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And We Have a Margaret Grace/Camille Minichino Winner!

Congratulations, Connie K.!

Thank you so much, Ms. Minichino!

How neat is this?!? I just received this letter from Camille Minichino (aka Margaret Grace.) For those of you who are new to the site, she had a very generous contest which is described on this entry.

“Thanks to all the friends of Danna who participated in the drawing for a miniature reading/crime scene.

An independent panel (!) chose CONNIE K. (full name withheld in case she doesn’t want to be identified!) Please send your address, Connie, and also let me know your favorite authors so I can include them in the scene.

You’re all eligible for a small prize of promotional pens and rulers. If you’re interested, just send your address and I’ll send along.

Thank you all very much for your interest. There will be another drawing after the 4th book, “Mourning in Miniature” is released in October.

Best,
Camille/Margaret Grace”

www.minichino.com

www.killerhobbies.blogspot.com

Katherine Hall Page Contest!!!

Agatha Award winner Katherine Hall Page just contacted me and told me about a contest she will be having. The prize is a signed advanced copy of her new book, The Body in the Sleigh, which is due out in October.

To enter, click here: www.katherine-hall-page.org

The Body in the Sleigh is the 18th in the Faith Fairchild Mystery Series, and for those of you who love seasonal/holiday mysteries… add this one to your Christmas list! (I know I will!)

I won’t give away all of the book’s “happenings,” but I will tell you that Faith and her husband (the Reverend Thomas Fairchild) will be enjoying an unusual holiday season. The Reverend is home while recovering from a recent surgery, which means there will be more time to spend together as a family. Unfortunately Faith finds an atypical sleigh passenger in an antique sleigh…

PS>>> Did you know that Katherine Hall Page is the first person to win three categories of the Malice Domestic Agatha Awards?

Yep!

Katherine Hall Page won the Agatha Best Novel in 2005 for The Body in the Snowdrift and was nominated in 2002 for The Body in the Bonfire. In 1990 she won the Agatha Best First Novel for The Body in the Belfry. And, in 2001 she won the Agatha Best Short Story in 2001 for The Would-be-Widower and was nominated for The Two Marys in 2004.

That’s a whole lot of Cozy Mystery reading!

Win a (Free) Miniature Reading/Crime Scene!

I wrote about a new author (to me!) who I am now reading: Camille Minichino (who also writes under the pseudonym Margaret Grace) and was very surprised to get a “comment” reply offering a miniature reading/crime scene drawing for us to enter. For those of you who are already Minichino’s fans, you probably know that she makes miniatures as a hobby. So, not only is she a physicists with her Ph.D. from Fordham University, and a Cozy Mystery author, but she also is a miniaturist.

When you visit Minichino’s site, be sure you click on the “gallery” link at the bottom. You will be very impressed by her library of miniatures… I certainly am! They are truly wonderful, tiny/little scenes.

I just want to be sure that you all don’t miss out on this very generous offer… And, since I am never sure if people read all of the comments posted (I certainly do!), here is a portion of her comment:

“If it’s not too intrusive here, I’d like to offer a couple of presents to readers of this blog: a miniature reading/crime scene. Just use DANNA’S LIST as the subject if you’re interested, and send to camille@minichino.com by June 3. I’ll draw a name soon after. (If Danna is among the entries, I’ll send one to her separately!) I promise there will be NO other follow-up except notice of the next book if you choose.

For samples of scenes I’ve donated to auctions and shipped to other drawing winners, you can visit the gallery at dollhousemysteries.com. (This link no longer works.)

It’s always a great honor to hear from readers. Thanks for the chance to meet you this way.

Best, Camille/Margaret”

As a Cozy Mystery reader, I think that a miniature reading/crime scene would be a great addition to my home!  Good luck!

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