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Deborah Sharp

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born
Fort Lauderdale, The United States

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female

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Anne George; Elaine Viets; Nancy Martin

member since
June 2008


About this author

Like the main character in her funny, Southern-flavored mysteries, Deborah's roots were set in Florida long before Disney and ''Miami Vice.'' A native and former reporter for USA Today, she knows spots not found on maps: Molasses Junction. Muse. And now, Himmarshee, her own slice of Authentic Florida.
It's the setting for her Mace Bauer Mysteries, featuring Mace's wacky ''Mama.'' To create it, Deborah borrowed from the present-day ranching town of Okeechobee, and from the south Florida of her family's past. Deborah left a Ph.D. program in psychology to become a reporter, and then left the news biz to write light-hearted fiction. She has no plans, though, to leave her husband of 20-plus years, NBC reporter Kerry Sanders. They live in south F...more


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I don't know what to do about an author friend of mine. She insists on wearing a feather boa to book signings, conferences, and the like. I don't have the heart to tell her the boa's gotten kind of ripe (if... read more »
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Average rating: 3.64 · 911 ratings · 181 reviews · 7 distinct works
Mama Does Time (A Mace Baue...
3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 627 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions
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Deborah Deborah said: "Met this wonderful author at Malice Domestic this year; am enjoying this volume of her multi-book series featuring Sara Booth Delaney. Strong characters, well-crafted setting in the Mississippi Delta, and a satisfying mystery when I thought I'd guess...more "
 
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Yippee, y'all! We're getting back to Mama handing out advice here in the bloggosphere. As you know, that's something I dearly love to do. So here's... read more »
Deborah said "yes" to attending the event: Yay! You're Published. Now Comes the Hard Part
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date: September 21, 2011 06:30PM
location: Broward County Main Library, Fort Lauderdale, 100 South Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale, FL, The United States
description: Authors Deborah Sharp, Sean Kenniff and Louis K. Lowy talk about Author Publicity. Moderator is Tina Koenig, founder of Xpress Press.
Deborah made a comment in the group Cozy Mysteries Pet Peeves or Annoyances topic
"Robin wrote: ''I recently got revision notes back on my second book and the editor questioned whether everyone knows what a dually is. We do in Texas!...more "
"I see the list includes Mary Stanton's Beaufort & Co. mysteries, which I also like a lot. Clever concept about a lawyer who represents lost souls...more "
"Thanks to Naomi and Kate for mentioning my first title, MAMA DOES TIME, is currently FREE for a short time for Amazon's Kindle. FYI, It's also FREE fo...more "
Deborah made a comment in the group Cozy Mysteries Featured Author Suggestions Needed topic
"Beth wrote: "Nell wrote: "I'd like to see Margaret Maron as a featured author. She's written two series and has a couple of stand alone mysteries as w...more "
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Great debut novel by Lisa Bork, was nominated for an Agatha and deservedly so. Jolene Asdale is a likeable character, flaws and all. Looking forward to reading other books in this series.
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Dead by Any Other Name by Sebastian Stuart
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Drop By Drop by Keith Raffel
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Smasher by Keith Raffel
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“You know what a redneck's last words are, right, Mace?"my aunt asked on the phone. "Hey y'all...watch this!”
Deborah Sharp

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message 1: by Beth

Beth Hi Deborah,
Thanks for befriending this fellow Midnight Ink author here on Goodreads as well as elsewhere!


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