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Joni M. Fisher

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Joni M. Fisher writes suspenseful crime stories about heroines who don't wait to be rescued. After working decades in journalism, she turned to crime. Her Compass Crimes series has won awards in the 2024 Christian Indie Awards, the 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, the 2023 Reader's Favorite Book Award, the Royal Palm Literary Awards, and others.

A member of the American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), and a lifetime member of the Florida Writers Association, she also served on the Arts and Humanities Advisory Board for Southeastern University.

An instrument-rated private pilot, she's also a contributing reporter for General Aviation News. Her fingerprints are on file with the FBI.
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Joni M. Fisher I don't get writer's block. I schedule time to write and I write. I have trained my muse to show up at regular times. Years of working on deadlines as…moreI don't get writer's block. I schedule time to write and I write. I have trained my muse to show up at regular times. Years of working on deadlines as a journalist taught me to use time as if it is running out. After a dear friend died before her book was published, I don't allow myself to put off writing. Time is precious. We only get so much of it.(less)
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