. I also loved Russian classics but also Edgar Allen Poe. Most of all, though, I loved Black Beauty. That got me started reading all things horses, which was how I discovered My Friend Flicka and Mary O’Hara’s other books. I wrote to her (back then it was snail mail) and was so thrilled to get a reply from her! Then I was in love with all things horses, even though I had never ridden one, and read every horse book I could find. Then it was every book about dogs…and I guess you can see why I usually have 2-3 books on the go at any given time. Cozy mysteries are always at the very top of my list along with psychological thrillers (as long as they aren’t too scary).<o:p></o:p></div>
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As an adult, my influences are more from writers like Lisa Scottoline, Kathy Reichs, and Tess Gerritsen, all great mystery / thriller writers. But it was those early reads that really got me hooked on reading, which in turn got me started writing in the first place. Great books in any genre transport us to a different world and give us different perspectives, and there are so many more I want to discover. I learn something from every book I read. I hope that never changes. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Witch and Famous</i>, the third book in the <i>Westwick Witches Cozy Mysteries</i> series, will be published in early 2017. I’ve got more books planned in all of my series, which run the gamut from cozy mysteries to crime thrillers. My absolute favourite to both read and write is cozy mysteries, though. I gravitate towards cozies whenever there is lots of bad news in the world. I like to inject a little humor into my stories, even into my thrillers, which are suspenseful but not dark.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Colleen Cross writes page-turning thrillers and fun, cozy mysteries. She lives with her family on the West Coast. When she's not writing, she loves to run, hike, and explore with her rescue dog Jaeger, who reminds her daily that life's too short to not follow your dreams--or a squirrel or two.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">AF: I was raised in the UK but in my twenties, I lived in my Australian birthplace for five years. I'm currently settled in Cornwall (south of England), where I've based some of my works of fiction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I'm quite an eclectic writer with two fiction series so far – the Campervan Bushman Mysteries and the shorter Tales from Corny Cove. Both are light-hearted, easy reads, with a feel-good ending. My nonfiction books include Campervan Capers, Cycling Widows (satire about living with an obsessive cyclist) and The Jacaranda Trail (where I discovered long-long family, etc Down Under).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">AF: My mum says I was always writing down <i>something</i>, although I'm not one of the many authors who 'always knew' they wanted to be a writer. Over the years, I've scribbled down all sorts of ideas, written songs, poetry and short stories, written and illustrated newsletters, etc. A sort of diverse creator, I suppose. But when I was younger, I actually wanted to be a French teacher and absolutely <i>loved</i> languages. Even made up a few!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">AF: I've not long released the 3rd book in the Campervan Bushman Mystery Series and am working on a follow-up story which I plan to release exclusively to those in my Readers Group. After that, I plan to continue with book 4, although I have a few other projects I'm looking at working on which are 'black ops' right now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">AF: Although I love playing with the characters in my Campervan Bushman Mystery Series, I also enjoy writing short stories and other stuff which don't require so much planning in terms of tying up clues & red herrings. I've actually had a good chuckle writing the books in my satirical Cycling Widows series – all that appeals to my impish (read: 'childish') sense of humour and it's less structured. But, at the end of the day, it really is hard to choose which thing you love the best – each book projects gives you something new to explore!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Now, that's another hard one to answer. As I see it, so many things in life are interwoven that you can't always pinpoint what helps with what. Books I read twenty or so years ago, such as Robert Fritz's <i>The Path of Least Resistance</i>, for example, changed the way I thought about creating what I wanted in life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">When it comes to writing fiction, I think I've probably learnt as much from <i>reading</i> it as I have done from reading nonfiction books about <i>writing</i> it. Reading Scott Mariani's Ben Hope thrillers, for instance, helped me get clearer on transitioning from one chapter to the next with my action/adventure-style novel, Cyclopathic Tendencies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">In terms of my writing style, I don't have any hankering to emulate any particular author. I learn from others, but I think it's important to find your own voice, because that's what your readers connect with.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I don't consider myself to be a fast writer, so I find it challenging to have so many ideas but so little time. When I've written the cosy mysteries in the Campervan Bushman series, I've had a few challenges with tying up clues/evidence (I'm sure it comes with the territory!), but what's kept me going is the fact that I get time to have fun with the characters and dream up unusual things for Scott to do – he's my main character and is part campervan-surfer, part Crocodile Dundee, you might say. In each book, he and his crew are filming another episode of an outdoorsy TV show, so I get to explore and add stuff like bushcraft, food foraging, and so on into the mix.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I'm gradually working my way through Pipe Dreams by Kelly Slater (a champion surfer, like my main character, Scott). On my TBR pile are some nice big hardbacks about Aborigines and old adventurers in Australia, plus some Bill Bryson travel books and historical fiction paperbacks by EV Thompson. On my Android, there's a mishmash of fiction, books on writing and some other nonfiction. I also like action/adventure/thriller novels by the likes of Scott Mariani, Mario Reading, Michael Cordy, and James Rollins. As you can see, my tastes are quite eclectic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Will I ever get to read all those books? Err… We live in hope!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Now that book 3 in the Campervan Bushman Mystery Series is out, I'll eventually look to publish a set of paperbacks. I have outlines for future books in the series, plus ideas for free extras for my Readers Group, including a few more free short stories.