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Lois Browne

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in Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada

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Mystery, Nonfiction

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I've been writing all my life, first in journalism and then in corporate communications.

Death on a Dig is my first fiction. It's a mystery story set around the disappearance of a young woman from an archaeological dig in Mexico. Gwen Madden goes looking for her on behalf of the girl's distraught mother -- and discovers a kidnapping, a tale about a trove of stolen artifacts and -- oh, yes -- a dead body, in fact, more than one.

I've travelled in the UK, continental Europe, India, Mexico and Central America. Before apartheid was defeated in South Africa, I spent five years in Mozambique as an international volunteer, and I recently volunteered again for six months to work with a small social agency in northern India.

Girls of Summer, my first ...more

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I’m still looking over my photos and thinking about some of my experiences in Cuba. Cuba is everything people say it is. The architecture is phenomenal, Havana bustles, the classic cars are a real treat both to drive in and to watch on the road. I walked the Malecon, Havana’s sea wall, a number of […]

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	Girls of Summer: In Their Own League 3.69 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 1992 — 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
	Death on a Dig really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2013	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
	Amends for the Dead really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	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
	Murder in the Clubhouse: A Diamond Girls Mystery 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	In the Early Hours 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013 — 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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Lois’s Quotes

“I settled for a cup of coffee. Only it wasn't coffee. It was a coffee substitute made by grinding up dandelion roots. The idea was that it wouldn't keep you awake, and it's always seemed to me that the only thing coffee really has going for it is that it will keep you awake.”
― Lawrence Block, The Topless Tulip Caper

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“I don't know about the rest of the country but in New York more people have learned anonymity from rent control than ever discovered it in a twelve-step program.”
― Lawrence Block

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“In writing a novel, when in doubt, have two guys come through the door with guns.”
― Raymond Chandler

tags: novels, writing

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“Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all of the tricks and has nothing to say.”
― Raymond Chandler

tags: writing

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“Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.”
― Raymond Chandler

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