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Marcy McCreary

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Born
in Brooklyn, The United States
March 22

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Agatha Christie, PD James, Kate Atkinson, Tana French, Tess Gerritsen

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Marcy McCreary is the author of The Ford Family Mystery series: The Disappearance of Trudy Solomon, a Silver Falchion finalist for Best Investigator Mystery, The Murder of Madison Garcia, a Society of Voice Arts and Sciences winner for Best Audiobook—Mystery, and The Summer of Love and Death, which was released in August 2024. Her essays about crime fiction have appeared in CrimeReads, Criminal Element, Mystery & Suspense, and Mystery Readers Journal. She graduated from The George Washington University with a B.A. in American literature and political science and pursued a career in marketing and communications. She lives in Hull, MA with her husband Lew.

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Marcy McCreary My great grandmother and great grandfather both worked at the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory and supposedly eloped to get married on March 25, 1…moreMy great grandmother and great grandfather both worked at the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory and supposedly eloped to get married on March 25, 1911--the day of the fire. We have an oral history, based on stories my great grandmother has told us, but no documentation to prove this. We do know she was pregnant at the time, as my grandmother was born in early November 1911, just 8 months after the fire. We know for a fact that they worked there, but whether or not they eloped on that day remains a mystery. (less)
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FACT + FICTION: WHEN INSPIRATION FOR YOUR MYSTERY NOVEL COMES FROM REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCES AND TRUE CRIME

Sometimes life points you toward an unexpected treasure. Something you might wave off because you don’t yet recognize its potential. . . but if you’re patient and curious, its value will assert itself.

I’m a wide-ranging consumer of online media, including the Boston Globe. Luckily, on August 17, 2017, I just happened to be scanning its online edition when I came across an article about a waitress Read more of this blog post »
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