Annie's Book Stop of Worcester

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    Dean James writes under many pen names, including the name Miranda James, best known for Cozy Mystery stories. In this interview, he talks about his best-selling Cat in the Stacks series, primarily his newest book, WHAT THE CAT DRAGGED IN. He also talks about writing cozy mysteries in general, and gives a bit …

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.C. Eaton is actually the pen name for a married couple, Ann I. Goldfarb and James E. Clapp, who write Cozy Mysteries. Ann gives a wonderful explanation of cozies, as they are called, in this interview. She also talks about their books, including their Wine Trail mystery series, and the Sofie Kimball mystery series, which …

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  This week, memoirs take center stage in New Arrivals at Annie’s Book Stop of Worcester with STRAIGHT SHOOTER: A MEMOIR OF SECOND CHANCES AND FIRST TAKES by Stephen A. Smith, a popular sports media figure who rose from being a poor son of Caribbean immigrants having an obsession with sports to having a role …

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  Happy Holiday Shopping Guide! Annie’s Book Stop of Worcester, the “bigger on the inside” bookstore at 65 James Street, is happy to present our 2022 recommendations of gifts for the winter holidays.   Mysteries and thrillers always make great gifts for book lovers. This year we decided to highlight some of our local mystery …

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    Lee Hollis is a cozy mystery writer, whose latest book, Poppy Harmon and the Hung Jury came out on February 23, 2021. Lee talks about his books, his time as a screenwriter, how his name came about, and all about his life as a writer in this interview with Selina from Annie’s Book …

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  Christion Brecher is an author of Cozy mysteries. For those of you unfamiliar with Cozy Mysteries, they are mysteries in which the main character is usually an amateur sleuth. They could be a male or a female, although many of them are female. The sleuth could be a bookstore owner, librarian, teacher, dog trainer, …

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  Annie’s Book Stop of Worcester is happy to shine our Friday spotlight on Cozy Mystery authors .J.C. Eaton. I say authors because, as you will see in their answers to our questions below, J.C. Eaton is actually a couple.   Can you please tell us briefly a little about yourself and your writing? How …

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  Annie’s Book Stop of Worcester is happy to shine our Friday spotlight on cozy mystery author Sofie Ryan. Or is it Sofie Kelly? Maybe I better let her tell you.       The first question I asked her was, can you please tell us briefly a little about yourself and your writing? How …

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    Annie’s Book Stop of Worcester is happy to shine our Friday spotlight on  Cozy Mystery Author Alex Erickson.   Alex, Can you please tell us briefly a little about yourself and your writing? How would you like us to introduce you?    I am an introverted metalhead who spends an inordinate amount of …

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Annie’s Book Stop of Worcester is happy to shine our Friday Spotlight on Liz Mugavero, who writes as both Liz Mugavero (Pawsitively Organic Mysteries and the upcoming Full Moon Mysteries) and Cate Conte (Cat Cafe Mysteries.) Liz is the third of our four Mystery Writers we will be bringing in to the store for our …

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