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About Barbara Ross
Barbara Ross is the author of twelve Maine Clambake Mystery novels and six novellas. Her books have been nominated for multiple Agatha Awards for Best Contemporary Novel and have won the Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction. She lives in Portland, Maine. Readers can visit her website at www.maineclambakemysteries.comSmall Town Cops and Me
by Barb, enjoying an amazing run of good weather in Boothbay Harbor, Maine (and thinking of those less fortunate in Texas) There is one central challenge facing the author of mysteries featuring an amateur sleuth. Why does the sleuth get … Continue reading →
The Post Where I Announce We’re Moving to Portland
by Barb Ross Yes, we’re going to be full-time Mainers! Both Bill and I are excited about this next chapter. The plan (there’s always a plan) was to sell our house in Massachusetts (check–you can read about it here), and … Continue reading →
A Photography Exhibit in Naples, Florida
by Barbara Ross, Maine’s newest resident If you follow my posts on social media, or read them here, or on Wicked Cozy Authors, you know I am moving. It has been a four month-long ordeal during which we have done … Continue reading →
Beth’s Farm Market
by Barb who’s cleaning out her house in Massachusetts, so she can spend more time in Maine (Yay!) Everybody has a favorite farmstand, right? When it’s just Bill and me, we meet most of our produce and yummy bakery needs … Continue reading →
The Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
by Barb, stuck in Boston because she’s selling her house, but soon to be spending more time in Maine! We hope many of you, both authors and readers, will be coming to visit us soon at Books in Boothbay at … Continue reading →
Why Does Sherlock Holmes Smoke a Curved Pipe?
by Barb, arriving back in Maine today Why does he wear a deerstalker hat? Why does he say, “Elementary, my dear Watson?” None of these things appear in the canon. The answer is these now familiar traits either originated or … Continue reading →
Visiting Maine, and a Parade
By Barb, who is spending her Memorial Day helping her kids pack to move Happy Memorial Day, everyone! I hope you are all reading and relaxing. Today as my guest, I’m happy to have my friend Edith Maxwell, who tells … Continue reading →
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Tagged Edith M. Maxwell, Local Foods Mysteries, Mulch Ado About Murder
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The Post Where I Admit It is Possible I am Not a Genius at Everything
by Barb, happily typing this in Boothbay Harbor, Maine On Monday, I did the cover reveal for the sixth Maine Clambake Mystery, Stowed Away, over on the Wicked Cozy Authors blog. I’m very happy with the cover, which incorporates many … Continue reading →
Conferences, Conferences, Conferences
by Barb, on the train to Malice Domestic even as you read this My business partner and I used to joke that anything anyone asked us to do, we would agree to, as long as it was six months away. … Continue reading →
A Key West Literary Tour
by Barb Ross, who’s back in New England but is offering one last Key West post On Saint Patrick’s Day, Bill and I went on a Key West literary walking tour, along with author Lucy Burdette and several friends. Key … Continue reading →
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Tagged Ernest Hemingway, Judy Blume, Robert Frost, Shel Silverstein, Thomas McGuane
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