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Nancy Martin
A lifelong
Pennsylvania
resident, Nancy
grew up in
western
Pennsylvania and
currently lives
in Pittsburgh.
She graduated
from Westminster
College and
taught English
in Williamsport,
PA before
turning to
writing just
after the birth
of her first
child. She
conducts writing
workshops in the
US and Canada.Now that Martin
and her husband
are empty
nesters, she can
indulge in her
true
passion—making
up ways to do
away with
unsavory
characters.
"Murder
mysteries have a
very clear sense
of right and
wrong. The bad
guys always get
punished. The
good guys come
out on top. The
books are little
morality plays.
But I tend to
write funny, so
my work is
slightly
offbeat. I like
a light, breezy
story with
entertaining
characters. I
don’t write
noir. I write
nutty. My
reviewers say
they laugh out
loud, which is
high praise
indeed."
The Detectives
The Blackbird
Sisters: Emma, a
tough, sexy
equestrian;
Libby, a fertile
earth mother;
and Nora, a
former
debutante, now
Junior Leaguer.
All are filthy
rich (or were
when they were
kids) and all
are (or were)
widows.
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Meredith Blevins
Meredith Blevins
is a
fifth-generation
Californian. She
grew up in Los
Angeles, and
spent her adult
life in Northern
California. Her
fantasy was to
write for The
National
Enquirer and run
away with the
Gypsies.
Instead, she
attended college
in California,
worked as a
teacher, a music
therapist, wrote
textbook
articles, and,
following a
circuitous path,
became a
financial
columnist. She
was an active
member of the
American Assn.
of Business
Journalists.With a push from
her family and
husband, writer
Win Blevins, she
made the switch
from non-fiction
to fiction. Her
first novel, The
Hummingbird
Wizard, garnered
praise from the
likes of Tony
Hillerman,
Jonathan
Kellerman, Clive
Cussler, Loren
Estelmen, and
Tim Sandlin.
The Detectives
Annie Szabo, a
writer, mother
and widow, and
her
mother-in-law
Madam Mina,
fortune-teller
and head of
Annie's late
husband's family
(a loosely knit
but loyal gypsy
clan) live in
California.
Annie is funny,
strong and above
all, she will do
anything to take
care of those
she loves.
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Jill Churchill
Jill Churchill,
winner of the
Agatha and
Macavity Mystery
Readers Awards,
and nominated
for an Anthony
for her
best-selling
Jane Jeffry
series, lives as
Jane does, in a
midwestern
suburb. On
purpose! She
says writing
this series and
the Grace and
Favor series is
the best treat
she can have
without a knife
and fork.Under her real
name, Janice
Young Brooks,
and various
pseudonyms,
she's written
historical
novels, a gothic
novel, and a
history textbook
as well as many
articles for
newspapers and
magazines. When
she's not
writing, she's
avidly doing
genealogy which
she says is a
lot like
mysteries with
all the red
herrings, clues,
speculations,
and surprises.
She gardens
enthusiastically,
needlepoints
superbly, and
plays a mean
game of gin
against the
computer. She
has a son and
daughter and two
granddaughters,
Rose Louise and
Emma. Janice is
currently in a
battle of
supremacy with
her cat Max.
The Detectives
Sister and
Brother duo Lily
and Robert
Brewster may not
have a penny to
their names, but
at least they
are in good
company. Times
are bad for the
whole country in
1933.
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