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Today in The Good Girl Confessional, host Sandy Lowres is chatting to Lee Christine. A bestselling Australian author who is proving that, at 60, it's never too late to turn lifelong dreams into reality, Lee is the writer of six romantic suspense novels and three alpine-crime novels, including the best-selling and award-winning Charlotte Pass, and best-selling Crackenback.In the past decade she has firmly cemented herself as one of Australia's most compelling crime writers. Born and bred in Newcastle, Australia, Lee always hankered to write. During her high school years, she sang and played guitar in a band, playing regular gigs around town – often penning her own songs, something she says is the very essence of storytelling. In her teenage years, Lee joined a soft rock band recording one LP. So enamoured by music, she would also study a male-dominated instrument - the saxophone. Life would lead her to teach, and then into the corporate world. In mid-life Lee made the brave decision to leave her corporate life as a trainer, to start writing novels as a full-time career. Now in her 60's Lee is a successful crime and mystery writer. Her trilogy of crime novels with romantic elements is set in Australia's iconic Snowy Mountains of NSW, Australia.Dead Horse Gap was published by Allen and Unwin in February 2022, Crackenback in February 2021, and Charlotte Pass in February 2020. Lee's writing has become known for engaging places and elements she knows as characters - mountain ranges, a ski lift, and mountain huts. Her ability to transport the reader into places she is passionate about is a gift. Charlotte Pass recently won the Australian Romance Readers Association award for Favourite Romantic Suspense in 2020. Lee loves connecting with her readers and has appeared on a panel discussions and live events. The mother of grown children, Lee lives in Newcastle with her husband and her Irish Wheaten Terrier, Honey.She is currently writing her next book set in Newcastle.Today we chat about music, writing, the creative soul and how you are never too old to follow your passions and dreams.You can follow Lee Christine (and find her books)here:https://leechristine.com.au/books/Https://www.facebook.com/leechristine59https://www.instagram.com/leechristine59 -The Good Girl Confessional is the award-winning Podcast of WB40 - Women Beyond Forty, a platform for women 40, 50, 60 and beyond. Join the revolution:www.wb40.comhttps://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondfortyhttps://www.instagram.com/thegoodgirlconfessional https://www.facebook.com/thegoodgirlconfessionalWb40 and The Good Girl Confessional Acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land we record this podcast on, the Wurrundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nations and pay out respect to their elders, past, present, and emerging.

Provencal mystery writer M.L. Longworth joins me on the podcast for this year's French Week to share some exciting news about her series. I invited Mary Lou back to the show (see our previous conversations here - ep. #268 - and here - ep. #203) as I recently learned her novels had been optioned for a television series to air on BritBox. Longworth shares many details about the cast, when it will premiere, which books will be included in season one and much more. Be sure to take the tour of Aix-en-Provence she gave me in this post to enjoy a taste of the world of Antoine Verlaque and Marine Bonnet, and tune in to today's episode as she talks about food, shares a delicious recipe AND shares the synopsis for her upcoming 10th mystery and when to expect it to be released. Links mentioned during our conversation: 1st book in her Provençal series - Death at the Chateau Bremont Most recent book in the series (9th) - The Vanishing Museum on the Rue Mistral My most recent Q & A w/M.L. Longworth: Aix en Provence, Art and a Mystery to Solve: her new mystery, spring in Provence and what she's cooking in her kitchen (May 5, 2021) BritBox Series Murder in Provence Begins Filming ML Longworth on Instagram @mllongworth ML Longworth's website the French play - Cigalon Chez Panisse Desserts cookbook Walnut Oil Find the recipe for the Lentil and Duck Breast Salad below M.L. Longworth's Lentil & Duck Breast Salad As shared during episode #310 of The Simple Sophisticate podcast, Provençal mystery writer M.L. Longworth shared a recipe during our conversation that offers a quintessential taste of summer in Provence. 1/2 cup French lentils (cooked) (follow the directions on the package or simply boil in water for about 10-15 minutes, then drain. ) 6 Tbsp walnut oil or vinagriette 2 Tbsp sherry vinegar or red-wine vinegar 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard freshly ground pepper 1-2 cups mache (lamb's tongue lettuce) or watercress (washed and roughly chopped) 1-2 ounces thin slices of cooked duck breast (substitute - prosciutto) Prepare the lentils: add the lentils to water and bring to a boil, simmer for 10-15 minutes until to desired tenderness. Drain out excess water. Prepare the vinegriette: in a small bowl add the vinegar, dijon and then slowly add and whisk in the walnut oil. Finish with freshly ground pepper to taste. If you are unable to find duck and cook yourself (often you can find cooked duck breast in the markets in France), a great substitute is ham or prosciutto - thinly sliced. Divide the vinegriette. Dress the salad with half and then add the lentils to the salad and add gradually the remaining vinegriette to dress the rest of the salad (you may not need to use all of the vinegriette or you may need to make more - just keep the proportions the same). Plate the lentils and lettuce and top with the duck breast. Enjoy with a glass of rosé - bien sûr! ~Sign up for TSLL's Free Weekly Newsletter ~The Simple Sophisticate, episode #310 ~Subscribe to The Simple Sophisticate:  iTunes | Stitcher | iHeartRadio | YouTube | Spotify EXPLORE MORE POSTS FROM FRENCH WEEK 2021 4th Giveaway: A Set of Prints from Everyday Parisian's Rebecca Plotnick Q & A with Everyday Parisian's Rebecca Plotnick 3rd Giveaway: A Cozy Francophile Gift Package Why Not . . . Add a Traversin (aka Bolster) to Your Bedroom? Let's Travel to Paris! My Conversation with Paris Perfect Vacation Rentals' Founder Madelyn Byrne, episode #309 ~View more TSLL French-Inspired posts in the Archives

