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Cozy Mysteries with Authors as Sleuths, Pt. 1 (of 3): A – D

Obviously, all Cozy Mysteries are written by Authors. With that in mind, it’s easy to guess why so many Cozy Mystery Series have authors as their sleuths. Here is the first part of a three-part list of authors (with last names beginning with A – D) who can be found on the Cozy Mystery Site and who write series which feature authors as their protagonists:

Susan Wittig Albert: Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter Mystery Series features the early 1900s British artist/author Beatrix Potter…

Donald Bain (& “Jessica Fletcher”): Murder She Wrote Mystery Series is about Maine’s Jessica Fletcher who makes it a habit of running into murders…

Jo Bannister: Clio Rees Mystery Series has a mystery author/doctor…

Stephanie Barron (aka Francine Mathews): Jane Austen Mystery Series has the famous author Jane Austen as its sleuth…

Cynthia Baxter: Murder Packs a Suitcase Mystery Series features a travel writer…

Michael Bond: Monsieur Pamplemousse Mystery Series has a restaurant inspector/gourmet in Paris…

Julia Buckley: Writer’s Apprentice Mystery Series which stars an aspiring mystery author…

Carole Buggé: Claire Rawlings Mystery Series has an editor as its sleuth…

V.M. Burns: Samantha Washington Bookshop Mystery Series– Samantha is an aspiring Cozy Mystery author who owns a book store on the shores of Lake Michigan.

Dorothy Cannell: Ellie Haskell Mystery Series features an interior decorator, chef, author, and detective agency owners…

John Dickson Carr: Gideon Fell Mystery Series has a British historian…

Anna Clarke: Paula Glenning & James Goff Mystery Series has British writers…

Jeffrey Cohen: Aaron Tucker Mystery Series features a screenwriter…

Susan Conant: Dog Lover’s Mystery Series features a dog magazine writer…

Natasha Cooper: Willow King Mystery Series has a romance novelist sleuth…

Susan Rogers Cooper: E.J. Pugh Mystery Series features a romance novelist in Texas…

Lori Copeland: Morning shade Mystery Series features an Arkansas budding author, her mother-in-law, and her daughter…

Alisa Craig (aka Charlotte MacLeod): Dittany & Osbert Monk Mystery Series features a writer in Ontario…

Elizabeth Daly: Henry Gamadge Mystery Series features a rare book expert and author…

Peggy Darty: Cozy Mystery Series features a Cozy Mystery author…

Elizabeth Dearl: Taylor Madison Mystery Series has an author who lives in Texas …

Kaitlyn Dunnett (aka Kathy Lynn Emerson): Deadly Edits Mystery Series features an editor who lives in the Catskills…

If I have missed any other Cozy Mystery Site Authors whose last names begin with A – D, and who have author-sleuths, please post a comment so that I can add the omission…

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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

Beware! Another Rant…

Last week, as I sat “patiently” awaiting my specialist doctor, I took out my pad and wrote this entry. Writing this blog saved me having to find another specialist doctor to consult… I didn’t fancy the idea of having to find a psychologist/counselor, so I wrote this entry instead!

I am sitting in one of my “specialty doctors” waiting room right now…. wondering. Hmmm… “Wondering”?!? No, I’m not wondering about my health – which would be a logical thing to be wondering while sitting in a doctor’s waiting room. Nope! I’m wondering what makes him so important that he can schedule three patients to be seen at the very same time!?! Hmmm….

I’m wondering why this doctor has a sign-up sheet that says patients will be charged and rescheduled for an appointment if they arrive fifteen minutes late for their scheduled appointment. I’m wondering why he doesn’t have an area on the sign-up sheet that specifies the time your appointment is for — as if you can’t (or won’t) ask the other waiting patients what time their appointments are scheduled.

I guess that the fact that the doctor went to all of those years of medical school, residency, internship, specialty training, etc., is the reason. But, I just don’t get the logic behind that reason.

It seems to me that when patients and insurance companies are paying so much for the given services, the doctor is the service provider who should be on his “best behavior.” When did service providers become oblivious to simple courtesy? Gone are the years when a doctor who kept you waiting actually apologized upon entering the room. Now, not only do you wait in the waiting room, but you also wait in the little cubicle exam room… and then the doctor comes in and rushes through your appointment time because he feels like he is running late. He is! But, the remedy to always feeling like you’re running late is: don’t schedule three patients for the same fifteen minute block!!!

When I complain about such small irritations to my husband (since I don’t have the nerve to complain to the doctor) his response is always the same: “Why are you in such a hurry?” followed by “You would never make it in the work force today.” My response is always the same: “Thanks for listening. If I can’t complain to you, then who?”

