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Jeanne Meeks

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Fiction, Mystery, Sports

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Jeanne Meeks began backpacking in 2005 and hiked across the Grand Canyon before writing "Rim to Rim," an adventure novel with a twist of mystery and romance. "Wolf Pack," set on Isle Royale, MI, is the second in the Backcountry Mystery series.

The first in the new Tennis Team Mystery series, Gator Bait, was a finalist in the Illinois Author Project in 2016. "Killer Served" followed soon after.

She is now knee-deep in research for her first historical fiction novel. Inspired by a genealogical search for her mother's ancestors, she is telling the story of the Founding Mothers of Quebec.

After twenty-eight years in business, Ms. Meeks and her husband sold their security surveillance company.

Ms. Meeks now writes full-time and is now VP of Gul ...more

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	Rim To Rim: Death in the Grand Canyon (Backcountry Mysteries Book 1) 3.95 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Wolf Pack: Mystery on Isle Royale (Backcountry Mysteries Book 2) 4.02 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Gator Bait: A Tennis Team Mystery (Tennis Team Mysteries Book 1) 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2015 — 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
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	Killer Serve: A Tennis Team Mystery (Tennis Team Mysteries Book 2) 4.80 avg rating — 5 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
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Gossip and News: How 17th Century French Peasants Shared Information

We can’t live without our phones, email, TV, and podcasts. How did the people of yore manage? In a 17th-century French village, news traveled at the pace of footsteps and farm carts, stitched together by habit, ritual, and the human love of a good story. Most peasants lived within a few kilometers of one another … Continue reading Gossip and News: How 17th Century French Peasants Shared Informatio Read more of this blog post »

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