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I also have a few other ideas in the pipe which I'm researching, so if they get off the ground, I'll be announcing those at a later date.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Basically, a big thank you to my readers who have taken the time to leave reviews on Amazon and/or Goodreads. If you're a reader and think your reviews don't matter – think again! It really is appreciated by an author and helps readers to decide on their next book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Killer Climate – book 1 in the <a href="http://www.thepyjamawriter.com/campervan-bushman.html">Campervan Bushman Mystery Series</a> – is currently available free at most outlets – find more info & pick up the links on my website.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Alannah Foley – aka 'The Pyjama Writer' – is the author of light cosy mysteries, short fiction, and bunch of other maverick titles that won't fall in line. <br />
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She was raised in the UK and did a five-year stint in her Aussie birthplace in her twenties, where mozzies regularly used her for target practice. She managed to return to Old Blighty devoid of shark or snake bite, however, and currently lives in picturesque Cornwall with her cycling-obsessed partner. <br />
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To date, she has two fiction series – the Campervan Bushman Mysteries and Tales from Corny Cove – both of which are light, easy reads with a few twists, turns and tickles along the way. Her nonfiction titles span topics as diverse as capers in a campervan, the vagaries of living with an obsessive cyclist and her adventures Down Under. <br />
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To get sneak peeks at upcoming books, hear about early discounts on new releases, and any cool offers she might be running, why not join her Readers Group? You can currently get a free download when you sign up at http://bit.ly/PJW-NL-SC.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649741378045006042.post-36051448996524238402016-12-23T05:00:00.000-08:002016-12-23T05:00:00.613-08:00Meet the Authors - 25 Mysteries to Die For - Frankie Bow<b>Introducing Frankie Bow, 25 Mysteries to Die For co-author...</b><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Like
my protagonist, I actually am a professor in a business school. But I did not
model Professor Molly after me. I’m kind of a risk-averse person who lives a
sensible life, and I wanted my character to be a little more out there. So I
thought, let’s start with a normal person and then dial up the neuroticism,
obsessiveness, impulsiveness, and social awkwardness. So of course now everyone
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">It
started with reading. I love murder mysteries. Especially cozy mysteries. So
one day I was reading a pretty well-known cozy while I was exercising on the
elliptical machine. So as I'm reading, there's some pun in the narrative and
the author said something like “and everybody laughed and laughed” and I
thought, this isn’t very funny and I could do better. So that was it, it was
how it started. I thought, “I could do better than this. I could write my own
murder mystery and it would be funnier.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Right
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Maybe
The Black Thumb, because of a funny plot element centered around Molly trying
to make an important decision. I can't say more than that without spoiling
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I had to pick, I'd say E.G. Benson's Mapp and Lucia stories. What's brilliant
about them is that there's all of this plotting and scheming over really
trivial stakes. It's a great model for writing about academia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hardest part is taking the outline and building it into the first draft. The
most satisfying is doing the final polish. The most painful is having to excise
big chunks of perfectly lovely writing that you worked really hard on, because
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
Sybil in her Grave, by Sarah Caudwell. I've read all four of her mysteries
several times. They're beautifully written and still fun to read even when you
already know who the murderer is. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I'm
thinking of writing another Professor Molly mystery, tentatively titled
"The Bundle of Joy," but in the short term I'll be working on the
sequel to Bayou Busybody. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Thanks for hosting me and spreading the word about our cozy mystery box
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Frankie Bow teaches at a public university and writes <a href="http://amzn.to/2bWhw8p">the Professor Molly Mysteries</a>. Unlike Professor Molly, she is blessed with delightful students, sane colleagues, and a perfectly nice office chair. She believes if life isn't fair, at least it can be entertaining. In addition to writing fiction, she publishes in scholarly journals under her real name. Her experience with academic publishing has taught her to take nothing personally.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">I’m an avid mystery fan. I love mystery books, tv-shows, movies, and games. If it has a mystery in it, I’m happy. I especially like ones that include some romance as well. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I started writing in high school but the publishing process seemed daunting and I was rather busy preparing for college so I set it aside. It wasn’t until 2011 that I discovered Amazon publishing and decided to give writing another try. I wrote both Deadly Magic and Deadly Reunion in two years and published both at the end of 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It’s really hard to pick a favorite. I really enjoyed writing Bad Kitty. That one has Kat investigating a murder at Canary Island while taking part in a cat competition with the Gazette’s office cat, Rooster. This was the first book in the Hatter’s Cove Gazette series that featured Rooster so it was a lot of fun to write. Another favorite of mine is Murder Games. I just love mystery games and mysteries that take place in old creepy houses. In that one Kyle and Grace go to a Victorian mansion on New Year’s to take part in a murder mystery weekend event. They get snowed in with a real murderer on the loose.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I love hearing from my readers. It brings me such joy and I want to thank all of them for reading my stories.