In 2020, mystery readers around the globe celebrated the 100th anniversary of Agatha Christie’s first published work, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. In 1916, Christie’s sister and fellow author, Margaret Frary (Madge) Miller dared her to write a mystery. Inspired by the Belgian refugees of the Great War who had
Driving to Nashville last week, a friend asked me, “Why a mystery? Why choose to start your writing career with a cozy?” Simple. There’s something viscerally satisfying about a mystery novel. We encounter murder, intrigue and misdirection. As in life, we face problems that seem to have no answers. Unlike
Changing leaves fall from the trees as I’m getting packed up for the Stone Mountain Highland Games. Each year I make a pilgrimage to just outside Atlanta for a full weekend of kilts, bagpipes, haggis, and whisky. If you’ve never been, it’s certainly a bucket list item—more than 60,000 people
A published writer at 19, mystery author Margery Allingham dabbled in occult-themed pulp fiction and playwriting before finding her calling with murder. More than 25 novels and short story collections feature, to some degree, her gentleman detective Albert Campion and his ex-burglar valet Magersfontein Lugg. A mysterious rogue equally at
Every year September is a Goliath with the unstoppable force that is Dragon Con. The first weekend of the month I’ll be in Atlanta for this four days of fantasy and fandom with my booth at Arca Noctis. As before, the booth is on the 3rd floor of vendors, second
This Summer I enjoyed a few months off, just enough time to finish my next book in the Elle Cunningham Mackay series of murder mysteries. Reaction to Thou Shalt Not Kilt was so strong, I wanted to make sure the that the follow-up was worth the wait. In early September,
For the first time in several years (just pretending that the pandemic didn’t slow me down at all), I am taking a month off to write—just write. My August 2023 calendar sits empty. I’ve had the final draft of my next Elle Cunningham Mackay mystery, Off Scot Free, nearly done
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