Ellen and Kristin discuss her work with first responders and her popular mystery series about Police psychologist Dr. Dot Meyerhoff.About Ellen Kirschman:People call me the cop doc. I’ve been a clinical psychologist far longer than I’ve been a mystery writer. My specialty is treating first responders, cops and fire fighters who are suffering with work-related traumatic stress. My protagonist, police psychologist Dr. Dot Meyerhoff is a spunky, 50 plus year old who takes orders from no one, including her chief. I named her after my mother and grandmother. Dot and I share some traits, but we’re definitely not the same. She’s younger, thinner, investigates crimes when she should be counseling cops and has some skills I don’t need: breaking and entering, impersonating a public official, and assault with a deadly weapon. Too dedicated for her own good, not to mention stubborn, impulsive, and full of self-doubt, Dot never gives up on anyone which is important because cops are difficult clients. They hate reaching out for help because it makes them feel weak and they don’t trust outsiders, especially “shrinks.”I started my writing career with non-fiction and I’m still at it. Along the way I’ve earned awards from The California Psychological Association for Distinguished Contribution to Psychology and the American Psychological Association for Outstanding Contribution to Police and Public Safety Psychology.After my third book, I began to wonder if it wouldn’t be easier to make things up. It isn’t. In fact it’s harder although it’s more fun because it gives me the opportunity to take pot shots at nasty cops, unethical psychologists and a few of my ex-husbands.I’m a transplanted New Yorker. I’ve been living in Northern California since the summer of love. When I’m not writing, teaching, or volunteering as a clinician at the First Responders Support Network, I’m at the gym, in the kitchen, or traveling. I blog at Psychology Today, serve on the Northern California board of Mystery Writers of America, and belong to Sisters-in-Crime, Public Safety Writers Association, The American Psychological Association, and psychological services section of The Association of Chiefs of Police.www.ellenkirschman.com

TARA LASKOWSKI is the award-winning author of the debut suspense novel, One Night Gone, and two short story collections, Modern Manners for Your Inner Demons and Bystanders. She has had stories published in numerous magazines and anthologies such as Mid-American Review, Barcelona Review, and the Norton anthologies Flash Fiction International and New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction, among others. Her Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine story, “The Case of the Vanishing Professor,” won the 2019 Agatha Award and her Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine story, “States of Matter,” was selected by Amy Hempel for the 2017 Best Small Fictions anthology. Tara was the winner of the 2010 Santa Fe Writers Project’s Literary Awards Prize, was the longtime editor of the popular online flash fiction journal SmokeLong Quarterly, and is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and International Thriller Writers. She and her husband, writer Art Taylor, write the column Long Story Short at the Washington Independent Review of Books. She earned a BA in English with a minor in writing from Susquehanna University and an MFA in creative writing from George Mason University. She grew up in Pennsylvania and lives in Virginia. Follow her on Twitter, @TaraLWrites.Art Taylor is the author of the story collection The Boy Detective & The Summer of ’74 and Other Tales of Suspense and of the novel in stories On the Road with Del & Louise, winner of the Agatha Award for Best First Novel. He won the 2019 Edgar Award for Best Short Story for “English 398: Fiction Workshop,” originally published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, and he has won three additional Agatha Awards, an Anthony Award, three Macavity Awards, and three consecutive Derringer Awards for his short fiction. His work has also appeared in Best American Mystery Stories, and he edited Murder Under the Oaks: Bouchercon Anthology 2015, winner of the Anthony Award for Best Anthology or Collection. He is an associate professor of English at George Mason University, and he has contributed frequently to the Washington Post, the Washington Independent Review of Books, and Mystery Scene Magazine.

