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M. Louisa Locke
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http://www.goodreads.com/mlouisalocke
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| born |
January 25, 1950
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| gender |
female |
| place of birth |
The United States |
| website |
http://mlouisalocke.com/ |
| genre |
Mystery & Thrillers, Historical Fiction, Women & Gender Studies
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| influences |
I decided when I was twelve and discovered Georgette Heyer, that writing historical fiction is what I wanted to do with my life. My discovery of Dorothy Sayers in graduate school added the mystery dimension, and then the Brother Cadfael series opened up the possibility of historical mysteries, and the die was cast. |
about this author
After being a professor of history for over 30 years, I am now retired and writing full time. My first book, Maids of Misfortune, was actually written over twenty years ago, based in part on my dissertation research on women who worked in the Far West at the end of the NIneteenth Century. However, a full time career of teaching and an active family life left me little time to do what was necessary to achieve success in traditional publishing.
When I cut back on my teaching several years ago, I began to investigate the new opportunities in ebooks and independent publishing, and I decided from my research to self-publish Maids of Misfortune. For anyone interested, my blog details the reasons for that decision, and the ups and downs of being an indie author.
In general, my experience has been very positive, and readers like the ones on GoodReads have been a constant source of support. I am pleased that Maids of Misfortune and my short story, Dandy Detects, have been in the #1 and #2 spots in the historical mysteries category on Kindle for more than six months. I have done well enough financially to actually retire completely, so I am now I am busy working full time on writing the sequel to my first book, called Uneasy Spirits,
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