Happy Cozy Mystery Day! Also known as Agatha Christie’s birthday. Why has the cozy mystery community adopted Agatha Christie’s birthday for this celebration? I’m not sure. She was undoubtably the …
Using Historical Figures in Fiction
Had a wonderful time doing bookstore events this week with C.M. Gleason and L.A. Chandlar, both in Ann Arbor and Detroit. One reason I was excited to chat with them …
Book News & Heiress Anna Gould
Just when I was doing so well with my blogging, I missed a post. My only excuse is I was working on the first draft of book 4, and when …
Interview with Daniela Petrova
Daniela Petrova is a debut author whose book, Her Daughter’s Mother, released last month. I had the pleasure of interviewing Daniela for the blog, but first, here’s a bit about …
Release Day!
June 25th was release day for A Lady’s Guide to Gossip and Murder, the second book in the Countess of Harleigh series. We celebrated with a release party at Schuler …
American Heiress Helena Zimmerman
The first heiress I profiled, Consuelo, Duchess of Manchester, had a son who unfortunately followed in his father’s feckless footsteps. William Angus Drogo Montagu, the Ninth Duke of Manchester …
A Look Back And A Look Forward
It’s June 1st and in just a little over three weeks A Lady’s Guide to Gossip and Murder, the second book in the Countess of Harleigh Mystery series will be …
Another Giveaway!
Between my birthday and other events, I don’t have a new post for this week, so I’m doing a giveaway instead! Please go to my author Facebook page to enter: …
American heiress, Consuelo Yznaga
Frances Wynn and the Countess of Harleigh mysteries were inspired in part by the real American heiresses who, between the mid-1870s and around 1910, contracted over 400 transatlantic marriages with …
A great time at Left Coast Crime
Just back from the Left Coast Crime conference in Vancouver. What a wonderful city and a great conference! I’ve attended lots of writers’ conferences in the past, but like Bouchercon …