We look at stages of death and the difference in clinical and biological death. We also discuss what CPR does and doesn't do. What AEDs are for and use lots of other letters in cool ways!

We focus on two books this week the first is HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE by Kellye Garrett. Kellye's first novel, Hollywood Homicide, won Agatha, Anthony, Lefty and IPPY awards for best first novel. It was also nominated for Macavity and Barry awards. Hollywood Ending, her second book in the Detective by Day mystery series, was chosen a best mystery of 2018 by Suspense Magazine, Book Riot and CrimeReads, which called it the most fun book of the year. In addition to writing, she currently serves on the national Board of Directors of Sisters in Crime as its Publicity Liaison. Then we highlight KINFOLK KILLERS by L.V. Nield. Prior to retiring with her husband to Vancouver Island, Canada, L.V. Nield practiced law for many years in New York State. Working primarily in Elder Law, Laura was always aware of the vulnerability of seniors. KINFOLK KILLERS - An Olive Reader Mystery, while a work of pure fiction, incorporates potential abuses of the old and frail.

This episode features an interview with Andrew Shaffer who is a New York Times bestselling author and screenwriter whose books include the parody Fifty Shames of Earl Grey and the humorous survival guide How to Survive a Sharknado and Other Unnatural Disasters. His new book, the instant national bestseller Hope Never Dies: An Obama Biden Mystery is now available wherever books are sold from Quirk Books and Audible.

We interview Brad Ricca and discuss his book-"Mrs. Holmes"it tells the incredible story of Grace Humiston, the lawyer, and detective who solved the famous cold case of Ruth Cruger, an 18-year-old girl who disappeared in 1917. Grace was an amazing lawyer and travelling detective during a time when no women were practising in the legal profession. She focused on solving cases no one else wanted and advocating for innocents. Grace became the first female US District Attorney and made ground-breaking investigations into the practice of modern slavery. In the Ruth Cruger case, Grace followed a trail of corruption that led from New York to Italy. Her work changed how the country viewed the problem of missing girls. But the victory came with a price.

Learn how DNA has changed crime scene investigations. Virginia Sladko, a forensic scientist with the Baltimore Police Department, will discuss the part DNA has played in solving cases and in overturning wrongful convictions.

D.M. Quincy is an award-winning journalist who--after covering many unsolved murders--decided to conceive her own stories in which a brilliant amateur detective always gets the bad guy (or girl). She writes about Regency England, a time of elegance and extravagance, as well as crime and poverty, is the world of amateur sleuth Atlas Catesby.

This episode focuses on the independent publishing world. From one end of the spectrum to the other. First we feature an interview with Adam Croft who is an international best-selling writer of crime fiction. He has become one of the biggest-selling self-published authors in the world and is a prominent advocate of independent publishing. His latest thriller is THE PERFECT LIE.We then interview up and coming author Tom Reilly and we discuss his journey into the independent publishing world and we talk about his debut book GRAYSCALE.

We interview Mark Pryor who is a British mystery writer and Assistant District Attorney for Travis County, Texas. He is best known for his mystery novels featuring Hugo Marston, a former FBI agent from Texas, and now head of security at the U.S. Embassy in Paris.

Hank Phillippi Ryan is the on-air investigative reporter for Boston's WHDH-TV. She's won 34 EMMYs and dozens more journalism honors. The nationally bestselling author of 10 mysteries, Ryan's also an award-winner in her second profession—with five Agathas, three Anthonys, two Macavitys, the Daphne, and for The Other Woman, the coveted Mary Higgins Clark Award. Critics call her "a master of suspense" and "a superb and gifted storyteller" and she is the only author to have won the Agatha in four different categories: Best First, Best Novel, Best Short Story and Best Non-Fiction. We discuss her latest stand-alone "Trust Me."

