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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: 4.05 · 24,527 ratings · 2,454 reviews · 94 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Body in the Backyard (Myrtle Clover Mysteries, #4) 3.76 avg rating — 2,230 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
	A Dyeing Shame (Myrtle Clover Mysteries, #3) 3.65 avg rating — 1,816 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) 3.70 avg rating — 1,613 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
	Checked Out (The Village Library Mysteries, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 1,329 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
	Pretty is as Pretty Dies (Myrtle Clover Mysteries, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 1,327 ratings — published 2009 — 5 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 — 1,048 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) 4.16 avg rating — 633 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 — 647 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
	Death at a Drop-In (Myrtle Clover Mysteries, #5) 4.07 avg rating — 566 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
	Knot What It Seams (A Southern Quilting Mystery, #2) 3.82 avg rating — 571 ratings — published 2013 — 5 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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Creating Unskippable Settings

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethspanncraig.com

Long setting descriptions make readers’ eyes glaze over. Mine do, too. Usually I’ll skim settings as a reader. The key is to keeping reader attention is weaving essential details into action and dialogue so readers absorb the environment naturally without realizing they’re being given a tour.

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Series by Elizabeth Spann Craig

Myrtle Clover Mysteries (28 books)
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The Village Library Mysteries (14 books)
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Southern Quilting Mysteries (20 books)
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4.06 avg rating — 5,161 ratings

A Sunset Ridge Mystery (4 books)
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4.26 avg rating — 249 ratings

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The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)

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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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