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Christmas Baking: Gingerbread Cookies

Christmas Baking: Gingerbread Cookies

This week: Merry’s Gingerbread Cookies! Last week, we made Baba Noël’s Egyptian Kahk. The week before, I was joined by fellow readers and BookTubers Kay of Kay’s Hidden Shelf and Andrew of Andrew’s Wizardly Reads as we baked Sugar Cookies! In 2021, I shared three recipes from three different cookbooks. You can find them here: …

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Christmas Baking: Egyptian Kahk

Christmas Baking: Egyptian Kahk

This week: Baba Noël’s Egyptian Kahk! Last week, I was joined by fellow readers and BookTubers Kay of Kay’s Hidden Shelf and Andrew of Andrew’s Wizardly Reads as we baked Sugar Cookies! In 2021, I shared three recipes from three different cookbooks. You can find them here: Gingerbread Delicate Cake Christmas Cookies In 2022, I …

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Christmas Baking: Sugar Cookies

Christmas Baking: Sugar Cookies

Join me as I share three new Christmas recipes! In 2021, I shared three recipes from three different cookbooks. You can find them here: Gingerbread Delicate Cake Christmas Cookies In 2022, I shared three more recipes from 19th century cookbooks: Three Minute Cake Apple Pie Spice Cookies  You can also find all my recipe videos …

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Clued in Mystery Podcast Interview

Clued in Mystery Podcast Interview

LISTEN NOW I had the honor of being interviewed by one of my favorite podcasts: Clued in Mystery! Brook Peterson and Sarah M. Stephen and I had a wonderful conversation about Anna Katharine Green, my newest historical mystery featuring her, all the historical research that went into the writing of it, and more! Tune in …

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“Why Human Beings Are Interested in Crime” by Anna Katharine Green

“Why Human Beings Are Interested in Crime” by Anna Katharine Green

By 1919, Anna Katharine Green was well on her way to earning the title “Mother of Detective Fiction” having successfully published 21 novels and two collections of poetry. At the age of 72, she knew a thing or three when it came to writing crime fiction and detective mystery. Below you’ll find one of the …

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Mary Hatch and Anna Katharine Green

Mary Hatch and Anna Katharine Green

When Anna Katharine Green had the dream that would inspire the writing of The Leavenworth Case, her debut novel, the first person she wrote to was Mary Hatch: “The other night I had a wonderful dream, which has impressed a story on my mind.… It is so passionate, so strong, so subtle, so dread, dark, …

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Quotes Incorporated into A Deed of Dreadful Note

Quotes Incorporated into A Deed of Dreadful Note

A Deed of Dreadful Note is a piece of historical fiction, created by blending The Leavenworth Case with Anna’s personal history, recorded thoughts, and relationships since, as she said herself, “Truth is stranger than fiction.” Where possible, I have used Anna’s own words to capture the grace and wit with which she approached the world …

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RELEASE DAY for A Deed of Dreadful Note

RELEASE DAY for A Deed of Dreadful Note

Toot the horns and sound the trumpets! It’s RELEASE DAY for A Deed of Dreadful Note I cannot begin to tell you how excited I am to finally have this passion project out in the world! I’ll be posting lots of new videos over the next few months, including readings from A Deed of Dreadful …

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10 Days Till Release of A Deed of Dreadful Note

10 Days Till Release of A Deed of Dreadful Note

NEW VIDEO! The countdown to the release of my newest novel begins today! We’re only 10 days away from the release of A Deed of Dreadful Note, first in the Anna Katharine Green Mysteries. This book is the first and only historical fiction ever written featuring the Mother of Detective Fiction! In this video, I …

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