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Ellen Crosby is the author of the Virginia Wine Country mysteries, including HARVEST OF SECRETS, which will be published November 6, 2018 by Minotaur Books. She is also the author of the Sophie Medina mysteries and MOSCOW NIGHTS, a standalone mystery. Before writing fiction, Crosby was a freelance reporter for The Washington Post, Moscow correspondent for ABC Radio News, and an economist at the US Senate. After living overseas for many years, she now lives in the Washington, DC suburbs of northern Virginia. More information at www.ellencrosby.com or www.facebook.com/EllenCrosbyBooks

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How It Happened, or the Long Road to Being Published

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UK edition, published in 2000

My experience pursuing the publication of my first novel is a tale of four countries, three children, two decades, and one relentless quest for U.S. stamps. In 1984 my husband, a journalist with the Voice of America, was transferred from Washington, D.C., to open a new VOA bureau in Geneva, Switzerland. I quit my job as economic advisor...

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	The Merlot Murders (Wine Country Mysteries #1) 3.45 avg rating — 2,077 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	The Chardonnay Charade (Wine Country Mysteries #2) 3.63 avg rating — 1,198 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	The Bordeaux Betrayal (Wine Country Mysteries #3) 3.66 avg rating — 1,056 ratings — published 2008 — 15 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
	The Riesling Retribution (Wine Country Mysteries #4) 3.71 avg rating — 877 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	The Sauvignon Secret (Wine Country Mysteries, #6) 3.73 avg rating — 826 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	The Viognier Vendetta (Wine Country Mysteries #5) 3.74 avg rating — 779 ratings — published 2010 — 9 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
	The Champagne Conspiracy (Wine Country Mysteries #7) 3.83 avg rating — 406 ratings — 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
	Multiple Exposure (Sophie Medina, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 346 ratings — published 2013 — 7 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
	The Vineyard Victims (Wine Country Mysteries, #8) 3.94 avg rating — 262 ratings — 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
	Ghost Image (Sophie Medina, #2) 3.82 avg rating — 205 ratings — published 2015 — 7 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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“We all have a right to our private lives; it's living a secret life that gets us in trouble.”
― Ellen Crosby

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“It got this hot in the south of France, but it was a dry heat, cooled and tempered by the mistral and scented with the powerful fragrances of lavender, thyme, and rosemary. Here the air was so thick I could practically see it and the smell was the dank chemical odor of soil and plants and grass decomposing”
― Ellen Crosby, The Merlot Murders

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Rev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries by Julia Spencer-Fleming

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Wine Country by Ellen Crosby

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Kate Burkholder by Linda Castillo

2 votes, 8.7%

Smoky Barrett by Cody McFadyen

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Carolyn Sullivan by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg

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Tracers by Laura Griffin

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Evan Delaney by Meg Gardiner

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Booktown Mystery by Lorna Barrett

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Suspicion by Barbara Parker

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Monkeewrench by P.J. Tracy

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Britt Montero by Edna Buchanan

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Samantha Adams by Sarah Shankman

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Nikki Heat by Richard Castle

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Alison Reynolds by J.A. Jance

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Ruth Galloway by Elly Griffiths

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