Sometimes the best way to know a person is by asking questions, where you can learn more about what makes them tick. Let’s see what Lily has to say.

What is your name?
– –  Lily Ivory

How old are you?
– –  Early thirty-something

What is your profession?
– –  Vintage clothes shopkeeper

Do you have a significant other?
– –  Yes, a fiancé!

What is his name?
– –  Sailor (no last name)

What is his profession?
– –  Professional psychic

Any children?
– –  No children

Cats, dogs or other pets?
– –  Um. . .that’s a tough one. I don’t think so, but. . .
One “pet”, a cross between a gargoyle and a goblin, who appears like a miniature potbellied pig named Oscar

What town do you live in?
– –  San Francisco

Do you rent or own?
– –  Rent

House or building complex?
– –  Old Victorian building with the shop downstairs, apartment upstairs

What is your favorite spot in your house?
– –  Kitchen (terrace where I grow my herbs a close second)

Who is your best friend?
– –  Bronwyn

Amateur sleuth or professional?
– –  Amateur

Whom do you work with when sleuthing?
– –  Sometimes Sailor, or Bronwyn and her coven, or, lately, Sailor’s cousin Patience

Favorite meal?
– –  Gumbo

Favorite dessert?
– –  Anything chocolate

Favorite hobby?
– –  Mixing botanicals and carving talismans; shopping at garage sales

Favorite vacation spot?
– –  I’ve never taken a vacation! But thinking about Paris for my honeymoon…

Favorite color?
– –  Red

Favorite author?
– –  Elizabeth Peters

Favorite sports team?
– –  San Francisco Giants

Movies or Broadway?
– –  Movies!

Are you a morning or a night person?
– –  A night owl

In two to three sentences, what is a typical day in your life like?
– –  I open up my Haight Street vintage clothing shop, Aunt Cora’s Closet, after casting a protective spell over the store. On a normal day, my friends Bronwyn and Maya come in to work, and we often share takeout for lunch or dinner. Sometimes I’ll slip out to meander through an estate sale, or to try to track down a murderer, or to figure out some magical mayhem threatening my adopted city, San Francisco. I love to cook, so I spend most evenings at home with my boyfriend — now fiancé — and my gobgoyle/pig, Oscar.

You can read about Lily in A Magical Match, the ninth book in the “Witchcraft” mystery series. The first book in the series is Secondhand Spirits.

Witch and vintage store owner Lily Ivory faces her most difficult mystery to date with a case of mistaken identity that hits close to home. . .

Lily Ivory and her friends are planning a 1950s-themed brunch to benefit the local women’s shelter. When a figure from her past shows up unannounced, threatening her unless she returns something that belonged to him, Lily’s fiancé, Sailor, steps in to defend her. After the same man is found dead later that day, Sailor is the primary suspect. He swears he’s innocent, but multiple witnesses ID him as the perpetrator of the assault. Lily vows to clear his name…only she’s not sure where to start with the mounting evidence against him.

When she sees Sailor in the neighborhood despite knowing he’s in jail, Lily starts to wonder if there could be a doppelganger in San Francisco. When she’s not busy helping customers find matching outfits for the upcoming event, searching for a vintage wedding dress for her own nuptials, and dealing with an ill-timed magical cold, Lily begins to suspect one of her magical foes is targeting her loved ones in an attempt to weaken her.

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About the author
Juliet Blackwell is the New York Times bestselling author of the Witchcraft Mysteries and the Haunted Home Renovation Mystery series. She also writes standalone novels including The Paris Key, Letters from Paris, and the upcoming Lost Carousel of Provence. A California native, Juliet shares her happily haunted hundred-year-old house in the San Francisco Bay Area with a huge dog named Nugget.

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