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Elisabeth Crabtree is the author of the Grace Holliday Cozy Mystery Series and the Hatter's Cove Mystery Series. As a life-long mystery fan, Elisabeth enjoys writing light, comedic mysteries with a touch of romance.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">My name is Ava Mallory. I like to call myself a genre hoarder. Primarily, I write cozy mysteries, but because you can never have too many mysteries in life, I also write psychological thrillers and romantic thrillers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Prior to writing full-time, I’ve worn many hats. I was a hospice nurse for twenty years while also raising children, chauffeuring children to activities, volunteering as a child advocate, and sub-contracting as a copywriter for a small publishing house.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">When I was 4 years old, my mother took my younger brother and I to a Storytime activity at our neighborhood library. I don’t know if that was the first time we’d gone or just the most memorable time. When the librarian walked in the room with a book in hand (a Dick and Jane book, if I recall correctly), I knew right then and there that I would grow up to be a writer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">As is often the case, life had other plans for me. I veered this way and that and found a long-time career as a hospice nurse, but I never once lost sight of my goal to become a full-time writer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I always have several projects going at once. I’m editing the next book in one of cozy mystery series now. I plan on publishing it in January. I’m also outlining a new novel for my thriller series and developing a new cozy mystery series to be released next fall.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I absolutely adore my Mercy & Mayhem novel. It’s the first in my A Mercy Mares cozy mystery series. It’s the most personal of my novels. Each character is loosely based on people I’ve met and/or worked with in my life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I’m an eclectic reader. The books that have influenced me most are To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb, Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, most of Agatha Christie’s works, and most recently, books by Emma Donoghue.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I plan on releasing three new cozy novels in the coming year. One will be the second book in my paranormal cozy mystery series and the other two will be new novels in my A Mercy Mares series.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I’m thankful for each and every reader. Knowing that someone has read my work means the world to me. I love interacting with them and receiving feedback from them. I cannot wait to share new works with them and some fun perks for newsletter subscribers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Website link <a href="file:///C:/Users/Ava/Documents/writeravamallory.wix.com/avamallory">writeravamallory.wix.com/avamallory</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In Ava Mallory's world, chocolate is a vegetable and life is a great, big adventure!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Number 18 of my Rafferty series,
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aside for marketing and all the work that involves. Then, I really must do what
I promised one of my readers, and get on and write #3 in my Casey & Catt
Mystery series. I’ve rather let this one languish on the vine, and I shouldn’t.
I would also like to write a second biographical historical novel. My first,
Reluctant Queen, was about the infamous Henry VIII’s little sister, Mary Rose.
It’s taken me a while to find somebody who isn’t written about by everyone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in his own murder inquiry. Death Line #4 Rafferty, wherein there was a nifty
bit of footwork on my part—especially as I’ve only a tentative grasp of
arithmetic. And Blood on the Bones #9 Rafferty, when my hero is unwillingly
reacquainted with Catholicism.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Queen. I love the Tudor period, but so many of the characters from that era
have been done to death (literally, in plenty of cases). So I knew, when I
learned a little more about Mary Rose, I was sure I had the Tudor that fitted
my bill—not done to death, and a sufficiently interesting life to encourage the
masses of research required.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">On the mystery side, it would
have to be Cynthia Harrod Eagles, Reginald Hill, and Ruth Dudley-Edwards.
Harrod Eagles is a fabulously witty writer, and her Atherton is the perfect
foil for her main character, Bill Sider. Reginald Hill is also a very witty
writer, and in his Andy Dalziel has created a nigh-on perfect character. And
Ruth Dudley-Edwards with her Baroness Troutbeck character, has created a divine
flouter of rules. I do like a good flout! It’s why I wrote both my mystery
series.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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as an author of historicals: the history, the characters, the dialogue—all
brilliant. Jean Plaidy was the writer who introduced me to history, and from
whom I learned my love of both historical fiction and non-fiction. She was a
prolific writer, covered everyone who was anyone, so I’d like to pay a tribute
to her, too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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everything but the writing! The emails. Oh the emails. If I have to leave them
for a day I’m swamped with 200-300 of the blessed things, and it takes me a
several days (and then some) to plough through them. Meanwhile, the new mail is
piling up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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relentless time grab. Sometimes, I don’t know how I manage to do any writing at
all. You’ll laugh (or perhaps not if you’re a Rafferty fan, eagerly awaiting my
next opus), but I’ve been trying to write #18 Rafferty since January, and I
haven’t even got a tricky plot hole as an excuse. How other authors write a
book every month, I can’t imagine. I like to write amusing dialogue, and you
need to hit on just the right combination of words, and they’ve got to be the
perfect words, in the perfect order, no stand-ins will do. The trouble is, it
can take days, sometimes, before you can get hold of those words which slide away
the second you reach for them. Definitely on the challenging side of the
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the writing—when I can get at it. I’ve mostly been a seat-of-pants writer,
though nowadays I generally write a brief plot plan, if only to lessen the
snags, pitfalls and rewriting. That said, there’s nothing so satisfying as
