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Anthony Award Nominee for Best Audiobook 2014 & 2016, Deborah J Ledford, is the award-winning author of the Smoky Mountain Intrigue series, including: CAUSING CHAOS, CRESCENDO, STACCATO and SNARE--The Hillerman Sky Award Finalist, and Finalist for the New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards in the Mystery/Suspense category.

The audiobook version of CRESCENDO narrated by TV and film actress Christina Cox, is the 2014 ANTHONY AWARD NOMINEE in the audiobook category.

Also a writer of short stories, she is a three-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize and her award-winning stories appear in numerous print publications as well as literary and mystery anthologies. Part Eastern Band Cherokee, she spent her summers growing up in western North Carolina where ...more

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	Staccato (Steven Hawk & Inola Walela, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Crescendo (Steven Hawk & Inola Walela, #3) 4.26 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2013 — 8 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
	Snare (Steven Hawk & Inola Walela, #2) 4.44 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer's Journey (Sisters in Crime The Writing Life #3) by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Deborah J. Ledford (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Kim Fay (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.51 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Causing Chaos (Inola Walela & Steven Hawk, #4) 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Mystery in the Wind by Deborah J. Ledford (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Bob Avey (Goodreads Author), Sarah Simmons 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2009 — 2 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
	SoWest, So Wild (SinC Desert Sleuths, #3) by Deborah J. Ledford (Goodreads Author), Kris Neri (Goodreads Author), Susan Budavari it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	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
	How NOT to Survive the Holidays (SinC Desert Sleuths, #1) by Deborah J. Ledford (Goodreads Author), Kris Neri (Goodreads Author), Connie Flynn (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009	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
	How NOT to Survive a Vacation (SinC Desert Sleuths, #2) by Deborah J. Ledford (Goodreads Author), Kris Neri (Goodreads Author), Susan Budavari it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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Anthony Award Nomination

Thrilled to announce Crescendo as a 2014 Anthony Award Nominee for Best Audio Book. Much gratitude to TV and film actress Christina Cox for her sublime performance bringing my characters to life. Kudos also to IOF Productions Ltd for producing this first-rate recording.

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Published on May 28, 2014 08:45 • Tags: audiobooks, award, christina-cox, crescendo, nomination, thriller

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