A Word With Mary Anna Evans

Oct 17, 2026 | A Word With The Author

Now it’s time to learn more about the authors we read. . .   What drew you to the genre you write? I like crime fiction because it deals with big, important issues. If somebody commits murder, and that’s almost always the crime at the heart of a mystery, the...

A Word With Suzy K Quinn

Oct 10, 2026 | A Word With The Author

Now it’s time to learn more about the authors we read. . .   What drew you to the genre you write? Bob and Shirley is my move into cozy crime. It’s inspired by a lifetime of English village life, pub lunches and an encyclopaedic knowledge of puddings. How...

A Word With Naomi Kuttner

Sep 19, 2026 | A Word With The Author

Now it’s time to learn more about the authors we read. . .   What drew you to the genre you write? I’ve always liked mysteries, from the Famous Five & Sherlock Holmes when I was a kid, to Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, and many more as an adult. Tell...

A Word With J.D. Webb

Sep 12, 2026 | A Word With The Author

Now it’s time to learn more about the authors we read. . .   What drew you to the genre you write? Mystery and suspense novels. A big fan of Rex Stout, Mickey Spilane, Mary Higgens Clark, Alister MacLaine, John D. MacDonald and many others. Tell us how you got...

A Word With L.B. Phillips

Sep 5, 2026 | A Word With The Author

Now it’s time to learn more about the authors we read. . .   What drew you to the genre you write? Florida did. I’m a Gulf Coast kid at heart — and even now, writing from the Tennessee mountains, it’s still the place that owns my imagination: funny...

A Word With Tracy O’Shields

Aug 29, 2026 | A Word With The Author

Now it’s time to learn more about the authors we read. . .   What drew you to the genre you write? I’ve always loved mysteries. When my sister and I were little, she would dress up like Sherlock Holmes—the Basil Rathbone version—and we’d make up...