A Word With Jane Kelly

Why do you write the genre that you write?Crime fiction was the genre that I liked to read – any sub-genre but I especially enjoyed traditional mysteries. What’s the quirkiest quirk one of your characters has?So many of them have quirky personalities that is...

A Word With Karen Cantwell

Why do you write the genre that you write?As a reader, I was always drawn to mysteries from an early age. The Bobbsey Twins, The Happy Hollanders, Harriet the Spy. As an adult and a writer, I was drawn toward writing mysteries because I enjoyed the challenge of...

A Word With Amy Patricia Meade

Why do you write the genre that you write?I’ve always gravitated toward mysteries. From the time I first started to read, I’d reach for the darker, more mysterious stories on the library shelf. When I’d exhausted those, my mother introduced me to the works of Christie...

A Word With Marni Graff

Why do you write the genre that you write?I write mysteries as those are the books I like to read the most. I enjoy a story that has resolution at the end, where the questions are answered and the story makes sense. I’m a Libra so that sense of justice and...

A Word With Jackie Layton

Why do you write the genre that you write?I write cozy mysteries because I enjoy solving problems. My amateur sleuths solve murder mysteries. They tackle murders without any formal training. They use their wits and they question friends and foes. Another reason I...

A Word With Jess Lourey

Why do you write the genre that you write? While I write across genres, I always come back to crime fiction because I love how very readable it is. It delivers important truths about justice, inequality, humanity, and it does it all with a tight plot. What’s the...