{"id":3867,"date":"2010-03-25T05:31:51","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T11:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=3867"},"modified":"2010-03-25T05:31:51","modified_gmt":"2010-03-25T11:31:51","slug":"the-teaberry-strangler-laura-childs-new-york-times-bestseller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/the-teaberry-strangler-laura-childs-new-york-times-bestseller\/","title":{"rendered":"The Teaberry Strangler – Laura Childs' New York Times Bestseller…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just got an e-mail from Laura Childs with this very good news for all Cozy Mystery lovers. I sure hope that this is yet another sign that the Cozy Mystery Genre is getting the respect and recognition it deserves!<\/p>\n

“PRESS RELEASE:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 March 22, 2010<\/p>\n

Author Laura Childs hits
\nNew York Times Bestseller List with
\ncozy mystery, The Teaberry Strangler!
\n<\/strong>
\nWith hard-boiled thrillers continually dominating the New York Times Bestseller List, how did Laura Childs manage to squeak on?<\/p>\n

\u201cI prayed, I promoted, I burned incense and chanted,\u201d said Childs.\u00a0 \u201cI gave up chocolate for Lent and did everything but offer up my first born.\u201d<\/p>\n

And why exactly is she so ecstatic?<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause, according to my editor at Berkley Prime Crime, cozies generally do not make it to the New York Times Bestseller List,\u201d says Childs.\u00a0 \u201cThat list tends to be reserved for the \u2018big dogs,\u2019 like Dan Brown, Stephen King, James Patterson, and Danielle Steel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Actually, all those authors are on the list right now.\u00a0 Right there along with Laura Childs.\u00a0 And Childs, a former \u201cad guy\u201d and CEO of Mission Critical Marketing, must be doing something right, because this is her third cozy mystery in the past year to make it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just try to write \u2018em fast and good,\u201d says Childs.\u00a0 \u201cI try to create believable characters and fun dialogue, keep up a breakneck pace, and give my readers that proverbial dead body in the first chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n

How\u2019s she going to celebrate her good fortune?<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I\u2019m way behind on my next book, Scones & Bones, so I have to scribble out at least another 75 pages.\u00a0 But then I\u2019m going to have my husband take me out to a very elegant dinner.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Teaberry Strangler<\/a>, Berkley Prime Crime, $24.95, March 3, 2010 release,
\nISBN 978-0-425-23245-3<\/p>\n

Laura Childs is the New York Times Bestselling Author of the Tea Shop Mysteries, Scrapbooking Mysteries, and Cackleberry Club Mysteries.”<\/p>\n

Now, I ask you, isn’t that great!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just got an e-mail from Laura Childs with this very good news for all Cozy Mystery lovers. I sure hope that this is yet another sign that the Cozy Mystery Genre is getting the respect and recognition it deserves! “PRESS RELEASE:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 March 22, 2010 Author Laura Childs hits New York Times Bestseller List with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3867","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-authors","7":"category-books","8":"entry","9":"override"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pI0sr-10n","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3867\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}