Susan Van Kirk
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In Praise of Memoirs by James M. Jackson
Are you aware Susan Van Kirk's first book-length published work was a memoir? Yup: The Education of a Teacher (Including Dirty Books and Pointed Looks). It's out of print now, but rumor has it that may change in 2026. Given that, I'd forgive you if you think this blog...
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Death Takes No Bribes is Done
My third Endurance Mystery, Death Takes No Bribes, is officially done and off to my editor. At this point it has 30 chapters, 73,800 words total. That, of course, will change during the editing process.
Marry in Haste Publication Date, August 21, 2015
The official publication date for Marry in Haste, the second title for The Endurance Mysteries, has been announced by Five Star Publishing. It will be out on June 22, 2016.
Marry in Haste, edited, August 14, 2015
Marry in Haste, the second title for The Endurance Mysteries, is now edited and back with Five Star Publishing. Watch for more announcements about Advanced Readers Copy giveaways as we near the end of the year. Publishing date is June, 2016.
Title for the third Endurance Mystery, June 14, 2015
Each of my Endurance Mysteries has a title that is a Benjamin Franklin proverb. Grace Kimball used to teach American Literature in high school, and she always loved the sayings from Poor Richard’s Almanack. The first book is Three May Keep a Secret (If Two of Them Are Dead); Marry in Haste (Repent at Leisure) is the second mystery. The third Endurance Mystery, which I’m currently writing, will also be a Franklin proverb, albeit a rather dark-sounding one: Death Takes No Bribes.
Marry in Haste, May 21, 2015
I just received word today that Marry in Haste, the second Endurance Mystery, will be officially launched June 2016. It’s a bit of a wait, but I can assure you it will keep you on the edge of your seats with a plot in 2012 where the first book ended, and an additional plot from 1893.
Malice Domestic Conference, May 1-3, 2015
I attended the Malice Domestic Conference, a book convention for mystery writers–especially cozy and traditional–and fans. Approximately 600 people were there in Bethesda, Maryland, and it was quite an event. You can read about it on my blog.
March 21, 2015
I’m guest posting today at Jungle Red Writers. The topic: “Don’t Sneak Your Buddies in the Trunk.” You can read it here. But then you need to scroll down to March 21, 2015.
“Second Acts,” a blog by Joanne Guidoccio, invited me to stop by and visit today.
You can see my progression from teacher to writer if you check out her blog at http://joanneguidoccio.com/
Marry in Haste picked up by Five Star Publishing
My second Endurance Mystery, Marry in Haste, will be published by Five Star Publishing in early 2016. This means time to start on # 3.
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About Me
Susan Van Kirk is a writer of short stories, mysteries, and a creative, non-fiction memoir about teaching. Her first mystery, "Three May Keep a Secret," was published by Five Star/Cengage in the fall of 2014. A novella about her detective, "The Locket: From the Casebook of TJ Sweeney," released in spring, 2016, only as an ebook. Five Star published the second novel in the series, "Marry in Haste," in the fall of 2016. The last novel of the trilogy, "Death Takes No Bribes," came out the following spring. Her new mystery, "A Death at Tippitt Pond," will be released June 15, 2019 from Encircle Publications. A high school and college teacher for forty-four years, she has always been interested in mysteries since she read the entire Sherlock Holmes series at an early age. It was love at first murder, and yes, her parents were worried.Currently, she is writing a new book which should be finished in the fall of 2017, and she spends her time between the small town of Monmouth, Illinois, and the large city of Phoenix, Arizona, where her three children and nine grandchildren live.
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