We feature an interview with Chris Ould who is a BAFTA award-winning screenwriter who has worked on TV shows including The Bill, Soldier Soldier, Casualty and Hornblower. We discuss his Faroes Trilogy featuring Jan Reyna.

Bookends#14 We have two interviews. First, we interview award winning Swedish Author Jessica Jarlvi and discuss her new thriller WHAT DID I DO. We then welcome back Nick Van der Leek and talk about his new book that is ripped right from the headlines about Chris Watts. We also hightlight HUNTING THE TROLL by Mark Richardson.

Chris nickson is a novelist and music journalist, the author of many books set between the 1730s and 1950s in Leeds, as well as others in medieval Chesterfield and 1980s Seattle.Above all, though, its Leeds I love, the people, the sense of the place changing with time. Yes, I write mysteries, but ultmiateoly they're books about people and their relationships, and the crime becomes a moral framework for the story.

We review "Lone Star" by Ed Ifkovic. The cast of characters is a literal whos who of 1950's Hollywood.Edna Ferber the writer of "Giant." James Dean's last movie is our protagonist.

On today's episode we will interview Hildur Sif Thorarensen from Norway and discuss her book "Loner." We then interview Joanne Sinchuk former owner and current manager of "Murder on the Beach" mystery bookstore in Delray Beach, Florida.

In this, our 8th full episode, we reviewed our G Book - "Hushabye" by Celina Grace. This was the first in her Kate Redman series. The infant son of Nick and Casey Fullman is kidnapped from his nursery and his nanny has been killed. Casey, a former D list reality TV star is prostrate with grief while her husband Nick is consumed by his business and hardly misses a telephone call. He lets his assistant deal with any and all unpleasant issues.

We interviewed Alice Castle Author of The London Murder Mystery series. We highlighted South End Slooths in Auburn, Washington. We then discussed what we are currently reading.

On today's episode we interviewed Katia Lief who wrote "A Map of the Dark" under the name Karen Ellis. We then reviewed the book. Then we announced our next book, "The Silent Reporter" by Thomas Fincham to be reviewed in two episodes. We gave a shout out to a crime fiction podcast-Partners in Crime.

On our 4th Bookends episode, we highlighted another book club located in Lisle, IL, Murder Among Friends. We then interviewed Micheal H. Rubin and talked about his books "The Cottoncrest Curse" and "Cashed Out"

We reported on our attendance at the Baltimore Rock Opera Society's production of "Incredibly Dead", we gave an honorable mention review to Helen Cadbury's "To Catch a Rabbit," and we highlighted another book club, Centuries and Sleuths in Forest Park, IL. We then discussed the books we are currently reading.

A lively interview with author Lauren Carr, who wrote "Ice" a Chris Matheson Cold Case Mystery. It was a delightful interview with Ms. Carr who told us how she developed her storyline and also her love of animals featured in the books. Our review and announcement of the next book, "Louisiana Longshot" by Jana DeLeon.

A review of the 2nd book in our series of A-Z author's names. "Dead Dogs and Englishmen" by Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli. 4th book in the Emily Kincaid mystery series. We assigned our C book "Ice" by Lauren Carr, 1st book in the Chris Matheson Cold Case Mystery Series.

