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  His favorite books were the Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes stories. That a person could make his way in the world and vanquish his enemies with just his intelligence fascinated him.
  
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  MAD HONEY, her new novel co-authored with Jennifer Finney Boylan, is available in hardcover, ebook, and audio on October 4, 2022.
  
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  Nevada Barr

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  Craig Johnson

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  Craig Johnson an American novelist, short story writer, and playwright. . He lives in Ucross, near Sheridan, Wyoming, population 25.
  
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  Martin Walker

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  Robert Littell

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  C.J. Box

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  Mick Herron

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  Michael Pronko

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  Virgil Alexander

  I was born in my parents home in rural Gila County near Miami, Arizona. Grew up running wild in the hills with my siblings and friends. We hunted, camped, fished, rode our horses, and salvaged soda bottles, copper wire, and old batteries for cash.
  
  Summer afternoons in Arizona, even at our 4,000 feet altitude, are too hot to be out doors so for four to six hours every day I read at home under the evaporative cooler, or at the Miami Library or the Old Dominion Library in Globe. I developed a deep love of books,libraries, and eventually writing,that has provided adventure and joy my entire life.
  
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  Joe Ide

  Joe Ide is of Japanese American descent. He grew up in South Central Los Angeles, an economically depressed area with a largely black population. Gangs and street crime were rampant. Like a lot of kids, Joe wanted to belong and his speech, style, musical tastes and attitudes reflected the neighborhood.
  
  His favorite books were the Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes stories. That a person could make his way in the world and vanquish his enemies with just his intelligence fascinated him.
  
  Eventually, he went on to university and received a graduate degree in education. He worked as a school teacher, a college lecturer, a corporate middle manager and director of an NGO that offered paralegal services and emergency shelter to abused women and children. He

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  M.W. Craven

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  Eli Cranor

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  Anne Shillolo

  I love writing every day and the result so far is three mystery series, and counting. I’ve been retired from teaching for a couple of years, and am totally immersed in my new career as a mystery writer. I hope you enjoy the results!
  The Murder In Season trilogy features injured detective constable Claire Beckett.
  The longer Poodle Versus… series is a reader favorite. It features small-town action, zany characters, and a Nasty Small Poodle who will capture your heart.
  This year I plan to release several books following DC Holly Towns, starting with Goodbye Port Alma.
  The Free Prequels to all my series are available on my website, AnneShillolo.com.
  You can find me on Facebook as Anne Shillolo Writer.
  Happy reading!

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  Virgil Alexander

  I was born in my parents home in rural Gila County near Miami, Arizona. Grew up running wild in the hills with my siblings and friends. We hunted, camped, fished, rode our horses, and salvaged soda bottles, copper wire, and old batteries for cash.
  
  Summer afternoons in Arizona, even at our 4,000 feet altitude, are too hot to be out doors so for four to six hours every day I read at home under the evaporative cooler, or at the Miami Library or the Old Dominion Library in Globe. I developed a deep love of books,libraries, and eventually writing,that has provided adventure and joy my entire life.
  
  In college I studied engineering for two years. The economy and marriage moved me to working for a large copper mine. For the next 42 years I continued

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