Mysteries and Children's Books
In my everyday job as Vice President for Student Affairs at Morton College, I’m more comfortable writing meeting minutes, strategic plans, or academic articles for Chronicles of Higher Education than entertaining people with stories about my day. Normally most people would say I lead a pretty boring life.
This story has it all: tragedy, intrigue, conspiracies, murder, and brutality. Also love, kindness, friendship, and the Queen’s courage to fight for her people’s survival.
The Four Gifts idea has been around for a while and with everyone doing more online shopping this year, simple is more relevant than ever.
In Dead of Winter Break, Cassandra celebrates her first Christmas away from her family’s home in Hawai’i. When she and her best friend Meg make pies together, this is the family recipe they use for the Apple Pie.
Cassandra Sato’s new dog, Murphy, makes his first internet appearance! And my Grandma Ruth’s Apple Pie and Oil Pastry recipe. Shhh. . . don’t tell my aunts. I don’t want to get into trouble for spilling family secrets.
Join me in celebrating my victory over pandemic quarantines, couch potato syndrome, and writer’s block. The latest episode in Cassandra Sato’s mystery series is here! Follow the Great Escapes Blog Tour to read interviews, reviews, a family heirloom recipe, and enter a giveaway to win an eBook copy.
Historical mysteries are a special kind of reading escape. Not only do we get to solve the mystery puzzle, we’re transported to another time and place where the clothes, food, and smells bring the past to life. This year, since we’re barely leaving the neighborhood, historical fiction seems especially appealing.
Mix John Sandford’s Virgil Flowers and Robert Parker’s Spenser with a financial crimes investigator, and you’d get Seamus McCree.
For me, becoming an author has been a climb up the highest mountain I ever imagined . . . I thought writing the book was the hard part.
I’m celebrating the start of a new school year by collaborating with four wonderful authors to bring you a giveaway opportunity. If you like academic mysteries, among the five of us, there are more than twenty books in our series.
