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Claire A. Murray

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Claire writes crime/mystery, fantasy, and science fiction. She is a member of Sisters in Crime (& president of the Desert Sleuths Chapter), Mystery Writers of America, and the Short Mystery Fiction Society. Claire transplanted from New England to Phoenix where she writes full-time, paints, and lives on a steady diet of Zoominars for connection, inspiration, and sanity.

She hosts multiple weekly write-ins for aspiring and experienced writers and writes book reviews for Kings River Life Magazine.

Her short stories are in more than a half dozen anthologies and online magazines. Play the Hand You're Dealt, her short story collection, includes several stories that earned honors in various competitions.

Claire was lead editors for two Desert Sleuths
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I was a guest a few days ago on J.H. Jones’ blog where she documents her creative writing adventures and invites other authors to speak to their writing journey. Check out my post at https://www.jhjones-author.com/post/f... and tell me what you think either in the comments there or here. Read more of this blog post »
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“The problem with being a leader is that you're never sure if you're being followed or chased.”
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“It's as if they've planned out my life for me and I'm expected to live it for them. I hate it. So I don't tell anyone much. It's easier that way." ~Dani O'Meara from the forthcoming amateur sleuth mystery, Dangerous Days for Dani”
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“...you can't spend all your time alone…alone in your head…alone in your books…it's not healthy. We all need to learn to get along with and be with other people. We need to learn to make friends. It's an important part of life. " ~Dani O'Meara, from the forthcoming amateur sleuth mystery tentatively titled, Dangerous Days for Dani.”
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“The problem with being a leader is that you're never sure if you're being followed or chased.”
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“...you can't spend all your time alone…alone in your head…alone in your books…it's not healthy. We all need to learn to get along with and be with other people. We need to learn to make friends. It's an important part of life. " ~Dani O'Meara, from the forthcoming amateur sleuth mystery tentatively titled, Dangerous Days for Dani.”
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“It's as if they've planned out my life for me and I'm expected to live it for them. I hate it. So I don't tell anyone much. It's easier that way." ~Dani O'Meara from the forthcoming amateur sleuth mystery, Dangerous Days for Dani”
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“There has always been the wind.
Since our planet began to turn, there has been the wind. This ball of dirt and fire and water started to spin. The air stirred. And Earth's time began.
But the beginnings of the wind are lost in the mists of time. The wind blew before the Appian Way wended through Rome. It blew before the Parthenon crowned Athens. Before pyramids sprang up in Egypt.
Before the Mayans. Before the Incas.
Before Man.”
Kaye George, Death in the Time of Ice

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