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Seminal Murder is coming to a bookstore near you in July 2012!
When Dr. Grace Everest is murdered in her own sperm bank, Mara Gilgannon attempts to find the killer and to protect a beloved ex who is desperately seeking motherhood. So what if Mara herself has 858 reasons (and counting) never to have children? She didn’t let that stop her when she and Grace launched a radio series on artificial insemination. And she won’t let anyone stop her from completing the series and discovering the truth about her friend’s murder. Not the thief who trashes her office. Not her flamboyant housemate who invites a top suspect to crash with them. Not the 15-year-old who wants Mara to help find her donor dad. And especially not conservative Christian activist Reverend Leo Spires. As he heightens his campaign against the radio station where Mara works and the sperm bank where the murder occurred, Mara discovers a new mystery at the bank itself—an unusually low pregnancy rate for lesbians.
Summer 2012 I'll also return to the Iowa Summer Writing Festival, where I'll teach two courses: Writing Your First Novel, (July 15-20) and Creating Novel Characters (July 21-22).
April 2010
I just got back from teaching in Canterbury. Maybe Mara's next adventure will be in England!
August 2009
I'm finishing my third Mara Gilgannon mystery, A Seminal Murder, which opens with a murder in a sperm bank, and I will soon seek an agent/publisher. I’ve also helped celebrate many lesbian weddings since the Iowa Supreme Court unanimously legalized gay marriage.
Proud native Iowan,
Mary
January 2008
Happy New Year, dear readers. I'm busily drafting the third Mara Gilgannon mystery, which opens with a murder in a sperm bank. I've also published a short story, "The Cereal Aisle," and a poem, "Teaching English in War Time," in an Iowa City magazine called In Situ. This month I'm also teaching a course on writing mystery novels at Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids, IA.
January 2007
Murder by Mascot was named best sports mystery of 2006 by InsightOut Books.
March 2006
Here is a photo of me with Marilyn MonHerky, the gender-bending bird in Murder by Mascot.
