Growing up in a straight laced Southern family, I was always fascinated with casinos. In my twenties on a summer hiatus from teaching in North Carolina, I drove to California and became a dealer at Caesars in Lake Tahoe. My mother highly disapproved of my working in a casino, "a place so bad it has 'sin' in the middle."
Thankfully the paper from Palm Springs disagreed with my mother. The Desert Sun raved, "As if often the case, the author pulls from real-life experiences to create a worthy piece of fiction. And her own life is a vivid kaleidoscope of adventure. Casino Queen arrives at the perfect time when crime-solving tales that revolve around strong female protagonists aren’t just a luck of a draw. They’re downright successful. (See TV’s
L.B. Griffin, born and raised in Bath UK absolutely loves writing fiction. She is happily married and surrounded by her family in Wiltshire.
She has always written around the full-time paid job and pays tribute to everyone she has taught and met along the way. They have been her inspiration to write.
Whilst her stories touch upon social issues, and the harsher realities of life, they are filled with gentle hints of romance. Her women are strong, courageous, and yet easy to identify with and have simply touched the hearts of many.
Griffin’s debut novel, Secrets, Shame and a Shoebox was released world-wide mid-2021, and immediately received rave reviews. The sequel, The Twenty-One-Year Contract, also standalone, continues to receive fabulous 5
