A Word With Virginia K. Bennett

Now it’s time to learn more about the authors we read. . .   What drew you to the genre you write? Cozy Mystery What’s the quirkiest quirk one of your characters has? Katie Thorne chose to live in her ice cream truck with her cat, Jaspurr, and travel around New...

A Word With Cynthia Rice

Now it’s time to learn more about the authors we read. . .   What drew you to the genre you write? I was drawn to crime fiction because I enjoy solving puzzles. The genre also covers so many facets of human motivation and behavior, which I find fascinating....

A Word With Michelle Bennington

Now it’s time to learn more about the authors we read. . .   What drew you to the genre you write? I love reading mysteries, true crime, forensics, and police procedurals–and watching them on TV too. I guess it started around age 13 or so when I first read...

A Word With Michelle Chouinard

Now it’s time to learn more about the authors we read. . .   What drew you to the genre you write? I fell in love with mysteries when I was a little girl, reading Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie, and there are two reasons I love mysteries. One is the sense of...

A Word With Kat Bellemore

Now it’s time to learn more about the authors we read. . .   What drew you to the genre you write? I grew up loving murder mystery tv shows and movies. Psych, Monk, and Murder She Wrote are some of my favorites. When I first started writing, I actually chose...

A Word With Kathleen Marple Kalb/Nikki Knight

Now it’s time to learn more about the authors we read. . . What drew you to the genre you write? I started “borrowing” my Grandpa’s Agatha Christie’s when I was about eight. Honestly, the first mystery I picked up was a collection with “Miss Marple” in the title…and...