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  <name><![CDATA[Karen E. Olson]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[I am the author of the Annie Seymour mystery series: SACRED COWS, SECONDHAND SMOKE, DEAD OF THE DAY, and the Shamus Award nominated SHOT GIRL. SACRED COWS won the Sara Ann Freed Memorial Award at Mysterious Press/Warner Books and was a Gumshoe finalist. Annie Seymour is a police reporter in New Haven, Connecticut. She is tough-talking, sassy and smart. She has been compared to Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum, but as the Chicago Sun-Times put it, &quot;based more in reality.&quot;

The first in my new mystery series featuring Las Vegas tattoo shop owner Brett Kavanaugh, THE MISSING INK,is now available. The second, PRETTY IN INK, will be released in March 2010. And I have just signed on with my publisher to write two more in the tattoo shop mystery series.

Of THE MISSING INK, Publishers Weekly said: &quot;The Painted Lady, a tattoo shop in contemporary Las Vegas, and its owner, artist turned tattooist Brett Kavanaugh, are central to this pleasantly jargon-free themed mystery from Olson ... Readers need not be conversant with &quot;street flash&quot; or other industry terms to enjoy the setting and follow Brett down a trail of needles and gloves to the dramatic finale.&quot;]]></about>    <gender>female</gender>  <hometown>New Haven</hometown>      
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Shot Girl: An Annie Seymour Mystery]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Elin Hilderbrand]]></name>
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