writing yourself out of a plot hole as a pantser. I go around with a grin for
days. Or if I hit upon a nifty bit of dialogue by-play and manage to seize hold
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enemies (sometimes one and the same), and the Wars of the Roses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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awaiting my attention that I hardly know where to start. But I will. Janet
Evanovich’s latest. Love her Stephanie Plum. Then there’s Harrod-Eagles. I
mostly read on my Kindle now, or my Fire, and I have an in-built resistance to
paying over the odds for digital books. But I invariably give in on my
favourites.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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earlier (other things being equal). The second historical (ditto), and the #3
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<span lang="EN-GB">One thing that I’d like to make
clear–I started to write my Rafferty & Llewellyn series in 1991/2, after I
received an unexpected rejection from Hale, and it was published by Macmillan
in 1993. So when Lewis, the off-shoot from Morse, began, my series was already
in its second decade and more. So when readers/reviewers compare the two, they
should say that the Lewis series reminds them of my Rafferty, not the other way
round. It might sound picky, but us writers are sensitive souls. Each time I
get a comment like that in the reviews it’s like a dart to my heart. I feel
like writing a comment to that effect beneath the review. So far I’ve resisted
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involved. I think it’s awesome when they take the trouble. Why would they
bother? Why not just move on to the next book? I don’t know—but it’s serious
Wow! factor time when they do. So—thank you. It’s very humbling and, at the
same time, very elevating. I’m floating on air when another reader says they
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multi-published mystery author who has had eighteen novels traditionally
published. Her publishers include Macmillan and St Martin's Press. But in 2010,
she made the momentous decision to turn indie. Since then, she has published
all of her backlist in digital format, including her Rafferty & Llewellyn
and Casey & Catt detective series, as well as creating new, original to
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I’ve been an author for two years now, and am loving writing cozy mysteries! I’ve written romance and nonfiction, but it has been so much fun to create an imaginary town where I’d want to live. I have a weakness for happy endings and oddball characters, so to discover that cozies are the sort of book I like to write has been amazing.<br />
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I’ve known I wanted to write since grade school. I distinctly remember coming home and announcing this to my Mom, who wasn’t terribly surprised. I’d been telling stories around the dinner table since I could talk. Yeah, I was that introverted kid who sometimes lived in a make-believe world and entertained herself at bedtime by making up entire plots of books, just to stay awake.<br />
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The third book in my Ravenwood Cove is due out in December, and has a Christmas theme. That means I was listening to Christmas carols before Halloween! I love the holidays, but I think I’m going to be really sick of Christmas music by Christmas Day.<br />
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The first book, Bed, Breakfast, and Bones, is hands down my favorite. When I was writing it felt like the characters were introducing themselves to me, opening up their secrets, and showing me where I could tell more of their story in the upcoming books. I’ve been able to tuck in little bits of my own experiences and thoughts, and it’s been really fun to hear the positive feedback I get from readers when they discover things in the story. I feel like I could sit down for a coffee with any of the characters from Ravenwood Cove, and enjoy a nice chat J<br />
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<b>What books have most influenced you as a writer?</b><br />
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This is going to sound like a cop out, but I have to say ALL of them. I read everything from Ray Bradbury to Richard Brautigan to Agatha Christie. Mix all that input with a ton of nonfiction reading and it makes for a very eclectic collection.<br />
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I get up at 5 AM every weekday (and sometimes Saturdays) to write. Dragging my backside out of a warm, comfy bed to try to be brilliant in front of laptop is an exercise in futility some mornings…<br />
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The most rewarding thing so far has been getting a chance to talk to the people who love cozy mysteries as much as I do! They are a warm, fun bunch of people, and I’ve really enjoyed getting to know them on Facebook.<br />
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Jan Karon’s “Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good” in hardback, a paperback in The Cat Who series, and about a zillion cozy mysteries loaded on my phone. Hubby has to pry my phone away from me some nights so I’ll get some sleep J<br />
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Oh, I have lots more adventure and people to write about in Ravenwood Cove! Maybe someday I’ll be introducing some clean romances that are set in the same area, too. Who doesn’t love a little romance at the beach?<br />
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I would like to tell them how grateful I am for them taking a chance on a newer author, and reading my books. I’ve been absolutely bowled over by how warm and welcoming they’ve been, and it encourages me to keep writing what the sort of book that I love to read! Seriously, I think I have the best readers on the planet.<br />
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Website link <a href="http://www.carolyndeanbooks.com/">www.carolyndeanbooks.com</a><br />
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Facebook Link (author page) <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CarolynDeanBooks/">https://www.facebook.com/CarolynDeanBooks/</a> <br />
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Twitter Link <a href="https://twitter.com/CarolynDeanBks">@CarolynDeanBks</a><br />
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I've been writing and making stories in my head as early as I can remember. In third grade I came home, set my lunchbox down, and told my mother I wanted to be a writer. Luckily, Mom was supportive.<br />
