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Shelly Jones is a professor by trade and a nerd by design. Woefully introverted, their pockets are full of post-it notes and their head is full of (unsaid) witty come-backs and un-won arguments from years past. Their cozy mystery, Player Elimination, was nominated for the 2026 Agatha Award for Best First Novel. When they aren’t grading papers or writing new mysteries, Shelly can often be found hiking in the woods or playing a board game while their cats look on. Find them on BlueSky @shellyjones.bsky.social, Instagram @shellyjonesauthor, or sign up for their newsletter at https://shellyjonesauthor.com/. ...more

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	Player Elimination (A Wren Winters Mystery, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 59 ratings — 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
	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Vol. 143, Nos. 5 & 6, November/December 2022 by Sheree Renée Thomas (Editor), John Shirley (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), J.C. Hsyu (Contributor) 3.98 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2022	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, She Rolled (A Wren Winters Mystery Book 2) 4.14 avg rating — 35 ratings — 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
	Game Over: An Amateur Sleuth Mystery (A Wren Winters Mystery Book 3) 4.54 avg rating — 28 ratings — 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
	ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction by Marissa Van Uden (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Eugen Bacon (Goodreads Author), E. Catherine Tobler (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Grandpa's Deep-Space Diner by Jessica Augustsson (Goodreads Author), Ray Daley (Goodreads Author), Kevin A. Davis (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2022 — 3 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
	Watch Us Roll: Essays on Actual Play and Performance in Tabletop Role-Playing Games by Shelly Jones (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Contributor), Evan Torner (Contributor), Julia J.C. Blau (Contributor) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — 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
	Of Weeds and Witches by Shelly Jones (Goodreads Author), Alien Buddha (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 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
	Beyond the Deck: Critical Essays on Magic: The Gathering and Its Influence 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 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
	The Watchers really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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I've been prepping my classes again as school is just around the corner. For my mystery class, I love incorporating The Perfect Crime: 22 Crime Stories from Diverse Cultures Around the World. This anthology is a great mix of different kinds of stories (e.g. traditional whodunnit, thriller, domestic suspense, a noir hip hop screenplay, even a fairy tale retelling) by authors such as S.A. Cosby, Rac Read more of this blog post »

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