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Norma Huss

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Mystery & Thrillers, Nonfiction, Young Adult

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Dorothy Gilman and my parents

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June 2011

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I'm a mostly mystery writer who likes to chat. Visit me on my Facebook author page at: http://tinyurl.com/gtft75z

Yes, I mostly write mystery, which is why I call myself The Grandma Moses of Mystery. Although I'd previously published short stories and articles, my first book was published a month before my eightieth birthday. (The original Grandma Moses was an American folk artist who began painting in her late seventies.) Right now, my count is six books, all mysteries but one which is a non-fiction retelling of a young knucklehead working in Alaska for college money. (Said knucklehead was my father.)

Oh, and another reason why I call myself The Grandma Moses of Mystery? The original woman painted until her death at one hundred one years. S ...more

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What does an author do when she decides to change covers on the way to publication? If she’s me, she just does it! Wiser heads may not agree, but, there… you have it. Did, and done. But it occurs to me that those who ordered it with one cover may be confused when they get a book with another cover. So, I’ll spread this graphic around the internet, startin...

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	Hidden Body (Jo Durbin Mysteries Book 0) by Norma Huss (Goodreads Author), Karen Phillips (Illustrator) 3.30 avg rating — 43 ratings	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 Knucklehead in 1920s Alaska by Norma Huss (Goodreads Author), Norma Collins Huss , William A. Collins 4.22 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Cherish really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Yesterday's Body 3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2009 — 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 of a Hot Chick 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	The Deserter and Other Stories it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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
	Forgotten Body (Jo Durbin Mysteries Book 2) by Norma Huss (Goodreads Author), Karen Phillips (Illustrator) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 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
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	25 Years in the Rearview Mirror: 52 Authors Look Back by Stacy Juba (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Elaine Raco Chase (Goodreads Author) , Maria Savva (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2012 — 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

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The Vigilante Vignette (A Cherry Tucker Mystery novella, #5.5)

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Counterfeit Conspiracies (Bodies of Art, #1)

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“I'm not saying Abbott Computing Services suffered from an acute form of TV demographics, but, how did I get the job? I wasn't under 40. I wasn't anorexic slim. I didn't have a face that would launch a thousand ships, or even a rowboat. Of course, I was a temp, and the young and beautiful wouldn't have to look at me forever." Jo Durbin”
― Norma Huss, Yesterday's Body

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