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I've been a published author for a while now, under different names and genres, but the thought of writing about a small coastal town in Oregon, and about its loves and mysteries and holidays and people has been with me for years. To be honest, I am a bit scared to dump those ideas onto the written page, but hope you'll enjoy getting to meet the people who inhabit my imagination.<br />
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In real life, I'm married with kids, live on the West Coast of the US, and own a hobby farm just outside of my favorite small town. I love to travel, and can often be found strolling down a windy Oregon beach, holding onto the string of a high-sailing dragon kite.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">My name is Cate Dean, and I write in
several genres. Along with mystery, I write fantasy, paranormal/urban fantasy,
romance – especially time travel, and YA paranormal and fantasy. I love reading
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to create vivid characters, and not be afraid to write the painful, violent
action scenes. I am also a huge fan of Raymond E. Feist. His long-running
fantasy series has kept me on the hook for years, and I learned how to
integrate and spin off characters from him. For pure fun, I dive into Elizabeth
Peters, and the Amelia Peabody Mysteries. As an Egyptology and history buff,
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<span lang="EN-US">More paranormal – there will be a second
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<span lang="EN-US">Thank you, for all your support! I love
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wild, wonderful journey, and I enjoy sharing it with all of you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">She grew up losing herself in the wilds of
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<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vu5z8OPHqTM/WDZ6e-hAXfI/AAAAAAAAA88/Vzew1Vnm8UAW08it19p8VSauODLCGcptwCLcB/s1600/LISA%2BB%2BTHOMAS%2Bauthor%2Bpic.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vu5z8OPHqTM/WDZ6e-hAXfI/AAAAAAAAA88/Vzew1Vnm8UAW08it19p8VSauODLCGcptwCLcB/s320/LISA%2BB%2BTHOMAS%2Bauthor%2Bpic.JPG" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-US">Born and raised in Texas, I always knew I wanted to be a writer. Finally, after thirty-three years as a high school Journalism and English teacher, I released my first novel. Having grown up reading Trixie Belden, Nancy Drew, and Agatha Christie, I was drawn to the mystery genre.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">With two grown children out of the nest, I live a quiet life with my husband and Peekapoo puppy. Besides writing, I enjoy my grandchildren, photography, traveling, and antiquing (buying and selling used junk).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">When I was a wee child, I wrote a book about goldfish. I later started a mystery. As a journalism major, I always wanted to write in some form or fashion. It wasn’t until I retired that I became interested in fiction. My first book was inspired by a true-life mystery in my own family.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I am working on Book 5 in my series. It should be a fun one!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Sharpe Shooter is probably my favorite because it has a personal connection to my own family. I love the main character of Deena and her husband and brother.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Agatha Christie’s books of course, as well as Stephen King’s. Both authors are master storytellers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The most challenging part of writing is making sure the mystery has enough clues but is still a puzzle to be solved. The most rewarding is when I hear from readers who tell me to “write faster” because they want more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Harlan Coben’s “Whispers in the Wind.” I love his books.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I may be starting a new series with a character from two of my books.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The setting of my series, Maycroft, Texas, is a fictional town. However, it represents a typical southern locale with authentic characters and situations. Hopefully there aren’t as many murders in most small towns!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Email: <a href="mailto:LBThomas606@gmail.com">LBThomas606@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/LisaBThomasAuthor">www.facebook.com/LisaBThomasAuthor</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Amazon: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00UGED9FS">http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00UGED9FS</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Pinterest: <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/lbt606/cozy-mysteries-more/">https://www.pinterest.com/lbt606/cozy-mysteries-more/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Check out my "Cozy Mysteries and more" board on Pinterest. I pin lots of books, gifts, quotes, and decor for book lovers like me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Subscribe to my newsletter using the form on the sidebar. You will receive a free copy of My Dead Relatives, a collection of non-fiction stories about my family. One of the stories, "Skeleton in the Closet," tells the true life story behind Sharpe Shooter, Book 1 in the Maycroft Mystery Series.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Born and raised in Texas, Lisa Thomas always knew she wanted to be a writer. Finally, after thirty-three years as a high school Journalism and English teacher, she released her first novel. Having grown up reading Trixie Belden, Nancy Drew, and Agatha Christie, she was drawn to the mystery genre. With two grown children out of the nest, she lives a quiet life with her husband and Peekapoo puppy. Besides writing, she enjoys her grandchildren, photography, traveling, and antiquing (aka - buying and selling used junk).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><br /></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649741378045006042.post-67899026455394369932016-12-15T05:00:00.000-08:002016-12-15T05:00:02.964-08:00Meet the Authors - 25 Mysteries to Die For - Anne R. Tan<b><span lang="EN-US">Introducing Anne R. Tan,</span></b><b> 25 Mysteries to Die For co-author...</b><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">I love to read more than write. I have to
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<span lang="EN-US">When I was in seventh grade, I had a
burning desire to grow to be a writer. But by the time I finished high school,
two English teachers killed the desire. English is not my first language, and
these two teachers made sure I knew it. And even to this day, I feel a twinge
