Brandi Bradley

Brandi Bradley is an Atlanta- based writer who loves to tell a good story.

Cowboys, flea markets, petty crime, secret lovers, and any story that might be swapped over a couple of beers or the one-more-but-then-I-must-leave glass of wine.

Her debut novel Mothers of the Missing Mermaid released on April 1, 2023 and is a family drama about a young woman who learns she had been kidnapped when she was a toddler and whisked away to be raised on the Emerald Coast.

Her forthcoming novel, Pretty Girls Get Away with Murder, is set to release on March 14, 2025.

She also writes non-fiction essays about her flea market and rodeo days as well as short crime fiction. Her latest short work "Local Monsters" released in December of 2023.

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