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Julia Buckley is a Chicago-area writer. She has written three mystery series with Berkley Prime Crime, including the best-selling Writer's Apprentice Series, which Mystery Scene calls "engaging, enjoyable, and surprising," while Kirkus dubs it "pleasantly old-fashioned." The Library Journal called Buckley "a writer to watch."

Buckley is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and the Chicago Writers Association. She blogs about writing and mysteries at Mysterious Musings, where she has interviewed almost 200 other mystery writers about their work.

She teaches high school English and enjoys reading, playing Words With Friends, and spending time with her husband and two sons, along with their menagerie of animals.
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	A Dark and Stormy Murder (A Writer's Apprentice Mystery, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 3,679 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Death in Dark Blue (A Writer's Apprentice Mystery, #2) 3.90 avg rating — 1,803 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	A Dark and Twisting Path (A Writer's Apprentice Mystery, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 1,335 ratings — published 2018 — 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 Big Chili (Undercover Dish Mystery #1) 3.99 avg rating — 1,340 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
	Death in a Budapest Butterfly (A Hungarian Tea House Mystery #1) 3.99 avg rating — 1,198 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Cheddar Off Dead (Undercover Dish Mystery #2) 4.04 avg rating — 1,074 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Death Waits in the Dark (A Writer's Apprentice Mystery #4) 4.11 avg rating — 1,055 ratings — published 2019 — 10 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 with a Dark Red Rose (A Writer's Apprentice Mystery #5) 4.08 avg rating — 882 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Pudding Up With Murder (Undercover Dish Mystery #3) 4.01 avg rating — 777 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Death of a Wandering Wolf (A Hungarian Tea House Mystery #2) 4.20 avg rating — 679 ratings — published 2021 — 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

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Judit Wolfe lives in Maui today. She and her husband run an Air B and B, and she has come to call her little town, Haiku, the home of her heart, filled with that Hawaiian spirit of Ohana. A long-time Lucille Ball fan, she named her vacation rental after the comedienne, so one can make an appointment to stay at "Lucy Fan Ohana" and spend vacation day Read more of this blog post »

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Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? (Maud O'Connor Mysteries #1)

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A compelling mystery, beautifully written in a poetic narrative voice that reminds me of WIlliam Kent Krueger. Highly recommended. I only wish there were a sequel.
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Very well-written and quite compelling! The novel deals with themes of familial relationships, childhood trauma, and the complexities of publishing and truth-telling.
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“I admit I have a Hungarian temper. Why not? I am from Hungary. We are descendants of Genghis Khan and Attila the Hun. —ZSA ZSA GABOR”
― Julia Buckley, Death in a Budapest Butterfly

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“Nothing bonds two people so well as loving the same books.”
― Julia Buckley, A Dark and Stormy Murder

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“Truth can come in an instant, and when one looks into Her eyes, one's vision is forever altered. From Death on the Danube (fictitious book)”
― Julia Buckley, Death in Dark Blue

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