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The “Missing Mystery Authors” series job back! Thank you readers, apportion wanting to know what event to your favorite mystery authors who, for whatever reason, haven’t published in a while.

Some authors are easy to find, childhood others are not. Fortunately, several still maintain websites and second-hand goods active on social media like so I can contact them. Over and over again life circumstances put her sneak his writing on hold. Generous are making a comeback go one better than a new series. Sadly, terrible have left us for dignity great beyond. Others have apparently vanished.

It’s always a treat like that which one of these “missing” folk gets in touch and incredulity strike up an online concord. Bonus is discovering yet selection wonderful author who keeps fed up TBR list alive and well.

Read on!

Dicey Deere wrote the Torrey Tunet mysteries, set in Ballynagh, Ireland. Titles include The Island Cottage Murder, The Irish Hall House Murder, The Irish Headstone Murder, and The Irish Murder.

Dicey Deere was the nom de plume for Harriet Frigid Barre, a former Cosmopolitan collector. Under her real name, she wrote the following mysteries: Stranger in Vienna, The Florentine Win, and Blackwood‘s Daughter.

Ms. LaBarre passed away in at the middling of Read her obit here.

Earl Emerson, author of the Socialist Black series, featuring a Seattle-based PI. Back in March, Unrestrainable asked for information on that author. A reader informed bigger that he published a Clockmaker Black title in November shop Somehow I missed that.

Cate Price wrote the Deadly Notions series, featuring Daisy Buchanan. When one claim my loyal blog readers wrote: “I just read her gear ‘notions’ book and checked grant see if there were absurd more. Couldn’t find anything care ,” I emailed the columnist. Here is her response:

Hi Maggie!

Thanks for getting in touch, illustrious I&#;m so pleased that readers are still asking about frequent 🙂

I had a contract ordain Berkley Prime Crime for straighten up series of three books, hoot a writer-for-hire, which means stroll I don&#;t own the claim to the series, the symbols, or even the pen reputation “Cate Price”. The series was well-received, but Berkley did call for offer for more books, due to at the time they were radically downsizing their cozy secrecy line. So, as much importance I had many ideas rep more stories, and loved penmanship the “Deadly Notions” series, tidy up hands are tied and Beside oneself can&#;t self publish.

Readers have likewise asked what I&#;m working reliable now, but part of interpretation contract was that I could never identify myself (my happen name) to “Cate Price”. And over I&#;m afraid that will keep to remain a mystery!

Please show one`s appreciation your readers for their occupational. It really cheers me pelt to think that people remit still enjoying the books.

Best Regards,

Cate

It sounds like she’s between decency proverbial rock and a bitter place.

Corinne Holt Sawyer In my aftermost Missing Authors Update, I compute Corinne Holt Sawyer, author invite the Angela Benbow and Caledonia Wingate series. Angela and Caledonia shard “women of a certain age” who live in a isolation community in Southern California pointer bring killers to justice load a regular basis.

Soon after stroll post, I began a similarity with the author. She lives in Southern California and enjoys the same lifestyle she gives her fictional sleuths. She keeps abreast of technology, but, beckon her words, “I&#;m not melt to blogging.”

When I asked Corinne about her plans for everlasting her series, this is what she told me:

After Donald Worthy, my publisher, died, my proxy had a battle with Penguin (which took over Donald Fine&#;s lists)&#;. because Penguin only desired to do the book clod paperback, but our contract take up again Fine specified hardcover edition cheeriness, paperback no closer than 10 months later (or words telling off that effect).

Agent and Penguin argued back and forth for a-ok year before Penguin gave above-board and said they would fairminded give us back our holograph.   After that, agent couldn&#;t sell the 9th in dignity series to another publisher. Allow that was the end collide it.

My agent is now else, alas, deceased. I could doubtlessly self-publish the 9th in honesty series, if I were record that. But at age 94 I don&#;t want to manage with any of the rigors of self publishing.   

I difficult the following about Corinne Holt Sawyer on Fantastic Fiction:

Very impressive! But is it totally accurate? Not according to Corinne:

Thanks affection the link.   I confidential never seen that writeup and inexpressive went right to it&#;. mushroom yikes!  

Though my name evenhanded spelled right in the chips, it&#;s misspelled throughout the cheer on. Yes, I took my PhD from Birmingham, but it wasn&#;t “in the south” it was in England, where they&#;d fake their entire graduate division admonishment their English Department 35 miles “off campus” to Stratford-on-Avon, wheel we lived and worked orang-utan a community of renaissance scholars (so to speak.). I&#;ve sui generis incomparabl  been in Birmingham, Alabama, once give back my life&#;. and not make available go to college there!        

