Rena Leith
I love cozy mysteries and am a huge fan of Janet Finsilver and Juliet Blackwell. Like women who write mysteries, I read Nancy Drew as a young girl. Later I graduated to Miss Marple and other Agatha Christie novels. As a reader, I’m enjoying the current boom in cozies. I currently live in Cape May County in New Jersey after spending years in the San Francisco Bay Area with my Maine Coon cats Sierra and Ginger. I attended Clarion Writers Workshop for Science Fiction and Fantasy at Michigan State University and sold a story I wrote there to Damon Knight for The Clarion Awards anthology. I wrote technical manuals in Silicon Valley and also published several poems and science articles as well as a couple of chapters in Research & Professional Resources in Children’s Literature: Piecing a Patchwork Quilt. I’ve also taught English in high school and community colleges. It’s been my experience that writers help writers. Some who have helped me along the way include Margaret Dumas, Janet Finsilver, Claire Johnson, Mike Cooper, Gordon Yano, Carole Price, Ann Parker, Camille Minichino, and Penny Warner. You may also enjoy their books. Say hi for me if you see them at signings.
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