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Indiana's mystery writers
Our annual Holiday Parties feature members of Indiana's mystery/suspense writing community. Our 2008 event will be on Saturday, November 22, 3:00 - 5:00 pm. Click here for more information on our 2008 guests.
Garthia Anderson, author of Spellbound in Seattle which was published in 2003. Moni reports that it's "an unusual mystery involving the search for the source of a magical bloodstain on Petra Field's living room rug. In order to remove the stain, Petra, the very untalented daughter of two talented wizards, is forced to deal with a wizard named Vorador. Sparks fly as their journey takes them into alternative worlds." Author's website: www.garthiaanderson.com
Thomas D. Cochrun, news director at WISH-TV, is the author of two suspense novels in the Tim Calvin series, The Sanibel Arcanum (1994) and The Sanibel Cayman Disc (1999). In the latter, Calvin is jarred out of his mid-life pondering on Sanibel Island by a series of threatening intrigues. A retired KGB agent who is brokering bio-weapons threatens Calvin's family and his beloved Sanibel.
Beth Crawford is the author and publisher of three novels, SILENT STORM, SILENT RAGE and SILENT SHADOWS. In SHADOWS, a Chicago homicide detective comes to Brownsburg, Indiana, where the strangled body of a woman is found in a shopping center parking lot. Beth speaks frequently about the publishing business, and especially about her own home-grown approach to publishing.
Jeanne M. Dams writes two series, one a historical series set in South Bend at the turn of the century and featuring Hilda Johansson, a young Swedish woman working in the home of the Studebaker family. Jeanne's other series is about Dorothy Martin, a retired teacher and Indiana native who's now living in England. Jeanne's 2004 novel is WINTER OF DISCONTENT. It's the ninth in the beloved Dorothy Martin series. Author's website: www.jeannedams.com
Greg Ellis asks "what if the pathologists or detectives are the perpetrators of the homicide they are investigating? Pathology resident Dr. Madison Gray confronts this question when she rotates onto the MedExaminers Service." DEAD OF JUNE, a first novel, is published by 1st Books Library; visit www.1stbooks.com and do a search at this site for more information about Ellis and this book.
Terence Faherty's latest books are The Confessions of Owen Keane (2005), a collection of stories featuring the failed seminarian, and In a Teapot (2005), a short novel featuring Hollywood private eye Scott Elliott. The latter was nominee for the Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Award for Best Novel of 2005. Author's website: terencefaherty.com
Sara Hoskinson Frommer's Death Climbs a Tree (2005) is the sixth novel in her Indiana-based series about symphony orchestra manager Joan Spencer. In this novel, one of Joan's best violinists announces that she can't play the orchestra's children's concert because she has to sit in a tree to protest environmentally unfriendly construction. Author's website: www.sff.net/people/SaraHoskinsonFrommer
Roberta Gellis' career spans five decades and several genres -- romance, mystery, science fiction/fantasy, all of which she does well. Her 2003 mystery is LUCREZIA BORGIA AND THE MOTHER OF POISONS, a historical novel about the notorious poisoner. She's also the author of three medieval mysteries beginning with A MORTAL BANE. Roberta Gellis is one of Jennie's all-time favorite authors, and she recommends the books for their rich (and accurate) historical settings and the ingenuity of the quick-witted characters. Author's website: www.robertagellis.com
Michael Koryta’s second novel, Sorrow's Anthem, was published in 2006. It continues his series featuring Cleveland private eyes Lincoln Perry and his partner/mentor Joe Pritchard, a follow-up to Koryta's 2004 first novel, Tonight I Said Goodbye, which won the St. Martin's Press/Private Eye Writers of American Best First Novel Contest. Author's website: michaelkoryta.com
William J. Palmer, a professor of English at Purdue University, is the author of three novels "based on newly-discovered secret journals of Wilkie Collins," most recently THE HOYDENS AND MR. DICKENS. The reference book Detecting Men notes that the author "shares his name with England's most notorious poisoner, Dr. William Palmer, hanged for his crimes in 1856. Author's website: www.sla.purdue.edu/academic/engl/HomePages/Palmer/palmer.html
D.R. Schanker's first novel, A CRIMINAL APPEAL, was a nominee for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel of 1998. The novel introduced Nora Lumsey, a young lawyer working as a clerk for an Indiana Court of Appeals judge. She's working on an opinion that convicts a deaf ten-year-old of killing a woman, but against her better judgement, she gets involved in the case. Schanker's second novel is NATURAL LAW, a "portrait of a community in which drugs, sex, basketball and murder accord social equality."
Jeff Stone’s 2006 novel, Snake, is the third in his Five Ancestors series of historical suspense novels set in 17th century China. The first and second in the series, Tiger and Monkey, were both published in paperback this year. The books are written for middle school readers, but readers of all ages are enjoying Jeff’s combination of kung fu, action and adventure. Author’s website: fiveancestors.com
Larry D. Sweazy's short story, "The Promotion," won the Spur Award, given by the Western Writers of America for best story of 2004. This story went on to be selected for the 2005 anthology The Adventure of the Missing Detective and 25 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories. Author's website: larrydsweazy.com
S.D. Tooley aka Lee Driver is the author of two series. As Tooley, she writes a series about Detective Sergeant Samantha Casey, who has "an advantage over other cops. The dead speak to her, tell her secrets about their life and death. But sometimes what she learns can get her killed." As Lee Driver, she writes series featuring private detective Chase Dagger, "who seems to inherit the most unusual cases." Author's website: www.sdtooley.com
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