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Behind the story of As the Christmas Cookie Crumbles

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Leslie Budewitz is the author of the Food Lovers’ Village Mysteries and the Spice Shop Mysteries—and the first author to win Agatha Awards for both fiction and nonfiction. Her latest installment in the Food Lovers Village series is As the Christmas Cookie Crumbles. Let's take a look at the story behind this new cozy mystery."I started writing at four on my father’s … [Read more...] about Behind the story of As the Christmas Cookie Crumbles

Behind the story of The Cupid Caper with Larissa Reinhart

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Meet Larissa Reinhart. She's been an English teacher in Japan, escaped a ferocious monkey in Thailand, studied archaeology in Egypt, and survived teaching high school history in the US. If that's not enough to impress you, consider that she's also a Wall Street bestselling author. Here's the story behind her new Finley Goodhart Crime Caper, which is titled The Cupid … [Read more...] about Behind the story of The Cupid Caper with Larissa Reinhart

Behind the story of Murder Gone Missing by Lida Sideris

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Lida Sideris is an author, lawyer and all around book enthusiast. She was one of two national recipients of the Helen McCloy Mystery Writers of America scholarship for her first novel, Murder and Other Unnatural Disasters. Murder Gone Missing is the second book in the Corrie Locke series.  Friendship goes a long ways When asked if she was addressing an issue in Murder Gone … [Read more...] about Behind the story of Murder Gone Missing by Lida Sideris

Behind the story of Confound It by Maggie Toussaint

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Southern author Maggie Toussaint writes mystery, suspense, and dystopian fiction. Her work won the Silver Falchion Award for best mystery, the Readers’ Choice Award, and the EPIC Award. She’s published seventeen novels as well as several short stories and novellas. This interview takes us behind the story of her new Dreamwalker Mystery, Confound It.All life … [Read more...] about Behind the story of Confound It by Maggie Toussaint

Behind the story of Poison by Punctuation

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Kelley Kaye is the author of Poison by Punctuation, which is part of the Chalkboard Outlines cozy mystery series. She's taught high school English and Drama since 1992. Her love of storytelling began in high school, when she created captions in her high school yearbook.And, just as Kelley wrote those captions for her real-life classmates, Kelley now finds her characters to … [Read more...] about Behind the story of Poison by Punctuation