A Day in My Life ~ Claire Anderson by Monique Bird

Hi, my name is Claire Anderson and nothing in my average life led me to believe I’d start the school year by solving a murder. My sister always said I’m like a dog with a bone, once I find a puzzle. And I hate to admit that while following my student’s clues, I felt...

A Day in My Life ~ Siobhan O’Brien by Sung J. Woo

Siobhan O’Brien here. With a name like mine, you may envision a freckle-faced Irish lass at your doorstep. I don’t blame you one bit – I’d be the first to admit that I’d think the same way. But I have jet-black hair (with a few strands of gray – thank you,...

A Day in My Life ~ Blue Bishop by Heather Webber

The warm May day I found a newborn baby girl in the woods near the Buttonwood Tree, a mystical tree that offers advice printed on wafer-thin wooden buttons, had started like any other day in my life—with a hike in the woods, blown there by the hands of an insistent...

A Day in My Life ~ Sydney Riley by Jeannette de Beauvoir

It’s one of those perfect days that you’d been thinking all spring would never arrive. Spring on Cape Cod is a tease: it comes in fits and starts, with brilliant sun on some days in early March. . . but you’re well advised to not put your winter coat away for good...

A Day in My Life ~ Natalie Payne by Lynn Morrison

Hiya, my name is Natalie Payne, but my friends call me Nat. I’m the Head of Ceremonies at the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. My title sounds really fancy, but I’m basically an event planner. I organise lavish galas, formal dinners and important celebrations...