Madeline (M.M.) Gornell is the award
winning author of Uncle Si's Secret, Death of a Perfect Man, Lies of
Convenience, Reticence of Ravens, and Counsel of Ravens. Her first Route 66
mystery, Reticence of Ravens, was a finalist for the Eric Hoffer 2011 fiction
Prize, the da Vinci Eye (cover art), and the Montaigne Medal (most thought
provoking book). And Lies of Convenience was a Hollywood Book Festival Finalist
and along with Uncle Si's Secret, a PSWA Fiction winner. Counsel of Ravens is a
London Book Festival(honorable mention) and Los Angeles Times Book Festival
Genre Fiction (runner-up). She continues to be inspired by historic Route 66.
M.M. is a lifetime lover of
mysteries, and besides reading and writing, she is also a potter with a
fondness for stoneware and reduction firing. She lives with her husband and
assorted canines in the Mojave High-Desert near the internationally revered
Route 66.
You can visit her online at her website: http://www.mmgornell.com, or
her BLOG: http://www.mmgornell.wordpress.com, or email her directly at mmgornell@earthlink.net.
Madeline says:
"Mainly my books are stand alone,
with Reticence of Ravens and Counsel of Ravens the only two that are connected. I'm feeling pretty sure at this point, I'm a
stand-alone kind of writer, and don’t have any plans to write another
sequel—but I’m old enough to know saying “never” is fool hardy, indeed! And I do have a couple raven’s titles
running around in my mind.
Route 66 does, though, remain the current “juice” for
my imagination, and my next novel again takes place in the Mojave—in a
fictional place between Ludlow and Needles I’ve created, called Shiné (shy-knee). The working title is Rhodes
—The Mojave-Stone. I thought it would be a thriller, but it’s turning into a
mystery. I should have known!"
Amazon Buy link (all listed there) is http://tinyurl.com/okypqsm
Madeline is offering a copy of "Counsel of Ravens" to one lucky commenter.