of fear every time I have to put words to paper. The birth of my daughter
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<span lang="EN-US">When I first started writing, I only hoped
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children. Unfortunately, we will lose the language and the culture by the time
my children are adults. Hopefully, I will still be writing in 10 years because
my novels are my legacy to my children. Now if I can write full-time, that
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<span lang="EN-US">I am writing "Sunny Mates and
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"researching" this book. It only takes me about two months to write a
book, but it has been six months since I last set a writing schedule for
myself. So I set up deadlines with preorders and already booked the editors. If
I didn't take such drastic measures, I probably wouldn't even get this book out
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<span lang="EN-US">My favorite book in my cozy mystery is
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<span lang="EN-US">I love "The Weekend Novelist Writes a
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each week for an entire year. Once you finish every chapter in the book, you
should have a mystery novel. And sure enough, when I finished all the steps, I
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write. They view it as a nice hobby I should set aside whenever they come
calling. But writing isn't a hobby for me. It's a calling, and hopefully,
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reading fantasy, especially urban fantasy. This book is the third book in the
Heartstrikers series. I love the family dynamics in this large dragon family. I
came from a family of 30+ cousins, and I am smack in the middle, so the
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Mates and Murders," which I hope to release at the beginning of February
2017. Then, I would like to start a paranormal cozy mystery. Of course, I've
been talking about starting a new series for a year, and given my limited
writing time, this might be a pie in the sky idea. If not 2017, then there is
always 2018. That's the wonderful thing about writing. There is no time limit
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<span lang="EN-US">All my characters are a facet of me. For example,
Raina is an engineer, and I am an engineer (although she is more than a decade
younger than me). Po Po is the grandmother I would like to be with my future
grandchildren. Yes, even the annoying characters are a part of me. They would
say or do things I would never say. It's just like my children, the characters
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Anne R. Tan fell in love with storytelling in elementary school, but decided to study engineering so she could get a "real job." Her day job is her vacation from home and she moonlights as a writer to keep the voices inside her head under control.<br />
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Her debut humorous cozy mysteries features Raina Sun, a Chinese American amateur sleuth, dealing with love, family betrayal, and her place in the world while solving murders.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">I'm a full-time mystery writer living in Toronto, Canada. I was hired to ghostwrite cozy cat mysteries and about a year and a half ago I decided I wanted to try to write my own! I always had cats growing up. I even subscribed to <i>Cat Fancy</i> magazine when I was a kid, I was so obsessed. I don't have pets now because I travel too much so I write cat mysteries instead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I've always wanted to be a writer. I even worked in marketing at a major publisher for a while. But at the back of my mind, <i>I </i>always wanted to be the one writing the books. I moved to Mexico City four years ago, where I met my husband. It's a far cheaper city to live in and I was able to start writing full-time while teaching English on the side.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I just finished my ninth Beatrice Young cozy cat mystery called <a href="http://amzn.to/2dPXFCL">The Amaw-zing British Murder Mystery</a>. Beatrice and her three crime-solving cats go to England on holiday and end up investigating the murder of a fellow guest at their B&B.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I love <a href="http://amzn.to/2dPV77w">The Santa Claws Bandi</a>t. It is completely ridiculous. The cats participate in a theater version of Charles Dickens' <i>A Christmas Carol</i> and there's a gun-toting thief dressed as Santa. It's a lot of fun.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I'm actually not a huge mystery reader, though I hope to change that. I read a lot of classic children's literature when I was a kid. Think Anne of Green Gables, Nancy Drew, <i>The Secret Garden</i>, <i>The Phantom Toolbooth</i>, the Narnia books. Those simple books with loveable characters and can't-put-'em-'down plots have probably influenced my writing the most.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I just finished <i>The Murder of Roger Ackroyd</i> by Agatha Christie. I decided I need to write more complex mysteries, so I'd better study the master!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I'm preparing to write <a href="http://amzn.to/2dPYbRe">The Meowy Christmas Kitten</a>, a new Christmas-themed Beatrice Young cozy cat mystery. It'll release December 4, 2016. Christmas is my favorite holiday so I'm going to have a lot of fun with this book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Even if you hate cats, you should still read my books because the cats in my novels are like normal cats but much, much better. They're like funny little people who have amazing crime-solving skills. Also, <a href="http://eepurl.com/bohwiL">you should sign up for my mailing list</a> because I send out cool sales, contests, and special content.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Alannah Rogers is the pen name for a Canadian writer. She grew up in Nova Scotia and her trips to nearby Maine and New Hampshire helped inspire the Beatrice Young books. She is currently based in Toronto.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I’m a copyeditor and writer and mostly a big fan of fiction! I think it’s the escape from the everyday that I love so much about fiction. I’ve read so much fiction that I think the next logical step was to write it. As hobbies, I love antiques and crafting and sewing. I also love playing with my energetic kitten and taking walks.<br />
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I’ve always enjoyed writing. I would stay in at recess in second grade to write letters to my mom. Those letters weren’t terribly exciting, but I enjoyed it more than playing tag on the playground!<br />