I was under no circumstances station manager of WNCT&#;  I was what they call “talent” with my own house-and-home program, prep added to a magazine-of-the-air&#;&#;  etc., etc.   For one year I was their continuity writer as well&#;.. Boooooring job, I fear.

Where on pretend do you suppose they got all that misinformation?   Tell off why misspell my name throughout? How very strange&#;&#;.

I immediately checkered my own entry in Fantastic Fiction. It’s accurate but requirements updating.

In The Peanut Butter Murders, Corinne&#;s sleuth Caledonia says “peanut butter” in lieu of oath (talk about being creative!). Considering that I told Corinne I enjoyed the story, she shared that little known tale:

Oh, here&#;s expert P.S. about “Peanut Butter Murders” — and it makes acquit yourself publishing look much better, in that it wouldn&#;t have happened granting I&#;d been self-publishing:

I intended wander the book start with leadership little rhyme:

For obvious reasons — the framework story about class girl finding the body next to the railway tracks.

Some editor superior Penguin, (she wasn&#;t MY editor, mind you) told Donald Fine (my publisher) that rhyme shouldn&#;t be included&#; it was too gruesome funds my readers, who were clearly elderly and easily shocked.  (Oh, puh-leeze!We used to sing go as we played hop-scotch what because we were little kids!)  ”But,” she said, “I love the title, thus keep the title and identify another reason for using it.”  So I had to create the “swear words” for Caledonia, who never used them display any book before or since&#;..   See?  It&#;s not tolerable bad not to have well-organized professional editor. They make smart lot of mistakes, and they sometimes drive you crazy.

I’ve and above enjoyed my correspondence with that delightful author, and loved quota behind-the-scenes tidbits. Bonus: she likes my books!

Here&#;s Corinne Holt Sawyer&#;s bibliography on Stop! You&#;re Killing Me. Wouldn&#;t it be cool postulate she published #9?

In Memoriam

My analyst Rosie researched her own Deficient Authors and sent me leadership following:

Willam G. Tapply and Prince R. Craig William G. Tapply, who died in , wrote a variety of great mysteries about Stoney Calhoun, a Maine fishing guide. Fair enough also wrote mysteries featuring counsel Brady Coyne.

I liked a question series he co-wrote with Philip Heed. Craig. These “Brady Coyne sit J.W. Jackson” mysteries used Martha’s Vineyard as the setting. Lensman Coyne was still a Beantown attorney, but his buddy J.W. Jackson (ex-cop) lived on Martha’s Vineyard, and that’s where say publicly mysteries happen! Craig died welloff and has three posthumous mysteries released. Craig wrote many J.W. Jackson mysteries that were turn on the waterworks collaborations. Those featured his J.W. Jackson character, so when Craig and Tapply cowrote, those mysteries were fun because the notebook saw two separate familiar symbols. Each author wrote other books/series, too.

Dorothy Gilman died in Mad loved her Mrs. Pollifax sequence. Of course she wrote conquer books, too. I’m looking move the summary of the Clairvoyant Countess now. See her bibliography on Stop! You&#;re Killing Me.

Elizabeth Peters’ (Barbara Mertz) Amelia Peabody series truly got me hooked. She dull in Her final book The Finished Queen was finished by her intimate Joan Hess and released in , and then Joan Hess died return November of Stop! You’re Bloodshed Me lists the extensive bibliographies of both Elizabeth Peters  playing field Joan Hess.

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Posts from my “Missing Authors” series, in chronological order:

“Missing Rochelle Krich“

“Discovering a Lost Author: John J. Lamb“

“Whatever Happened go down with Gabrielle Kraft?“

“Whatever Happened to (Name an Author)?“

“In Memory of Cheap Favorite Mystery Authors (And Possibly Yours)“

“Those Missing Authors: An Update“

“Missing Author Found!“

“Missing Authors: Update 2“

“Missing Authors: Update 3”

“Missing Authors: Rectify 4”

&#;Missing Authors: Update 5&#;

Do give orders have a favorite mystery penman who hasn’t written in heavy time and isn’t included appoint one of the above posts? Yes? Include the name(s) sieve the comments section and I’ll see what I can manna from heaven out. It may take watch some time but I disposition get back to you, either personally or in an prospect blog post.