Holiday Mysteries: Call for Articles

The next issue of the Mystery Readers Journal will focus on Crime for the Holidays. This includes any holiday: Thanksgiving, Halloween, Day of the Dead, Passover, you name it. If you have a book or story set during a holiday or in which a holiday is a major theme, consider writing an Author! Author! essay for MRJ. 500-2500 words, first person, upclose and personal about yourself, your books and the holiday connection. Think of it as chatting with friends, readers and other writers in the cafe or bar. Be sure and add a 2-3 sentence bio/tagline and snail-mail address. Deadline is February 15.

I'm also looking for articles, reviews, and names and emails of authors you think should be included.

Mystery Readers Journal is in its 25th year. It's a hard-copy quarterly, with a web presence, as well. To see sample articles from past issues, go to: http://www.mysteryreaders.org

Labor Day: Holidays can be Murder

Labor Day. Here's a book for the day. Labor Day Murder by Lee Harris. This is the tenth in her series of holiday-themed mystery novels featuring Christine Bennett, a 30 something blonde who left the convent after 15+ years to find love, marriage and motherhood soon there after. She also began solving murders. Labor Day Murder takes place on Fire Island at the end of the summer.

I love mysteries that have a theme, so it's not surprising that the Winter issue of Mystery Readers Journal will focus on Crime for the Holidays. Halloween is a natural, as is Christmas, but I've already received lots of articles that focus on other holidays such as Thanksgiving, both American and Canadian, Guy Fawkes Day, and Guy Fawkes Day. I'm still looking for articles, reviews and Author! Author! essays for the Crime for the Holiday issue.

I'll be posting a list of Halloween mysteries in October, so please send me titles.