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Author Meeting Place Interviews Author Lauren Carr of Harpers Ferry/West Virginia/USA
Bio: Lauren Carr fell in love with mysteries when her mother read Perry Mason to her at bedtime. The first installment in the Joshua Thornton mysteries, A Small Case of Murder was a finalist for the Independent Publisher Book Award. Her third book, It’s Murder, My Son, is the first installment for her new series, The Mac Faraday Mysteries. It’s Murder, My Son is set in Deep Creek Lake, Maryland, where she and her family often vacation. She lives with her husband, son, and two dogs on a mountain in Harpers Ferry, WV.
In addition to being an active member and director of the Association of Independent Authors, Lauren is a popular speaker who has made speaking appearances at schools, youth groups, and on author panels at conventions. She lives with her husband and son on a mountaintop in West Virginia. Visit Lauren at her blog: http://writerlaurencarr.blogspot.com/, or her website: http://laurencarr.webs.com/.
How many book/s have you written?: I have written three murder mysteries.
Please share with us your book titles:
It's Murder, My Son (Mac Faraday Mystery) A Reunion to Die For (Joshua Thornton Mystery) A Small Case of Murder (Joshua Thornton Mystery)
What genre/s would you like to write in?: My favorite genre to write in is mystery.
Please share with us who or what encourages you to write and why?: Life encourages me to write.
How long did it take for you to write your book/s?: It takes me approximately a year to write a book. That's because between drafts I will set a book aside and work on another project. It is not unusual for me to work on two books at once.
How long did it take for you to publish your book/s?: With It's Murder, My Son, it took about six months.
Who did you publish with and why?: I independently published It's Murder, My Son through Create Space for the print edition; Amazon for the Kindle Edition; Books-In-Motion for the audio, and Smashwords for all the other e-book editions.
I had been offered a traditional publishing contract for It's Murder, My Son, but having both traditionally published and self-publishing before, I found that I had all of the same responsiblities for my book's success both times. For that and other reasons, I decided to independently publish It's Murder, My Son.
Please share with us how you prefer to market your book/s?: I prefer to market my books online through the Internet. I love to give interviews. That way I can do it all from my recliner with my feet up.
Please share with us any event/s that you have planned in marketing your book/s: I have a series of writing and publishing seminars scheduled in the area in Harpers Ferry. I also have some booksigning events.
Do you wish to share any additional information with our readers?: I also have a blog in which I spotlight other authors: Lauren's World of Mystery Writing. Stop by: http://writerlaurencarr.blogspot.com/
Backcover Description: What started out as the worst day of Mac Faraday's life would end up being a new beginning. After a messy divorce hearing, the last person that Mac wanted to see was another lawyer. Yet, this lawyer wore the expression of a child bursting to tell his secret. This covert would reveal Mac as heir to undreamed of fortunes, and lead him to the birthplace of America's Queen of Mystery and an investigation that will unfold like one of her famous mystery novels. Soon after she moves to her new lakefront home in Spencer, Maryland, multi-millionaire Katrina Singleton learns that life in an exclusive community is not all good. For some unknown reason, a strange man calling himself Pay Back begins stalking her. When Katrina is found strangled all evidence points to her terrorist, who is nowhere to be found. Three months later the file on her murder is still open with only vague speculations from the local police department when Mac Faraday, sole heir to his unknown birth mother's home and fortune, moves into the estate next door. Little does he know as he drives up to Spencer Manor that he is driving into a closed gate community that is hiding more suspicious deaths than his DC workload as a homicide detective. With the help of his late mother's journal, this retired cop puts all his detective skills to work to pick up where the local investigators have left off to follow the clues to Katrina's killer.
Book Review/s to share: With it's tight plot, well-crafted and believable characters, and complex mystery, It's Murder My Son is a thoroughly enjoyable read. I look forward to many more Mac Faraday mysteries. -- John J. Lamb, author of the Bear Collector Mysteries
A most unusual and surprising plot, intriguing characters, snappy dialogue, great settings and a dog named Gnarly are the prime ingredients in Lauren Carr's terrific new mystery, It's Murder, My Son. --F.M. Meredith, author of An Axe to Grind.
Email to share: writerlaurencarr@comcast.net
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