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Mardi Link

Goodreads author profile

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http://www.goodreads.com/MardiL

born

December 03, 1961 in The Motor City, The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.mardilink.com

genre

Nonfiction, History

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Emily Dickinson, fish stories, Axl Rose, snow days, cowboy slang, choc...more

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April 2008

About this author

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The very first narrative I can recall is a nursery rhyme my mother chanted to me:

Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,
Upstairs and Downstairs in his nightgown.
Peeking at the window, crying at the lock;
Are babies in their beds?
For now its nine o'clock!

For all its silliness, there's a sinister quality to it somehow, too. Why didn't I remember something happier, like "Mary had a little lamb?" I guess I was destined to be someone upon whom the threat of what can happen in the dark, when not everyone is on their best behavior, resonated. Voila - true crime writer.

I am a child of Michigan, born in Detroit, journalism grad from Michigan State University, now a resident of northern Michigan and a University of Michigan author. Also a rabid Red W...more

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Kickstarter for Writers

For years internet cheerleaders have been promising writers who go digital everything from ebook millions to an instant audience for the the quirky, the how-to, even for monster romance novels.

I can't vouch for the authenticity of any of those opportunities, but I can offer some information on Kickstarter, a newish funding platform for creative endeavors. Including literary ones.

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Books by Mardi Link

Average rating: 3.60 · 181 ratings · 47 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Isadore's Secret: Sin, Murder, and Confession in a Northern Michigan Town 3.55 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	My rating:
	When Evil Came to Good Hart 3.60 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Michigan Murders by Edward Keyes, Mardi Link (Goodreads Author) (Epilogue by), Laura James (Prologue by) 3.96 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 1976 — 9 editions	My rating:

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"Isadore's Secret" excerpt (Nonfiction)

1 chapters — updated Jun 09, 2009 05:35am

Description: This is the Prologue to my second true crime book, "Isadore's Secret," which details the mysterious disappearance and murder of a Michigan nun in 1907.

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Mardi Link gave to: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn	My rating:
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Mardi Link gave to: In The Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1) by Tana French	My rating:
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Mardi Link gave to: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold	My rating:
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Mardi Link gave to: Killing Floor (Jack Reacher, #1) by Lee Child	My rating:
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Mardi Link gave to: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) by C.S. Lewis	My rating:
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Mardi Link gave to: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee	My rating:
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Mardi Link gave to: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald	My rating:
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