A Word With Lois Winston

Why do you write the genre that you write?The world needs both more laughter and more happy endings these days. I may not have the power to mete out justice in real life, but I can do it in my fiction. The bad guys need to pay for their evil misdeeds; the good guys...

A Word With Carlene O’Connor

Why do you write the genre that you write?It was originally an offer from my publisher asking if I wanted to write a cozy murder mystery series for him set in England. I told him I did not know enough about England to set a murder mystery there but then I paused and...

A Word With Amanda Flower

Why do you write the genre that you write?I have loved mysteries since I was a child. It’s what I always read, and I never really considered another genre. What’s the quirkiest quirk one of your characters has?In the Amish Candy Shop Mysteries one of my characters is...

A Word With Vicki Delany

Why do you write the genre that you write?I write cozy mysteries now, and I write them because they are fun. They’re fun for me and fun (I hope) for my readers. I started my career writing psychological suspense and police procedurals, then I turned to the light side,...

A Word With Laura Childs

Why do you write the genre that you write?Ever since I was a kid I adored spooky mysteries. Told ghost stories around the campfire, snuck into the cemetery at night on a dare, scared my friends with a Ouija board. When the time came to start writing mysteries I was...

A Word With Kathi Daley

Why do you write the genre that you write?I write cozy mysteries, romance, paranormal mysteries, and thrillers. These also happen to be the genres I like to read so I suppose I just decided to write something I’d like to read. What’s the quirkiest quirk one of your...