Picture yourself in a beach chair with the sun warm on your shoulders, a glass of iced tea near at hand, and a juicy novel opened in your lap. Every day can be such a day if you spend it with The Book Belles! We're authors penning everything from tales of murder and mayhem to young adult and women's fiction. So kick off your shoes, rub your toes in the sand, and take it easy, y'all. Whether or not you like your tea-time tales sweet or unsweetened, we've got you covered. For up-to-date contests and Book Belles' dish, check out our HOT NEWS page!

ELLEN BYERRUM—author of the Crime of Fashion Mysteries, including ARMED AND GLAMOROUS, set in Washington, D.C., (the city that fashion left behind) and starring fashion reporter Lacey Smithsonian who dishes out advice to the clothing-clueless. Two of Ellen's books have been made into Lifetime movies!

NANCY COHEN—author of KILLER KNOTS and eight other Bad Hair Day Mysteries, set in sunny South Florida and featuring sassy hairdresser Marla Shore who solves hair-raising mysteries with wit and style. Nancy also writes paranormal romance novels. Her newest release is SILVER SERENADE from The Wild Rose Press.

LAURA DURHAM—Agatha Award-winning author of the Annabelle Archer Mystery series, TO LOVE AND TO PERISH, featuring a D.C. wedding planner who juggles marriage and murder while planning the city's poshest parties. Under the name "Laura Weatherly," she's written STOP! DON'T PLAN A WEDDING WITHOUT THIS BOOK!

SUSAN McBRIDE—was twice nominated for the Anthony Award, won the Lefty Award, and won a Romantic Times Magazine Reviewers Choice Award for her Debutante Dropout Mystery series, which include TOO PRETTY TO DIE. Susan writes a young adult (nonmystery) series that debuted with THE DEBS, and she's authored a mainstream woman's beach book called THE COUGAR CLUB.

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