About

Welcome to my online home. This is where I open the door and invite you inside to meet my literary family: my 15 nonfiction books, 200 magazine articles (some available online), and the 5 historical mysteries written by my fictional self, Mary Miley. I’ve just signed the contract with Severn House to write a new mystery series set in Chicago during my favorite decade (the 1920s). The first is complete–it hits the shelves next spring–and I’m halfway through the second. Most exciting: Hollywood producers optioned the film rights to The Impersonator, hoping to make it into a television series. Sadly, the virus has not been kind to the publishing and film industries, ruining many publishers and literary agents, delaying the introduction of new books, and halting production of new films, so I have no idea what the future holds. Like most of us, I’m in a waiting mode.

Cover Art Revealed

December 11, 2020

My publisher, Severn House (an imprint of Canongate, a British company) finalized the cover art for my upcoming book. I love it! No release date yet, but sometime in March-April, 2021, it will come out in England and Australia; then 2-3 months later, in the U.S.