Maggie Blackburn is the author of the Cora Crafts mysteries and the Cumberland Creek mysteries under another pen name. Her books have been selected as finalists for an Agatha Award and a Daphne du Maurier Award and as a Top 10 Beach Reads by Woman's World. She has also been short-listed for the Virginia Library People's Choice Award. She is the mother of two young women who are off following their dreams in the music business. She currently lives in Waynesboro, VA, and works at the University of Virginia as a development associate.
Praise for Little Bookshop of Murder [A] charming series launch...Plenty of booklore...enhances the sleuthing. --Publishers Weekly [An] engaging cast. --Booklist Blackburn has created a clever mystery...As cozy mysteries go, this is one of the best. --New York Journal of Books With its charming beachfront setting and collection of book-loving characters, Maggie Blackburn's Little Bookshop of Murder has it all: suspense, charm, and a mystery that draws readers in immediately. An enjoyable start to what promises to be a delightful new series. --Julie Hyzy, New York Times bestselling author of the White House Chef and Manor House Mystery series You will smell the ocean and feel the sand in your toes in this delightful new series. The quirky characters and an intriguing plot provide an enjoyable visit to the Beach Reads bookstore. --Allison Kingsley, national bestselling author of the Raven's Nest Bookstore mysteries A modern, innovative plot line with whimsical characters, Little Bookshop of Murder is bound to delight every reader who loves indie bookshops, beachy communities and family secrets. --Terrie Farley Moran, Agatha Award-winning and nationally bestselling author of the Read 'Em and Eat mysteries Love, love, love this bookstore! In fact, I want to own it. And I also want to live in this beach town full of warm and quirky people. Of course, they make ideal suspects when there's a killer on the loose. Summer is a gutsy heroine but will it be enough to find the person who killed her mom before she becomes the next victim? --Essie Lang, author of the Castle Bookshop mysteries