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Salon des Refusés
I am attending a public event on Thursday, March 20, where I and nine other local authors will read from our works. It is to be held at the St Catharines Artists Centre, 354 St Paul Street, from 7 to 9 pm. The get-together is patterned after the 1863 Salon in Paris, where the Impressionists…
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Latest novel is now available!
You can now buy Ignorance is a Pleasant Evil in paperback on Amazon. It will be available from Ingram Spark starting March 28. The eBook version will be published shortly. This is the seventh detective novel in the series The ABC Files. It features a new detective, Beth Philips, who is given the task of…
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A New ABC Files Mystery is on its way!
The new mystery is titled Ignorance is a Pleasant Evil. It is set partly in Nova Scotia, and partly in Alberta, in the Athabasca Oil Sands. As usual, the partners in the Cameron and Carroll detective agency, Hamish and Sean, play starring roles. In addition, a new comer, Beth Phillips (who appeared in a previous volume, Memories of…
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Crime Writers of Canada (CWC)
I decided to join the organization after attending a conference in Toronto that they organized. The high point for me was a moderated discussion between Otto Penzler, a long time editor and book seller of mysteries and crime fiction, and Margaret Cannon, reviewer of mysteries for the Globe and Mail. They discussed 19th century mysteries,…
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Books at the Barn
As in some previous years, I hosted a book fair for the Niagara-on-the-Lake Writers’ Circle across the street from the St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, on Saturday. As usual, we had a good time, sold a few books, and chatted with new and returnng readers. Thanks to all those who participated! Here is a picture, courtesy of the…
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Why Detective Fiction?
People ask how I got started writing detective fiction. My job as an economist led me to publish a number of scholarly articles and several books. After I retired, I looked for a way to continue writing, which I enjoy, and I decided to try penning mystery novels. Writing fiction posed different challenges from the…
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Why I write
Why does any writer put pen to page, or nowadays, finger to keyboard? To communicate with readers. I’ve always felt more comfortable with the written word. Perhaps it was the result of growing up speaking two languages. I was afraid of making mistakes in either French or English. Each of my parents was a stickler…