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Elizabeth Spann Craig

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Elizabeth is the bestselling cozy mystery author of the Southern Quilting mysteries, the Myrtle Clover Cozy Mysteries, the Village Library Mysteries, and Memphis Barbeque mysteries for Penguin Random House, Midnight Ink, and independently. Find out more about her books and sign up for her newsletter on her website: http://elizabethspanncraig.com . Find her books on Goodreads here: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list... ...more

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Average rating: 4.07 · 25,766 ratings · 2,512 reviews · 96 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Body in the Backyard (Myrtle Clover Mysteries, #4) 3.76 avg rating — 2,239 ratings — published 2012 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Checked Out (The Village Library Mysteries, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 1,650 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dyeing Shame (Myrtle Clover Mysteries, #3) 3.66 avg rating — 1,826 ratings — published 2006 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Progressive Dinner Deadly (Myrtle Clover Mysteries, #2) 3.71 avg rating — 1,625 ratings — published 2011 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pretty is as Pretty Dies (Myrtle Clover Mysteries, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 1,353 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quilt or Innocence (A Southern Quilting Mystery, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 1,061 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Overdue (The Village Library Mysteries, #2) 4.17 avg rating — 694 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Body at Book Club (Myrtle Clover Mysteries, #6) 4.05 avg rating — 654 ratings — published 2014 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Borrowed Time (The Village Library Mysteries, #3) 4.32 avg rating — 553 ratings — published 2020 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death at a Drop-In (Myrtle Clover Mysteries, #5) 4.08 avg rating — 572 ratings — published 2013 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Beyond Happy and Sad: Using a Full Emotional Range

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethspanncraig.com

Sometimes I reach for the obvious emotions first: happiness, sadness, anger, fear. But the moments that stick with me as a reader are usually the subtler ones like embarrassment, nostalgia, or the quiet satisfaction of something finally going right.

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Myrtle Clover Mysteries (29 books)
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Southern Quilting Mysteries (20 books)
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A Sunset Ridge Mystery (4 books)
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The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)

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Elizabeth Craig made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please add my books to my series topic " Hi there, Could you please add this book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... to this series: https://www.goodreads.com/series/2595... ? It's #15 in ...more "
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Elizabeth Craig made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please add my books to my series topic " Hi there! Thanks in advance for your help. I have a couple of books that need adding to a long-running series. The first is: "Murder Sees All": https:/ ...more "
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Elizabeth Craig made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please add my book to my series topic " Hi there and happy holidays. :) Could someone help me connect a pre-order to my series page? Thanks so much in advance! The book: https://www.goodreads ...more "
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“Literature, sharing a wonderful story, is what brings the world together.”
― Elizabeth Spann Craig, Progressive Dinner Deadly

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“Noo-Noo would turn into a tummy with feet if she ate as much as she'd like to eat. Knot What it Seams.”
― Elizabeth Craig

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“just remember that Dorothy Parker quote. ‘If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to,’” said”
― Elizabeth Spann Craig, Pretty is as Pretty Dies

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