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| Karye writes her Sophie Mae Reynolds Home Crafting Mysteries under the name Cricket McRae. The fifth in the series was released in July of 2011 to good reviews. The sixth in the series, Deadly Row to Hoe, will release in November of 2012.
She also writes the Magical Bakery Mysteries under the name Bailey Cates. The first one, Brownies and Broomsticks, releases May of 2012. Please check out her website, www.cricketmcrae.com for information about both series, events, etc. Or stop by her blogs, www.hearthcricket.com and www.baileycates.com After a variety of jobs including driver's license examiner, port of entry clerk, newspaper circulation manager, ad sales, software localization program manager, and purveyor of handmade toiletries, she turned her attention to writing full time. In addition to her home crafting mysteries, she also writes creative nonfiction under her own name. In 2007 she returned to Fort Collins, where she studied philosophy and English at CSU in the 1980s, and fits her interest in all things domestic around writing, hiking, biking and, currently, learning how to hate the game of golf. |
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Heaven Preserve Us Spin a Wicked Web Something Borrowed, Something Bleu Wined and Died Brownies and Broomsticks, May 2012 Deadly Row to Hoe, November 2012 |
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| Kirkus Reviews on Wined and Died:
"McRae's...latest offers a tutorial on mead and a dash of soap making, all wrapped around a credible mystery." And what reviewers said about Home Crafting Mystery #4, Something Borrowed, Something Bleu: "This series continues to add depth to its engaging cast of characters, and the home-crafting details remain a delight and an inspiration." -- Booklist "The writing is sharp and skilled and Sophie Mae is an appealing, smart character." -- RT Book Reviews (4 1/2 stars) "Witty, suspenseful and very engaging, Something Borrowed, Something Bleu is a winner." -- The Coloradoan "Fans of Rosemary Harris and Maggie Sefton will appreciate McRae's crafty series." -- Library Journal "Likeable characters and an easy to follow plot that doesn't require knowledge of previous entries in the series are a plus." -- Publishers Weekly |
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| www.cricketmcrae.com | |
| www.hearthcricket.com and www.baileycates.com | |
| @cricketmcrae and @writerbailey | |
| I write the Sophie Mae Reynolds Home Crafting Mystery Series under the name Cricket McRae. The latest, Wined and Died, was released July, 2011. I'm also working on a paranormal mystery series for Penguin, the first of which will be released in 2012. |