Boy do I feel better after writing this off-Cozy Mystery subject entry! It saves me from hearing my husband’s “same old-same old” response!

Mystery Books that Take Place in Massachusetts:

Here are some Fun Massachusetts Facts:

State Motto: “By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty.”
Massachusetts’ name means “at or about the great hill.”
State Flower is the Mayflower.
Capital is Boston.
State Bird is the Chickadee.
Harvard was the first North American college, founded in 1636. Every December 16, there is a reenactment of the Boston Tea Party at the Boston harbor.

Authors who are found on the Cozy Mystery Site and who feature Massachusetts locations in their books:

Annie’s Quilted Mystery Series 

Judith Arnold: Lainie Lovett Still Kicking Mystery Series

Linda Barnes: Carlotta Carlyle Mystery Series AND Michael Spraggue Mystery Series

Nero Blanc (aka Cordelia Frances Biddle & Steve Zettler): Crossword Mystery Series

Anne Canadeo: Black Sheep Knitting Mystery Series

Susan Conant: Dog Lover’s Mystery Series, Cat Lover’s Mystery Series, & Gourmet Girls Series (with her daughter Jessica Conant-Park)

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): Orchard Mystery Series

Sharon Love Cook: Rose McNichols Mystery Series

Philip R. Craig: Martha’s Vineyard Mystery Series

Dicey Deere: Torrey Tunet Mystery Series (Boston native in Ireland)

Joanne Dobson: Karen Pelletier Mystery Series

Patricia Driscoll: Grace Oliver Mystery Series (Cape Cod)

G.H. Ephron (aka Hallie Ephron & Donald A. Davidoff): Peter Zak Mystery Series

Janet Evanovich: Unmentionables / Diesel Mystery Series

Cynthia Gallant-Simpson:  Deadly Mystery Series AND Nantucket Mystery Series

Sally Goldenbaum: Seaside Knitters Mystery Series

Sally Gunning: Peter Bartholomew Mystery Series

Barbara Hamilton: Abigail Adams Mystery Series

Sherry Harris: Sarah Winston Garage Mystery Series

Julianne Holmes: Clock Shop Mystery Series

Toni L.P. Kelner: Where Are They Now? Mystery Series

Harry Kemelman: Rabbi Small Mystery Series

Kathryn Lasky Knight: Calista Jacobs Mystery Series

Mary Kruger: Knitting Mystery Series

Jane Langton: Homer Kelly Mystery Series

Anna Maclean (aka Jeanne MacKin): Lousia May Alcott Mystery Series

Charlotte MacLeod (aka Alisa Craig): Sarah Kelling & Max Bittersohn Mystery Series AND Peter Shandy & Helen Shandy Mystery Series

Ada Madison (aka Camille Minichino & Margaret Grace): Sophie Knowles Mystery Series

Francine Mathews (aka Stephanie Barron):  Nantucket Mystery Series

Edith Maxwell (aka Maddie Day & Tace Baker): Local Foods Mystery Series

Edith Maxwell (aka Maddie Day & Tace Baker): Carriagetown Mystery Series

Edith Maxwell (aka Maddie Day & Tace Baker): Quaker Midwife Mystery Series

Margaret Miles: Bracebridge Mystery Series

Camille Minichino (aka Margaret Grace): Periodic Table Mystery Series

Katherine Hall Page: Faith Fairchild Mystery Series

Robert B. Parker: Jesse Stone Mystery Series, Spenser (for Hire) Mystery Series, AND Sunny Randall Mystery Series

Cynthia Peale: Beacon Hill Mystery Series

Carol J. Perry: Witch City Mystery Series

Nancy Pickard: Jenny Cain Mystery Series

Suzanne Price: Grime Solvers Mystery Series

Cynthia Riggs: Martha’s Vineyard Mystery Series

Hank Phillippi Ryan: Charlotte McNally Mystery Series

Hank Phillippi Ryan: Jane Ryland & Jake Brogan Mystery Series

P.B. Ryan: Gilded Age Mystery Series

Secrets of Mary’s Bookshop – a Guidepost mystery series

Clea Simon: Theda Krakow Mystery Series

Winona Sullivan: Sister Cecile Mystery Series

Sarah Stewart Taylor: Sweeney St. George Series

Heather Webber: Lucy Valentine Mystery Series

Eugenia Lovett West: Emma Streat Mystery Series

Leslie Wheeler: Living History Mystery Series

Lauren Willig: Pink Carnation Mystery Series

Please feel free to contact me if you see an author from the Cozy Mystery Site who belongs on this list, or if you have any comments.

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