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DiscountsMay 2025: Kindle versions of the first two Five-Ingredient Mysteries are on sale for $1.99 on Amazon. Other e-books in the series are also discounted.
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News: Award Winning Anthology on Cozy Mysteries
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Writing the Cozy Mystery, edited by Phyllis Betz, won the Agatha Award for Best Mystery Nonfiction at the 2025 Malice Domestic Convention. I'm honored to have contributed to that book. along with two dozen other mystery writers. My essay, “Cookies Open Doors: Food as an Investigative Tool,” describes how writers can use food to reveal character, propel the plot, and help solve a mystery. The book would interest readers and writers, and not just of cozy mysteries. Aspiring writers of any kind of fiction will find the essays on character, setting, and theme helpful. The anthology is available in paperback and e-book. If you don't want to buy the book, consider requesting your local libraries to add it to their collections. Here is the information usually needed to request a book: Title: Writing the Cozy Mystery: Authors' Perspectives on Their Craft Edited by Phyllis M. Betz Publication Date: August 2024 |
Recent In-Person Events
Malice Domestic 2025
Malice Domestic 2025
Fri, Apr 25 – Sun, Apr 27, 2024
Panel Discussion: Mystery Lovers' Kitchen Bloggers
Leslie Karst, Maya Corrigan, Libby Klein, Korina Moss,
Moderator Cathy Wiley
Online Visits
I recently visited online mystery groups to talk about my latest book, A Parfait Crime, which revolves around an amateur production of an Agatha Christie play. Below are links to posts I wrote about Agatha Christie and my book.
At Jungle Red Writers I discussed the house plans and murder scene diagrams that Agatha Christie includes in her books and that many writers create for themselves while plotting a mystery.
At Chicks on the Case I described how my book's title shaped its plot.
In my Crimereads article on Agatha Christie, I explain why her record-breaking play, The Mousetrap, is still going strong after seven decades and 28,000 performances.
At Jungle Red Writers I discussed the house plans and murder scene diagrams that Agatha Christie includes in her books and that many writers create for themselves while plotting a mystery.
At Chicks on the Case I described how my book's title shaped its plot.
In my Crimereads article on Agatha Christie, I explain why her record-breaking play, The Mousetrap, is still going strong after seven decades and 28,000 performances.
Recorded Events
Podcast: Maya Corrigan, Winnie Archer, Sherry Harris, and Amanda Flower discuss their latest cozy mysteries at Poisoned Pen Bookstore.
Facebook Video Interview: Hunterdon County Library
Booktube Video Interview: Killing Time with Cozy Mystery Author Maya Corrigan
The Poisoned Pen Bookstore Holiday Cozy Mystery Party: 5 Authors with new Christmas mysteries
Podcast version or Video version
Facebook Video Interview: Hunterdon County Library
Booktube Video Interview: Killing Time with Cozy Mystery Author Maya Corrigan
The Poisoned Pen Bookstore Holiday Cozy Mystery Party: 5 Authors with new Christmas mysteries
Podcast version or Video version
Melissa Bourbon, Laura Bradford, Catherine Bruns, and I discussed culinary mysteries at the 2022 Suffolk Mystery Authors Festival.
Because of technical problems when our panel was originally scheduled, we met again for a new virtual panel. View the recorded panel.
Melissa Bourbon, Laura Bradford, Catherine Bruns, and I discussed culinary mysteries at the 2022 Suffolk Mystery Authors Festival.
Because of technical problems when our panel was originally scheduled, we met again for a new virtual panel. View the recorded panel.