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Earl Javorsky has always loved writing, he just didn’t see himself as a writer. He was a musician in Los Angeles and worked his way up to mid-level management in the entertainment industry. But then, his world fell apart. His mystery novel is titled “Down Solo” and was inspired by his downfall. “The story just […]
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John Schulian admits he’s led a charmed life as a writer. He began his career as a sports writer, moved on to TV, and finally decided to make the transition to novels. Schulian wrote for several popular TV series, including LA Law, Miami Vice, and Midnight Caller. He was the co-creator of the popular Xena: […]
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“Dead to the Last Drop” is the latest release in the New York Times bestselling Coffeehouse Mystery series. The series is written by Cleo Coyle, which is a pseudonym for the husband and wife writing team of Alice Alfonsi and Marc Cerasini. “Dead to the Last Drop” departs from a couple of series traditions. First, […]
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Lisa Ballantyne is a Scottish-born writer who lived and worked in China for many years and started writing seriously while she was there. Before being published, Lisa was short-listed for the Dundee International Book Prize. Her latest novel is “Everything She Forgot.” In talking about the book, Ballantyne said, “The greatest joy for me as […]
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Susan M. Boyer is the USA Today bestselling author of the Liz Talbot mystery series and the winner of the 2012 Agatha Award for Best First Novel. Her latest novel in the series is Lowcountry Bordello, in which PI Liz Talbot investigates when her bridesmaid finds a body in a historic Charleston bordello. The book […]
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John Gaspard’s new mystery, “The Miser’s Dream,” has put him in the mood to talk magic. For instance, he describes himself as a director—“of eight low-budget features that cost very little and made even less—and that’s no small trick.” In fact, even the reviewers got in on the act. For instance, one said, “It’s full […]
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Susan Elia MacNeal is the author of The New York Times and USA Today-bestselling Maggie Hope mysteries. Her first book in the series, Mr. Churchill’s Secretary, was nominated for an Edgar and won the 2013 Barry Award for Best Paperback Original. In this interview, MacNeal discusses her latest book in the Maggie Hope mysteries, Mrs. […]
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Kristi Belcamino is a Macavity and Anthony Award-nominated author of four crime fiction books, a newspaper crime reporter, and an “Italian mama who makes a tasty biscotti.” In this interview, she discusses her latest novel, Blessed Are Those Who Mourn, and the intense emotions she writes about. Belcamino claims the main difference between most unpublished writers and […]
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Simon Toyne is the bestselling author of the Sanctus trilogy. Toyne was a TV executive who quit his job to focus on writing and recently released his first Solomon Creed novel, The Searcher. The Solomon Creed novels are about a man trying to find redemption. “As a writer,” Toyne said, “I always try as hard […]
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USA Today bestselling author Tonya Kappes has a new release in her Ghostly Southern Mysteries series, A Ghostly Demise. When it comes to the paranormal, there are two distinct camps: believers and nonbelievers. Kappes is a believer and discusses how her own experiences help her to write this funny mystery series. “I wrote my Ghostly […]
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Big Island Bird’s Eye View You guessed it. We planned the helicopter tour well in advance. The weather had been dry for two weeks prior to our visit. Then, we left hot and dry Honolulu and landed in rainy Hilo. We counted down the hours to the helicopter tour, all the time wondering, would we […]
