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Elizabeth Spann Craig

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Elizabeth is the bestselling cozy mystery author of the Southern Quilting mysteries, the Myrtle Clover Cozy Mysteries, the Village Library Mysteries, and Memphis Barbeque mysteries for Penguin Random House, Midnight Ink, and independently. Find out more about her books and sign up for her newsletter on her website: http://elizabethspanncraig.com . Find her books on Goodreads here: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list... ...more

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Average rating: 4.04 · 23,612 ratings · 2,382 reviews · 91 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Body in the Backyard (Myrtle Clover Mysteries, #4) 3.75 avg rating — 2,223 ratings — published 2012 — 13 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
	A Dyeing Shame (Myrtle Clover Mysteries, #3) 3.65 avg rating — 1,811 ratings — published 2006 — 16 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
	Progressive Dinner Deadly (Myrtle Clover Mysteries, #2) 3.70 avg rating — 1,602 ratings — published 2011 — 18 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
	Checked Out (The Village Library Mysteries, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 1,243 ratings — published 2019 — 4 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
	Pretty is as Pretty Dies (Myrtle Clover Mysteries, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 1,315 ratings — published 2009 — 22 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
	Quilt or Innocence (A Southern Quilting Mystery, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 1,035 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	A Body at Book Club (Myrtle Clover Mysteries, #6) 4.05 avg rating — 641 ratings — published 2014 — 11 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
	Overdue (The Village Library Mysteries, #2) 4.16 avg rating — 605 ratings — published 2019 — 6 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 at a Drop-In (Myrtle Clover Mysteries, #5) 4.07 avg rating — 563 ratings — published 2013 — 12 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
	Knot What It Seams (A Southern Quilting Mystery, #2) 3.81 avg rating — 559 ratings — published 2013 — 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

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If You Confuse, You Lose: A Publisher’s Perspective on Author Sites

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When I first heard Donald Miller say, “If you confuse, you lose,” I stopped in my tracks. I’ve spent decades working with writers and publishers, and I’ve seen that simple truth play out again and again. Writers often believe cleverness or complexity will sell books. It won’t. What sells is clarity.

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“Literature, sharing a wonderful story, is what brings the world together.”
― Elizabeth Spann Craig, Progressive Dinner Deadly

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“Noo-Noo would turn into a tummy with feet if she ate as much as she'd like to eat. Knot What it Seams.”
― Elizabeth Craig

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“just remember that Dorothy Parker quote. ‘If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to,’” said”
― Elizabeth Spann Craig, Pretty is as Pretty Dies

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