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Behind the story of Frosty the Dead Man with Christine Husom

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Christine Husom has been writing and creating stories since the age of six. She currently writes two different series. Her latest release is a Snow Globe Shop Mystery, “Frosty the Dead Man.” “My stories address things that are happening in our communities and the impact they have on people’s lives,  Husom said. “I deal with […]

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Behind the story of Prose and Cons with Amanda Flower

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Amanda Flower is a librarian as well as a national bestselling mystery author. She started her writing career in sixth grade and says she knew at that moment she’d found her calling of making people laugh with her words. She also writes mysteries as USA Today bestselling  author Isabella Alan. For this interview, the Agatha […]

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Behind the story of Above the Paw with author Diane Kelly

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Diane Kelly is a former tax advisor who inadvertently worked with white-collar criminals. As Kelly puts it, she didn’t want to “end up in an orange jumpsuit,” and decided to write her “Death and Taxes” romantic mystery series. In addition to her K9 mysteries, Kelly has also written five romance novels. For this interview, Kelly […]

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Behind the story of A Composition in Murder by Larissa Reinhart

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Larissa Reinhart was a 2015 Georgia Author of the Year Best Mystery finalist. Her first Cherry Tucker mystery, “Portrait of a Dead Guy,” was nominated for a Daphne, an Emily, and was the 2011 Dixie Kane Memorial winner. In this interview, the multi-award nominated author discusses the story behind her sixth mystery, “A Composition in […]

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Behind the story of Blood Trails with Diane Capri

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Diane Capri writes several different thriller series. In this interview, the New York Times bestselling author discusses her new Michael Flint thriller, “Blood Trails.” The story behind the novel began when a friend received an inheritance. “Every new book begins with a spark that leads to an idea I can turn into an exciting story,” […]

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Matthew FitzSimmons and the story behind Poisonfeather

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Matthew FitzSimmons began his writing career in the eighth grade. He wrote the story, a fantasy called “A Mage in Spirit” about a boy elf and a Pegasus, for English class. He received a good grade, but suffered a great deal of boyhood angst over the experience. FitzSimmons is writing professionally these days and his […]

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Behind the story of Masking for Trouble with Diane Vallere

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Diane Vallere loves fashion, costumes, and mysteries. In fact, the National Bestselling author loves mysteries enough that she started her own detective agency when she was ten years old. And costumes? Let’s just say she once dressed as Tippi Hedren’s ‘The Birds’ character for Halloween. Vallere writes four different cozy mystery series. Here’s the  second […]

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Behind the story of “Devil Sent the Rain” with Lisa Turner

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Lisa Turner is the author of three mysteries. She was nominated for an Edgar in 2015 and saw her first novel turn into a bestseller on Amazon.  Her latest mystery is “Devil Sent the Rain,” Turner said “Devil Sent the Rain” began with the image of a rainy dawn at a buffalo preserve on the outskirts […]

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Behind the story of Mud Bog Murder with Lesley A. Diehl

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Should a cozy mystery be pure fluff? Or, should it take on serious issues? Lesley A. Diehl prefers to blend real issues, not fluff, into her cozies. In her latest Eve Appel mystery, she tackles issues about ecological balance in the swamps of Florida. And therein lies the story behind “Mud Bog Murder.” “I live […]

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Behind the story of Salem’s Cipher with Jess Lourey

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Jess Lourey is the author of the outrageously funny Murder-by-Month mystery series. She’s also written a magical realism novel and has now turned her pen toward thrillers. Say hello to “Salem’s Cipher” and the mysterious world of cryptography. Lourey describes herself as someone who loves puzzles. “My brain cracks and pops like a mad dancer […]

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