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I’m working on another installment in my Antique Pickers in Paradise Cozy Mystery series. These are short reads so are perfect for reading while commuting or waiting at appointments or just for a quick read you can read all in one sitting. I love putting Sherri and Carol in awkward situations (usually there’s a dead body involved) and seeing how they handle it.<br />
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I really like my antique pickers cozy series and so far, my first book, Picked to Death, is my favorite. In Picked to Death, I got to develop the characters of Sherri, Carol, Ralph, and Leon and fix the people who in the small Midwestern town of Paradise.<br />
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I am basically nosey and love to read about real people’s lives. In elementary school the library had biographies of famous people and I read them all. Fiction, to me, is just an extension of real life. It may not have happened exactly as written, but it’s fun to take snippets from life and use them to create characters and scenarios that could happen.<br />
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I have trouble plotting before I start writing. I have an idea of what the story will be but often it switches course and ends up somewhere else. And that’s okay! Finishing is good. Good and rewarding!<br />
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I’m reading A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman. It’s wonderful!<br />
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Maggie West is the author of the Antique Pickers in Paradise cozy mystery series and the Lily Thistle cozy mystery series, the Doorways to the Past time travel series, and several romance books. When she's not reading or writing, she loves to craft and sew, keep her kitten out of trouble (oh boy, good luck with that!), and take walks where she dreams up new stories.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Sure, but it’ll seem like I have fifteen different personalities. Bear in mind that I get bored easily, so I’m always doing <i>something</i>. I’m a lifelong runner (Boston Marathon qualifier), a Cross Country coach, a reformed home remodeler, and an avid gardener just trying to keep ahead of the weeds. I’m also a dog sport enthusiast and have raised, trained, shown, and judged Australian Shepherds for nearly three decades – which obviously means I started in the dog show world when I was three. *cough*<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">That’s like asking which of my children is my favorite. I love them all, in different ways. My historicals were my posterity projects. My Faderville books make me ponder life more deeply. And my mysteries are just plain fun to write. But of all of them, <i>Say That Again</i> is probably my favorite. It involves an autistic girl, a recycled dog, and a reclusive neighbor. The response from readers was heartwarming.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Nothing. At any time I have a dozen books on the TBR pile of my Kindle. I’d read faster, but then I’d have to write less. Currently I’m reading Nicole Galland’s <i>Stepdog</i>, a romantic comedy, and am thoroughly loving it. I have eclectic tastes: non-fiction, suspense, mysteries, dystopian SciFi, and anything with a dog in it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Be more like your dog: nap when you need to, play for the sheer joy of it, and forgive easily, because life’s too short to be a grump. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I was born in Pasadena, California, grew up
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married a Geology student and followed him to Washington DC while he did 5
years in the Army. I worked at the National Geographic while there, came back
to CA while my husband finished his degree in Geochemistry, began a degree
myself in Library Science, but got preggers and began to focus on babies. Much
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stay home with my four little ones. Romance was selling—isn’t it always? And
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<span lang="EN-US">Now I’m writing cozy mysteries. I’ve got
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amateur sleuth who sees ghosts and is searching to find out what happened to
her mother long ago. My second series
features Haley Greco, newly returned to life after a mysterious accident in
order to help save her community and town of oddballs, vampires and gremlins of
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cat familiar by their grandmother and must deal with the animosity of a pair of
evil witches who run a competing coffee shop down the street. Fun stories—fun
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people enjoying that world almost as much as I do. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The joy of reading! I have a grandchild
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<span lang="EN-US">This book is in a series which is being
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and explains to me how magic works. Without Dakota, I’d be stumped. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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romances published under various pseudonyms with Harlequin, Silhouette,
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Cozy mysteries are a new venture, less romance, but more fun! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I'm an avid reader, a mystery and romance
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southwest, and after thirty years here, I'm still trying to appreciate the
desert landscape and heat. I'm also a huge Agatha Christie fan, and Hercule
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<span lang="EN-US">I'm at work on the next in the Sophia
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writer is hearing from readers who want to know when the next book is coming
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<span lang="EN-US">My Kindle is the only thing on my
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for everyone's e-reader? I love finding a new-to-me mystery series, it's like
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<span lang="EN-US">I'd love to say thank you to any reader who
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honored if readers choose to spend some time in my world. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Caroline Mickelson loves her family and
loves to write. She also loves a good adventure, among her favorites thus far
were attending graduate school in a Scottish castle, riding a camel around the
Pyramids in Giza, and taking a best-in-a-lifetime road trip to Graceland.
