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Author Interviews… Susan Wittig Albert

I have just added my interview with Susan Wittig Albert as my second Cozy Mystery Author Interview. Boy! This is fun!

As you all know, Susan Wittig Albert is the author of the very popular China Bayles Herbal Mystery Series (which happens to take place almost in my back yard — somewhere between San Antonio and Austin, Texas) and the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter Mystery Series.  Also, she and Bill Albert (her husband) wrote the  Kate Ardleigh Sheridan & Sir Charles Sheridan Victorian Mystery Series using the pseudonym Robin Paige. But most of you probably already knew that, too!

I am delighted to add the Susan Wittig Albert Interview to the Cozy Mystery Site. Who knows who will be next!

Mystery Books that Take Place in Washington, DC

Here are some Fun Washington, DC Facts:

The District of Columbia (Washington, DC) got its name from both George Washington and Christopher Columbus.
Official Flower: American Beauty Rose
Official Bird: Wood Thrush
Official Tree: Scarlet Oak (not Cherry Blossom!)
Official Motto: Justice for All (Justia Omnibus)

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

Donna Andrews: Turing Hopper Mystery Series

David Baldacci: Maxwell & King Series AND Camel Club Series

Ellen Byerrum: Crime of Fashion Mystery Series

Krista Davis: Pen & Ink Mystery Series

Gale Deitch: Trudie Fine Mystery Series

R.B. Dominic (aka Emma Lathen): Ben Safford Mystery Series

Laura Durham: Annabelle Archer Mystery Series

Julie Hyzy: White House Chef Mystery Series

Julie Moffett: Lexi Carmichael Mystery Series

James Patterson: Alex Cross Mystery Series

Richard North Patterson: Christopher Paget Series AND Kerry Kilcannon Series

Phyllis Richman: Chas Wheatley Mystery Series

Elliott Roosevelt: Eleanor Roosevelt Mystery Series AND  Blackjack Endicott Series

Maggie Sefton: Molly Malone Mystery Series

Maggie Sefton: the Widow and the Rogue Mystery Series

Dorothy St. James: White House Gardener Mystery Series

Margaret Truman: Smith & Reed Mystery Series AND Capital Crimes Mystery Series

Denise Tucker: Madame President 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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Heartsong Presents Mysteries…

I have had several people tell me (and ask me) about the Heartsong Presents Mysteries (by Christian authors), so I thought I would add a page for them.  I had a difficult time figuring the Heartsong Presents Mysteries’ authors, since I never quite got the hang of the website. Luckily, I finally found the information for which I was looking. (If I have made any mistakes, please contact me to let me know!)

I wasn’t quite sure where to post the Heartsong Presents Mysteries, though. And then it dawned on me>>> Rather than try to make an individual page for each of the authors, why not list the Heartsong Presents Mysteries on the “H” page?

In short, that is what I did.

When you see the individual page for the Heartsong Presents Mysteries, you will be able to note how many authors write under this series’ name. Each author seems to be separate from the other authors… Each author has her/his own series of books, and the individual authors’ omnibus collections feature a state.  (For example, Alibis in Arkansas, Nosy in Nebraska,  Cosy in Kansas, etc.)

Castle: New Show on Monday Nights, ABC

I just watched a new show called “Castle” and enjoyed it so much that I took a look at my Replay machine to see if they will be re-airing the pilot. The good news is that they are, on Saturday at 9:00 PM (our local Texas time).  So if you are at all interested, you can check it out!

ABC is the network that is carrying this very clever mystery show, and I sure hope there are enough people who tune it so that it remains on the air. I know that it is difficult to start up a show in the middle of the season… By then, people already know their weekly television viewing schedules.  This Monday night show is well-worth “shaking it up” and changing your Tivo/Replay/HD Box/VCR programming.

Anyway… If you have seen my TV & Movie entries, then you should know that I am a big Firefly fan. Castle stars Nathan Fillion (Firefly’s captain) as the main character of the show… a mystery book author who hangs out with “real life” big-name mystery authors over poker. Yes, for those of you who watched the show on Monday, those two men discussing killing off their main characters (Scully and Alex) in their mysteries are Stephen J. Cannell and James Patterson. (I could not get a good view of the woman at the poker table, and I hope that I’m not stepping on anyone’s toes by saying that I don’t know if she is a mystery author or not.)

Stana Katic stars as the police detective who is the basis of the main character of Castle’s new mystery series, which of course means that he has to shadow her for an undetermined amount of time. And, for all of you Falcon Crest fans, Susan Sullivan plays Castle’s mother… a wonderful character who I hope we get to see a lot more!

If you missed Monday’s pilot… you might want to check out Saturday night’s rerun so that you can start enjoying what I hope is a very long-running mystery show!

PS>>> My husband just asked me why he didn’t get to watch Castle… So, I will be taping the rerun this Saturday night!

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