Cozy Mystery Author Matt Ferraz Debuts Grandma Bertha Solving Murders Series @Matt_Ferraz

Today I welcome Brazilian crime author Matt Ferraz to my blog. Matt is making his debut on the cozy genre with The Convenient Cadaver, first volume of the Grandma Bertha Solving Murders series. Matt is only twenty-six years old, but already has a Masters in Biography and works published in English, Portuguese and Italian.  What…

Foul Shot – a New P.I. Novel by Mystery Writer D.L. Coleman @DanLColeman1

I welcome mystery writer D.L. “Dan” Coleman to my blog today. Dan is a literary and mystery writer from Virginia living in North Carolina. His writing, other than the recently-published Foul Shot, a Wray Larrick Mystery (Create Space/Amazon), includes unpublished novels, finished and in-progress, a few short stories and short plays that won minor prizes…

Interview with Mystery and YA Horror Author @MarilynLevinson – The Devil’s Pawn

I welcome Marilyn Levinson to my blog today. A former Spanish teacher, Marilyn writes mysteries, romantic suspense, and novels for young readers. What genre(s) do you write in? Why? I write mysteries, romantic suspense, and novels for kids. Why? Probably because I’m a Gemini and enjoy the versatility. The first novel I completed was a…

Childhood Story “The Mysterious Relatives”

I found this short story from my childhood tucked away in a bright yellow folder, written in my careful script. I was probably about 11 when I wrote it. I hadn’t read it in years and expected to discover that The Mysterious Relatives was one of my Cathy Summers mysteries. As I flipped through it,…

Childhood Mystery: The Fairview Treasure

Here’s another one of my childhood writing excerpts. I can barely decipher my handwriting on this 25-year-old fifth grade writing assignment as I wrote it in pencil. I remember writing this story, which I titled The Fairview Treasure. Back then, I was reading a lot of Phyllis A. Whitney books, as well as the Nancy…

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