Sleuthing Women
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While my colleagues found such displays obnoxious, the kids liked it, and wanted to know what else I could do. After I’d dolloped each pastry with raspberry filling, the bell rang. I was tired, and nervous sweat bit my armpits, but I had to admit that I’d had enjoyed myself. Maybe I should become a cooking teacher.
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About the Author
Claymore Award Finalist Vinnie Hansen writes the Carol Sabala mystery series (Misterio Press) as well as literary works. Her story Novel Solution appears in Fish or Cut Bait, an anthology of Sisters in Crime Guppies (Wildside Press), and her story Critical Mass is now out in Destination: Mystery! (Darkhouse Books). She is basking in the glow of her Golden Donut Award from the Writers’ Police Academy and the B.R.A.G. Medallion awarded her latest mystery, Black Beans & Venom.
Other stories have been published in Porter Gulch Review, Transfer Literary Magazine, Lake Region Review, phren-Z, Web Mystery Magazine, Crime & Suspense, Mysterical-E, Alchemy and the Santa Cruz Spectacle. A collection of her short stories was a semi-finalist for the Iowa School of Letters Award for Short Fiction.
Retired from a long career as an English teacher, she lives in Santa Cruz, California, with her husband, abstract artist Daniel S. Friedman.
Connect with Vinnie at the following sites:
Email: vinnie@vinniehansen.com
Websites:
http://vinniehansen.com
http://misteriopress.com
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/769812.vinnie_hansen
Books by Vinnie Hansen
Carol Sabala Mystery Series
Murder, Honey
One Tough Cookie
Rotten Dates
Tang Is Not Juice
Death with Dessert
Art, Wine & Bullets
Black Beans & Venom