The previous blog post was about Sara Paretsky, a guiding light for female mystery writers. I love to hear stories about how people began their creative journeys, and hers has a particular resonance with me. Sara attended a writing course in 1979 at Northwestern University taught by Stuart Kaminsky (above), a prolific mystery writer. The…
That’s me, a Sister in Crime. Fortunately, it’s a lot less lethal than it sounds. Sisters in Crime (SINC) is an international organization, now with more than 4,500 members and chapters throughout the US, including two in Florida. I’m fortunate to have one near my home. Its purpose is to encourage mystery, crime, and thriller…
So far, this website has been concerned with items related to my first novel, India Interlude. But I also have been working on my second one, a mystery, tentatively titled Pursuing Paintings: An Oxford Art Theft Mystery. In this one we revisit two of the characters from the earlier book, about fifty years later, as…