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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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A bit of history — Ration Books

Rationing helped the war effort

In this time of corona virus and a disrupted country, I remember another time of disruption in the United States, and the world. Since I’m old, I remember World War II. I was a child, but I remember true ration books. The things rationed were to allow our country to tool up to fight a war. We received the books in the mail, one book for each member of the family. In each

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	Hidden Body (Jo Durbin Mysteries Book 0) by Norma Huss (Goodreads Author), Karen Phillips (Illustrator) 3.41 avg rating — 56 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 4.25 avg rating — 24 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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	Death of a Hot Chick 4.50 avg rating — 8 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
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	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) 4.08 avg rating — 51 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
	Fish or Cut Bait: A Guppy Anthology by Ramona DeFelice Long (Editor), Michele Drier (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) , Georgia Ruth 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2015	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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“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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