About

Welcome to my online home. This is where I open the door and invite you inside to meet my literary family: my 14 nonfiction books, 4 podcasts, and 200 magazine articles (many available online here) as well as the historical mysteries written by my alter ego, Mary Miley. The fourth in my Roaring Twenties series, Murder in Disguise, was released last August and is due out in paperback this summer. I’ve completed the first in a new mystery series set in Chicago during my favorite decade–the 1920s–that is being vetted by a major publisher right now, so I’ve got my fingers crossed. Hollywood has optioned the rights to The Impersonator, hoping to make it into a television series. And I am heading in a new direction this year, writing a historical novel, not a mystery, about a real woman. Where can you find me? Scroll down for the list at the bottom right.

Mystery Night at Atlee Library

April 9, 2018

I was honored to be one of three mystery authors invited to Atlee Library’s Mystery Night, May 10. Join us at the library and learn the tricks writers use to make their mysteries mysterious. Free to the public.