by Susan Van Kirk | Apr 21, 2012 | Blog, Sisters in Crime, Susan Van Kirk
Librarians definitely solve mysteries! I spent the day working as a volunteer at the Warren County Public Library in Monmouth, Illinois. Monmouth is a town of 10,000 in west central Illinois about twenty miles from the Mississippi River. Kathy is the...
by Susan Van Kirk | Apr 20, 2012 | Blog, Sisters in Crime, Susan Van Kirk, The Education of a Teacher
Libraries have always been a huge part of my life, so I am especially thrilled to be working on Saturday at the Warren County Public Library on behalf of Sisters in Crime, an organization that promotes women writing crime fiction and mysteries. It’s a way...
by Susan Van Kirk | Mar 15, 2012 | Blog, Susan Van Kirk, The Education of a Teacher
Writing fiction can result in a strange intertwining of imagination and real life.Many years ago a young woman from my home town died in a terrible fire. I did not know her well, but was acquainted with her since...