Caroline lives in the American southwest with her husband and their four
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At the moment I'm deep into mysteries and really enjoying figuring out ways to cover the tracks of criminals, researching poisons, and thinking about sociopaths. So I spend my time thinking about totally degenerate behavior! In my non-writing life, I have a big garden, too many ill-behaved pets, and unruly teenagers--very messy but all good.<br />
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<b>Was there a certain time in your life you knew you wanted to write?</b><br />
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I started my first novel at age 8 (didn't get very far...) and never considered doing anything else.<br />
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I'm halfway into book #6 of the Molly Sutton Mystery Series. No title yet...<br />
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I'd have to say the first book in the Molly Sutton Series is my favorite, even though the mysteries themselves get better as the series progresses. It's my favorite because I started it on a trip to France. I was staying at an AirBnB in a small village on the Mediterranean coast, in a bungalow attached to an artist's house. I was so blissfully happy to be there, loved meeting the artist and wandering around the village--it was like the book just fell into my lap, and all I had to do was open it and start writing it down.<br />
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Probably F. Scott Fitzgerald and Patricia Highsmith. An odd pair.<br />
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At this point in my life (no spring chicken!), the most challenging part is remembering the details of what's going on in the book I'm writing. The most rewarding is always losing myself in a story when the characters come alive and start bossing me around.<br />
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The Kind Worth Killing, by Peter Swanson.<br />
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My next project is going to be standalone, a more literary crime/suspense novel rather than straight-up mystery. I'll keep writing the mystery series too.<br />
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I daydream about moving to France, opening a gîte business, and having my readers come stay with me. (Just like my protagonist...)<br />
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Website: <a href="http://www.nellgoddin.com/">www.nellgoddin.com</a><br />
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Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nellgoddinauthor/">www.facebook.com/nellgoddinauthor</a><br />
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Nell Goddin has worked as a radio reporter, SAT tutor, short-order omelet chef, and baker. She tried waitressing but was fired twice.<br />
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Nell grew up in Richmond, Virginia and has lived in New England, New York City, and France. Currently she's back in Virginia with teenagers and far too many pets. She has degrees from Dartmouth College and Columbia University.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">I live on the family’s cattle ranch with my husband and far too many family members </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span lang="EN-US"> I like to get involved in a variety of adventures. I love the sciences and technology. I’ve competed at the national level in archery for years. I travelled the world in college studying volcanoes. I taught computer science and archery at a college for 9 years. I am an executive producer for an indy horror movie. And I’m pregnant. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I’ve always loved the idea of crafting stories but it wasn’t until several friends started writing that it occurred to me that maybe I could do it as well. It has been a lot of hard work but I love the process. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">My biggest project is that I am pregnant and due in early December. This will be our first child and we feel unbelievably blessed. Though I am working slower than normal, I am still writing. Reality TV Mysteries two is in edits and should be released before Baby Haverstock arrives. I am also drafting Target Practice Mysteries book six and plotting two co-writing projects for 2017. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">My favorite is Lights, Camera, Murder: Target Practice Mysteries 1 which is in this bundle. I hosted a competitive target archery reality show in 2013 and this book was my chance to revisit that crazy experience and really take it to a new level. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I loved Janet Evanovich, Jennifer Crusie and countless other fun adventures with lots of madcap characters and situations. Agatha Christie always crafted these nuanced books and let the clues organically appear. I’ve also been deeply affected by TV sitcoms. I loved the idea that everything would be okay in the end but you would laugh on the way there. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Finishing a rough draft is so rewarding as is publishing. It’s still so amazing to me that I can write all those words! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I just finished Martin Short’s memoir on my kindle. I’ve been on a memoir kick of comics who write their own material. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">A lot more cozy mysteries, for sure. I have some cross over books planned with other amazing authors and if everything goes according to plan, I will have a new series launched in 2017. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">If you have any baby advice or jokes, post it on my facebook fan page. I’m sure I’ll need it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nikkihaverstockauthor">https://www.facebook.com/nikkihaverstockauthor</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Nikki Haverstock is a writer who lives on a cattle ranch high in the Rocky Mountains. She has studied comedy writing at Second City and has published 6 cozy mysteries that are heavy on the humor. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Before fleeing the city, she hosted a competitive archery reality show, traveled the world to study volcanoes, taught archery and computer science at a university and now works on her family’s ranch herding cattle. Nikki has more college degrees than she has sense and hopefully one day she will put one to work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Nikki likes to write comedy pieces that focus on the everyday humor of one-uppers, annoying family members and strange behavior of the ultra-rich. She tried stand up but the cattle weren’t impressed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Hi! I'm Pepper Hayes. I like to think of myself as a mom who writes. Cozy Mysteries are a new venture for me. I'm a converted romance writer. I've written over thirty romance novels under another name, but found that I'd grown tired of the angst and was craving something light and fun.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I'm a mother of four. I live in beautiful Washington state, minutes from the Canadian border. When I'm not writing, I can be found multitasking. I'm what you might consider a champion in that regard. I can do laundry, clean a kitchen, tend to the children, and binge-watch Netflix while simultaneously burning dinner.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">When I was young, my family moved quite a bit. I think I went to at least a dozen different schools before middle school. Books were my friends. Somewhere around the third of fourth grade, I decided I'd one day write. Back then, my dream was to be a journalist like my mother, but that dream changed after I spent many years sitting behind a desk in the business office of a major city newspaper. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">More books! I hope to publish three new novels in my series in the coming year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Thank you for taking the time to get to know me. I can't wait to share my books with you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Pepper Hayes is a native of Western Nebraska but now makes her home just south of the Canadian border in Washington state, where she spends her days honing her skills as a super mom and a someday marathon runner and spends her nights writing cozy mysteries. On the rare occasions when she's not tending to her all male flock, she can be found sitting in her favorite chair, binge-watching Netflix.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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