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Judith Erwin

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Winner of a 2020 FAPA President's Book Award Gold Medal, and a 2020 Reader's Favorite Book Awards Finalist Seal, Judith Erwin is a retired attorney and freelance writer.

The author of eight published novels in the crime-solving mystery, romance, romantic suspense, and women's fiction genres, her nineth book, The Price of Murder, Book 3 in the crime-solving Shepherd & Associates Series, is scheduled to launch in 2023.
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Judith Erwin In my novel, Shadows from the Past, I used a mystery from my life. In the 1920s, my paternal grandmother's brother was admitted to the Milledgeville S…moreIn my novel, Shadows from the Past, I used a mystery from my life. In the 1920s, my paternal grandmother's brother was admitted to the Milledgeville State Hospital in Milledgeville, Georgia, a mental health facility, which many referred to as insane asylum. To my knowledge, he was never released and died there in the 1960s.

As a child, traveling from Atlanta to my grandfather's home in South Georgia, my father would point to the buildings as we passed through Milledgeville and remark how Uncle Jim was there. We never visited. When I asked why he was there, Daddy always said, "Because he threatened to kill his boss."

In 2014, as I drove though wooded areas of North Carolina on the way to my granddaughter's wedding, for some reason, Uncle Jim and Milledgeville came to mind. As a family law attorney, I had my share of clients who made such threats but not really intending to commit murder. None were institutionalized. I began to wonder whether Uncle Jim's threat was serious? Did he make any move to act on it? My research began.

I wanted to read Uncle Jim's admission records. Although I applied several times, my requests were ignored. But I did find that many atrocities took place with commitment of healthy individuals on flimsy grounds to what became one of the largest institutions of it's kind. With the small scrap of information, I built the fictional story of Fury O'Quinn and her quest to uncover the truth of why her grandmother's brother spent his life in the state hospital and what caused her young grandmother to return to the family's homeland (Ireland) at the time of his commitment.(less)
Judith Erwin Thank you, Rhonda. Comments like you made keep the keys of my computer clicking.

In response to your question, there is a new book in the making. You m…more
Thank you, Rhonda. Comments like you made keep the keys of my computer clicking.

In response to your question, there is a new book in the making. You met Scarlett Kavanagh in Shadows from the Past. The first draft of her story is a little over half complete. In addition, Fury O'Quinn is writing book #1 of a romance series. For reasons that I can't reveal just yet, I'm not sure whether Scarlett's story will continue the Shadow theme in the title. But, you will see Fury and Gray again in book #4. Even Dan Cameron passes through.(less)
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It's hard to believe that two months have past since Shadow of Silence was offered to the public. I continued to be thrilled and amazed with the reception the book has received.

At the risk of being premature, I am going to give loyal readers a hint of things to come.

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