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Gay Yellen began working life as a stage and TV actress, then happily moved behind the camera at The American Film Institute (AFI) as the Assistant to the Director of Production. A former magazine editor and national journalism award winner, she was the contributing book editor for Five Minutes to Midnight, an international thriller and New York Times Notable. Her award-winning Samantha Newman Series of mystery novels includes The Body Business, The Body Next Door, and The Body in the News.

Gay lives in Texas. She loves connecting with book clubs and community groups in person and online. You can reach her here on Goodreads or at her website for more.

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	The Body Business 4.23 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Body Next Door 4.31 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	The Body in the News: Samantha Newman Romantic Mystery #3 (Samantha Newman Mystery Series) 4.76 avg rating — 21 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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	In the Questions: Poetry by and about Strong Women by Patricia Flaherty Pagan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gay Yellen (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 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 thinking about families lately. Specifically, two kinds of family: the kind we are born into and the kind we create for ourselves among the strangers we meet in the course of our lives.

I have a brother I love dearly. I never had a sister, but I was blessed with girl cousins who were close in age. As children, we’d play together like siblings. Holidays were always big gatherings, too. And

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Recently, I was notified that The Body Next Door is short-listed for the Chanticleer Mystery & Mayhem Awards to be announced in 2017. Excitement! The Body Next Door

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Just been notified that The Body Business is the Romance selection for Bedtime Reads newsletter on 11/29/14. Thanks, BR!The Body Business The Body Business

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