GAIL BOWEN's first Joanne Kilbourn mystery, Deadly Appearances, was nominated for the W.H. Smith/Books in Canada Best First Novel Award; A Colder Kind of Death won the Arthur Ellis Award for best crime novel; and, most recently, The Winners' Circle, has been named a finalist for the Arthur Ellis Award for best crime novel. Sleuth- Gail Bowen on Writing Mysteries has been met with enthusiasm by critics and readers. In 2018, Bowen was recognized with the Crime Writers of Canada Grand Master Award and invested with the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, the province's highest honour. She has also written plays that have been produced across Canada and on CBC Radio. Now retired from teaching at the First Nations University, Gail Bowen lives in Regina, Saskatchewan. Visit her at gailbowen.com.
- I love this series... This book brings [Joanne Kilbourn] back to her conscience and her past, and Bowen does it all with panache. - Margaret Cannon, Globe and Mail <br> - [Bowen is] one of the finest writers in Canada. Kaleidoscope is . . . fresh and compelling. - Hamilton Spectator <br> - [Bowen] shines best when Joanne is in the thick of the small dramas that affect her and those she loves best. -- National Post <br> - Bowen writes beautifully in catching the tone and the minutiae of [Joanne's] almost flawless familial existence. . . . Keeps readers turning the pages. - Toronto Star