Order of Mattie Winston Books
Mattie Winston is the protagonist in a series of cozy mystery novels by Annelise Ryan (Beth Amos). Mattie Winston is an RN from Wisconsin. She is cynical, non-PC and always nosy. These traits work in her favour when she changes careers from being a nurse to deputy coroner. Of course, despite the career change, Mattie still is going to find herself in trouble fairly often. (more…)
Order of Beth Amos Books
Beth Amos is an American author of mystery, thriller and suspense novels. She writes the Mattie Winston series (as Annelise Ryan), the Mac’s Bar Mysteries series (as Allyson K. Abbott) and several standalone novels under her real name. In real life, Beth is an emergency room registered nurse in Wisconsin. Therefore, she decided to start using pen names because she thought her patients might raise an eyebrow when they read how she was coming up with creative ways to “off” people. (more…)
Order of Hannah Vogel Books
Hannah Vogel is the protagonist in a series of historical mystery novels by American novelist Rebecca Cantrell. Hannah Vogel is a crime reporter in Berlin, Germany during the rise of the Nazis of 1930s. She digs into the Berlin underworld in order to solve her brother’s murder, but everything changes when a young boy shows up at her door. He says he’s her son… and also the son of her brother. (more…)
Order of Rebecca Cantrell Books
Rebecca Cantrell is an American author of historical fiction, mystery, thriller and horror novels. She writes the Hannah Vogel, Joe Tesla, iMonsters and the Order of the Sanguines (with James Rollins) series. Rebecca had always wanted to be a writer, so one day she quit her job, sold her house, packed her bags and moved to Hawaii to live out her dream of becoming a published author. She is fluent in German, graduating high school from John F. Kennedy Schule in Berlin and attended university in Berlin as well. Rebecca is also a screenwriter and has been a finalist at LA’s Shriekfest twice in consecutive years. She lives in Berlin, Germany with her husband and son. (more…)
Order of Maggy Thorsen Books
Maggy Thorsen is the protagonist in a series of mystery novels by American novelist Sandra Balzo. Maggy Thorsen is a divorced woman in her forties who runs a coffeehouse called the Uncommon Grounds. The series is set in Brookhills, Wisconsin. The series has been optioned to be developed as a film or television series. (more…)
Order of Sandra Balzo Books
Sandra Balzo is an American author of mystery and crime fiction novels. She writes the Maggy Thorsen and Main Street Murders Mysteries series. Prior to becoming a novelist, Sandra spent 20 years working in corporate public relations, event management and publicity. (more…)
Order of God Don’t Like Ugly Books
God Don’t Like Ugly is a series of African-American fiction novels by American novelist Mary Monroe. This coming-of-age series follows Annette Goode, a black woman born in the South during the ’50s – a place and time where racist ran rampant. (more…)
Order of Mary Monroe Books
Mary Monroe is an American author of African-American fiction novels. She is the author of the God Don’t Like Ugly series and the Mama Ruby series. Mary grew up the daughter of sharecroppers in Alabama and was the only member of her family to graduate from high school. Instead of attending college or taking formal writing classes, she taught herself the writing craft by writing short stories ever since she was four years old. She considers her favourite authors to be Ernest Gaines, Stephen King, Alice Walker and James Patterson. Mary lives in Oakland, California. (more…)
Order of Steven Pressfield Books
Steven Pressfield is an American author of historical fiction and non-fiction books, in addition to being a screenwriter. After graduating from Duke University, Steven joined the United States Marines. After that, he worked as a copywriter, teacher, truck driver, bartender, oilfield roustabout, mental hospital attendant and fruit-picker. For a time, he was living out of his car, trying to make it as an author. Pressfield began a publishing house called Black Irish Books along with agent Shawn Coyne. (more…)
Order of Fyodor Dostoevsky Books
Fyodor Dostoevsky [or Dostoyevsky] (1821-1881) was a Russian author of novels, short stories and essays, in addition to being a journalist and philosopher. His works explore the psychology of 19th-century Russian society. Fyodor Dostoevsky was born in Moscow and read fairy tales and legends both by Russian and non-Russian authors. In 1849, he was arrested due to his involvement with the literary discussion group Petrashevsky Circle. Fyodor and others were sentenced to die, but at the last moment, a note from Tsar Nicholas I was delivered, dropping the sentence down to four years of hard labour in Siberia. His health worsened during this time, eventually being diagnosed with epilepsy. Along with Leo Tolstoy, Dostoevsky is considered one of the most influential authors of the Golden Age of Russian literature. (more…)