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Joan Hess

Joan Hess

Joan Hess is the author of the critically acclaimed Maggody mysteries, including the Pocket Books paperbacks Muletrain to Maggody, Maggody and the Moonbeams, Misery Loves Maggody, and murder@maggody.com, nominated for the prestigious Nero Wolfe Award. She has received numerous awards, including the American Mystery Award, the Agatha Award, the Drood Review Readers' Award, and theMacavity Award. A former president of the American Crime Writers League, she is currently president of the Arkansas Mystery Writers Alliance, as well as a member of Sisters in Crime. Joan Hess lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

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Chapter 1 from MISERY LOVES MAGGODY
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Chapter 1 from Muletrain to Maggody
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Chapter 1 from Malpractice in Maggody
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Library circulation up, sharing continues to climb in 2009 according to annual report
Superior Telegram, February 5, 2010
...and “Googled†by Ken Auletta. New fiction includes: “Remarkable Creatures†by Tracy Chevalier, “Merry Wives of Maggody†by Joan Hess, “The Unbearable Lightness of Scones†by Alexander McCall Smith,...
Between the Lines: Imprint celebrates Greek ideals
Sacramento Bee, July 13, 2009
...Memory' by Elizabeth George. Nov. 17: 'A Cold-Blooded Business' by Dana Stabenow. Dec. 15: 'Muletrain to Maggody' by Joan Hess. Information: (916) 228-2111 and lsmith-roberts@saclibrary.org A reading for writers The Sylvanopolis Writers Society will...
From insomnia to 3-book author
North West Arkansas Times, June 21, 2009
...Boys and Agatha Christie mysteries in her childhood. These days, she prefers the 'irreverent' humor of mystery writers Joan Hess, based in Fayetteville, and Elizabeth Peters. In high school Phipps read Peters' Borrower of the Night and loved the ending...
Theater Aspen Announces Casting For 2009 Summer Season Of Comedy, Music & More
Broadway World, May 28, 2009
...and choreographed by Mark Martino. The Tony Award® winning musical (Best Book, Best Featured Actor) stars Broadway actors Joan Hess (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Kiss Me Kate, Crazy For You) as Rona, Jamison Stern (By Jeeves, Little Shop of Horrors) as...
All about mysteries
You Can Never Have Too Many Books, January 5, 2010
...who live in and out of his town in Giles Blunts' series. Or, my favourite humorous mystery series, Joan Hess' Maggody series, set in a tiny town in Arkansas, overrun by the Buchanon clan, that neanderthal family who scarily could be in any town...
New Mystery & Crime Fiction Novels Coming in January 2010
In Reference to Murder, December 29, 2009
...are new titles from M.C. Beaton, Robert Crais, Martin Edwards, Leighton Gage, James W. Hall, Steve Hamilton, Joan Hess, Charlie Huston, Julie Hyzy, Bill James, G.M. Malliet, T. Jefferson Parker, and the last book by the late Stuart Kaminsky, eerily...
January 2010 Mystery Book New Releases
The Cozy Mystery List Blog, December 17, 2009
...Series…) Shirley Damsgaard: The Seventh Witch (This will be the 7th in the Ophelia & Abby Mystery Series…) Joan Hess: The Merry Wives of Maggody (This will be the 16th in the Arly Hanks/Maggody Mystery Series…) Julie Hyzy: Eggsecutive Orders (This...
Getting Away From It All
Casablanca Authors, October 7, 2009
...Some leading writers of 'cozy' murder mysteries: Diane Mott Davidson Katherine Hall Page Dorothy Cannell Carolyn G. Hart Joan Hess Camille Minichino/Margaret Grace Cleo Coyle And many, many others, too numerous to name. Personally, I have found that...
Interviewing Erotic Romance author Elle Amery
Talk About My Favorite Authors, May 5, 2009
...Lavey and Land of Falling Stars by Keta Diablo. I also have three Elizabeth Peters books, two by Joan Hess, three by Heather Graham, three by Lori King, and Reckless by Saskia Walker piled by my bed...