Middle Grade Ninja Episode 187: Author Fleur Bradley

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Fleur Bradley and I chat about writing mysteries for younger readers, like her newest novels DAYBREAK ON RAVEN ISLAND and MIDNIGHT AT THE BARCLAY HOTEL. We have a frank discussion about burnout and bitterness for authors in traditional publishing. We also discuss specific strategies for reaching reluctant readers, marketing yourself as an author over time, marketing your books for people who won’t read them, Alfred Hitchcock, Agatha Christie, writing for children in the information age, and so much more.

Click here to see Fleur Bradley face the 7 Questions.

Fleur Bradley is the author of the forthcoming middle-grade mystery DAYBREAK ON RAVEN ISLAND (Viking Children’s Books, Summer 2022), MIDNIGHT AT THE BARCLAY HOTEL, the middle-grade trilogy Double Vision (as F.T. Bradley), as well as the story “The Perfect Alibi” in the Mystery Writers of America’s middle-grade anthology SUPER MYSTERIOUS PUZZLERS, edited by Chris Grabenstein. She regularly does school and Skype visits, as well as librarian and educator conference talks on reaching reluctant readers and is an active member of SCBWI and MWA where she has judged for the Edgars. Originally from the Netherlands, she now lives in Colorado Springs with her husband and two daughters, and entirely too many cats.

From the critically acclaimed author of Midnight at the Barclay Hotel comes a thrilling new middle grade mystery novel inspired by Alcatraz Prison.

Tori, Marvin, and Noah would rather be anywhere else than on the seventh-grade class field trip to Raven Island prison. Tori would rather be on the soccer field, but her bad grades have benched her until further notice; Marvin would rather be at the first day of a film festival with his best friend, Kevin; and Noah isn't looking forward to having to make small talk with his classmates at this new school.
 
But when the three of them stumble upon a dead body in the woods, miss the last ferry back home, and then have to spend the night on Raven Island, they find that they need each other now more than ever. They must work together to uncover a killer, outrun a motley ghost-hunting crew, and expose the age-old secrets of the island all before daybreak.

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Middle Grade Ninja Episode 140: Speed City Sisters in Crime

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The Speed City Sisters in Crime return to the scene of the… podcast? Returning for their first appearance since episode 79, they’ve just released a new anthology, TRICK OR TREATS: TALES OF ALL HALLOWS EVE. I sit down with authors Ross Carley, Diana Catt, Mary Ann Koontz, Elizabeth Perona, Tony Perona, Karen Phillips, and Elizabeth A. San Miguel, to discuss writing and reading mysteries, publishing tips, flying saucers, and so much more.

Ross Carley - Murder and mayhem by malware . . . Bits and bytes that steal and kill . . . 

Ross Carley’s first four novels feature PI and computer hacker Wolf Ruger, an Iraq vet with PTSD. Dead Drive (2016) and Formula Murder, set in the formula racing industry (2017) are murder myster‐ ies. Cyberthrillers Cyberkill (2018) and Cryptokill (2020), are books one and two of the Cybercode Chronicles. His fifth novel, The Three-Legged Assassin, featuring assassin Lance Garrett, will be released in late 2021. Ross is a computational intelligence and cybersecurity consultant. He and Francie split their time between Indiana and Florida. 

Website: www.RossCarleyBooks.com,
Instagram: @rosscarleyauthor
Facebook: www.Facebook.com/RossCarleyBooks 

Karen Phillips lives in Granite Bay, California, where she enjoys writing mysteries, MG/YA fantasy, and poetry. She has several short stories published in various anthologies and is working on a full- length novel. She is also a published author of non-fiction articles such as “Vetting the Tevis – A brief history of the use of veterinarians for the Western States Trail Ride.” She is a member of both Speed City and Capitol Crimes chapters of Sisters In Crime. 

Mary Ann Koontz - This is the second short story that Mary Ann Koontz has had published in a Speed City Sisters in Crime anthology. Her first was “The 20/20 Club” published in Murder 20/20, A Speed City Crime Writers Anthology. She has also had short stories and articles appear in both newspapers and magazines. Under the name M. A. Koontz, she has authored books including Shards of Trust and its stand-alone sequel, The Cry Beyond the Door. Koontz has also co- authored Maybe, Just Maybe, a children’s chapter book, with her granddaughter, Hailey Landreth. Koontz resides in Indiana. 

Website: www.makoontz.com 

Facebook: @makoontz27/ 

Twitter: @makoontzFW 

Elizabeth A. San Miguel is a new, if not young, writer who lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. She graduated a long time ago from Indiana University, Bloomington with degrees in Journalism, History, and Fine Arts and a minor in Art History. She also received a Certificate of Applied Computer Science from Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI). Her father is a native Spanish speaker but Elizabeth grew up in Indianapolis with a British mother. In Spanish she excels at inquiries on library location. (Not that she could understand the answer.) Otherwise, she spends her days coding in the statistical database language SAS and her evenings and week‐ ends amusing herself by thinking up fun ways to kill people, literarily and not literally. 

Diana Catt (www.dianacatt.com) is an author, editor, and daytime scientist. She has 20 short stories appearing in anthologies published by Blue River Press, Red Coyote Press, Pill Hill Press, Wolfmont Press, The Four Horseman Press, Speed City Press and Level Best Books. Her collection, Below the Line, is available on Amazon. She is co-editor of The Fine Art of Murder (2016, Blue River Press) and Homi‐ cide for the Holidays (2018, Blue River Press) and Trick or Treats: Tales of All Hallows’ Eve (Speed City Press). She is married with three kids, three grandkids, and three pets. She thinks good things come in three. 

Tony Perona is the father half of the father/daughter Elizabeth Perona writing team that produces the Bucket List Mystery Series. Separately, Tony is the author of the Nick Bertetto myystery series, the standalone thriller The Final Mayan Prophecy (with Paul Skorich), and coe-editor and contributor to the anthologies Racing Can Be Murder, Hoosier Hoops and Hijinks, and Trick or Treats: Tales of All Hallows' Eve. Tony is a member of Mystery Writers of America and has served the organization as a member of the Board of Directors and as Treasurer. He is also a member of Sisters in Crime. His last day job before retirement was Deputy Town Manager of the Town of Plainfield. 

Elizabeth Perona is the father/daughter writing team of Tony Perona and Liz Dombrosky. Tony is the author of the Nick Bertetto mystery series, the standalone thriller The Final Mayan Prophecy (with Paul Skorich), and co-editor and contributor to the anthologies Racing Can Be Murder, Hoosier Hoops and Hijinks, and Trick or Treats: Tales of All Hallows’ Eve. Tony is a member of Mystery Writers of America and has served the organization as a member of the Board of Directors and as Treasurer. He is also a member of Sisters in Crime. Liz Dombrosky graduated from Ball State University in the Honors College with a degree in teaching. She is currently a stay-at-home mom and serves as an administrator for her church. Like her father, she is a member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime.

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