Today's Guest: Steven Gore, novelist, White Ghost: A Graham Gage Thriller, Final Target, Power Blind   Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with novelist Steven Gore by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of cancer survivors who could use a new hero… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! [ White Ghost: A Graham Gage Thriller by Steven Gore. Order now by clicking on the book cover above! Whether San Francisco private eye Graham Gage solves his latest case or not, his odds of lining up his next one are looking pretty thin. Graham Gage has non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Cancer. And it’s killing him. STEVEN GORE podcast excerpt: “Graham Gage is more cerebral, more analytical (than Harlan Donnally). I think that made him a better character for this subject (coping with a late stage cancer diagnosis).” Gage, the hard-working, world-traveling, great-friend-to-have-in-a-crisis hero of three previous novels by Steven Gore, stands tall in his fourth thrilling adventure story, White Ghost. But is it his last hurrah? Order Final Target by Steven Gore from Amazon.com by clicking on the book cover above! I’m not tellin’. But what I will share – and what Gore himself will likely describe in moments – is that Gage’s illness came to him organically. That’s right – author Gore had it first. But Gore, a real American character, has kept his cancer at arm’s reach for 15 years. I’m not sure the same can be said about Gage. Mostly because I haven’t read to the end yet. I didn’t want to spoil the conclusion by accident for anyone. Order Power Blind: A Graham Gage Thriller by Steven Gore from Amazon.com by clicking on the book cover above! STEVEN GORE podcast excerpt: "Some novelists rely too much on superpowers. The perfect memory or perfect recall. Nobody has that." White Ghost is full of globe-trotting, heroin-smuggling, chemotherapy-laced Gage intrigue. Steven Gore has become one of my favorite American novelists, a point I can prove by saying this is his fifth appearance on Mr. Media, tying him overall with only sportswriter Peter Golenbock. That’s how much I like his work. Key interview moments: • 5:25 Gore discusses how some novelists rely too much on “superpowers” to get their heroes out of a jam"; • 16:10 Gore reveals his own angoing, personal struggles with a diagnosis of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma back in 2001; • 39:20 An explanation of why Gore afflicted his private investigator character, Graham Gage, with cancer rather than his lawyer character, Harlan Donnally. Steven Gore Website • Facebook • Wikipedia LISTEN! Steven Gore's first visit to Mr. Media in 2010!       "Mean Business: How I Save Bad Companies and Make Good Companies Great" by Albert J. Dunlap with Bob Andelman, available in print, e-book or digital audio. Order your copy now by clicking on the book cover above! The Party Authority in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland!   The Party Authority in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland!

Today's Guest: Novelist Lida Sideris, author of Murder and Other Unnatural Disasters, former Hollywood studio attorney.LIDA SIDERIS podcast excerpt: "My day job as a lawyer can be a bit intense. So this book was an escape hatch for me, carved with words, zany characters, odd situations, action and adventure the whole way."Key interview moments:• 3:55 If your day job is a roller-coaster, attorney-turned-novelist Lida Sideris suggests writing to take the edge off;• 11:40 Murder and Other Unnatural Disasters is the kind of novel that has the authors friends wondering if they are in it;• 19:00 Sideris answers questions about a possible sequel for the book's star, Corrie Locke.Subscribe to Mr. Media for FREE on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...For more interviews like this one: http://www.MrMedia.comWhat is Mr. Media® Interviews? The calm of Charlie Rose, the curiosity of Terry Gross and the unpredictability of Howard Stern! Since February 2007, more than 1,000 exclusive Hollywood, celebrity, pop culture video and audio comedy podcast interviews by Mr. Media®, a.k.a., Bob Andelman, with newsmakers in TV, radio, movies, music, magazines, newspapers, books, websites, social media, politics, sports, graphic novels, and comics!Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/andelmanFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/MrMediaRadio

Today's Guest: Novelist Cheryl Hollon, author of Pane and Suffering: A Webb's Glass Shop Mystery and Shards of Murder.CHERYL HOLLON podcast excerpt: "The glass shop in Pane and Suffering is a premise and it comes along with the genre. It's like the Cabot Cove Syndrome: Why would anyone live in Cabot Cove? Because she would write about you and your murder! But the Webb's Glass Shop gives me license to play. I can concentrate on a different type of glass in each book. The first book is about stained glass. The second is about fusing glass and about judging an art festival. And the third book is about recycling glass.”Key interview moments:• 5:45 Cheryl Hollon cites influences such as Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and Louise Penny;• 13:30 Webb's Glass Shop is a vehicle for Hollon's storytelling the same way that Cabot Cove is for Jessica Fletcher in "Murder, She Wrote";• 20:15 After years of writing, what pushed Hollon from unpublished amateur to published author?Subscribe to Mr. Media for FREE on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MrMediaRadioFor more interviews like this one: http://www.MrMedia.com What is Mr. Media® Interviews? The calm of Charlie Rose, the curiosity of Terry Gross and the unpredictability of Howard Stern! Since February 2007, more than 1,000 exclusive Hollywood, celebrity, pop culture video and audio comedy podcast interviews by Mr. Media®, a.k.a., Bob Andelman, with newsmakers in TV, radio, movies, music, magazines, newspapers, books, websites, social media, politics, sports, graphic novels, and comics! Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/andelmanFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/MrMediaRadio