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Julie Smith

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Annapolis, Md., The United States

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Mystery & Thrillers, Young Adult

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Author of 20 mystery novels and a YA paranormal adventure called BAD GIRL SCHOOL (formerly CURSEBUSTERS!). Nine of the mysteries are about a female New Orleans cop Skip Langdon, five about a San Francisco lawyer named Rebecca Schwartz,two about a struggling mystery writer named Paul Mcdonald (whose fate no one should suffer) and four teaming up Talba Wallis, a private eye with many names, a poetic license, and a smoking computer, with veteran P.I. Eddie Valentino.

In Bad GIRL SCHOOL, a psychic pink-haired teen-age burglar named Reeno gets recruited by a psychotic telepathic cat to pull a job that involves time travel to an ancient Mayan city. Hint:It HAS to be done before 2012!

Winner of the 1991 Edgar Allen Poe Award for best novel, that b ...more

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Average rating: 3.88 · 46,309 ratings · 3,467 reviews · 259 distinct works • Similar authors

	New Orleans Mourning (Skip Langdon, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 3,810 ratings — published 1992 — 25 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
	Louisiana Hotshot (Talba Wallis, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 3,445 ratings — published 2001 — 14 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
	Axeman's Jazz (Skip Langdon, #2) 3.70 avg rating — 2,593 ratings — published 1991 — 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
	The Sourdough Wars (Rebecca Schwartz, #2) 3.50 avg rating — 2,632 ratings — published 1984 — 15 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
	Jazz Funeral (Skip Langdon, #3) 3.85 avg rating — 2,373 ratings — published 1993 — 15 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
	Louisiana Bigshot (Talba Wallis, #2) 3.87 avg rating — 2,358 ratings — published 2002 — 10 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 Turns a Trick (Rebecca Schwartz, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 2,283 ratings — published 1982 — 14 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
	House of Blues (Skip Langdon, #5) 3.88 avg rating — 1,859 ratings — published 1995 — 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
	The Kindness of Strangers (Skip Langdon, #6) 3.93 avg rating — 1,536 ratings — published 1996 — 8 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
	Crescent City Connection (Skip Langdon, #7) 3.95 avg rating — 1,485 ratings — published 1997 — 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

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Skip Langdon (11 books)
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“We naturally look for evidence that confirms our beliefs. We then experience what we believe, even when there is evidence to suggest otherwise.”
― Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

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“In acceptance, the new reality is still not OK. It is still not as we want it to be. But we begin to take on the new reality, listen to our needs, open up to new experiences and make connections.”
― Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

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“It was something about all the stupid stuff Torian wouldn’t have to do anymore—like put up with asshole tourists who peed on your house at Mardi Gras.”
― Julie Smith, The Kindness of Strangers

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message 4: by Julie

Jan 29, 2013 08:08AM

Thanks, Zoe. Your books look awesome! Are you friends with John Harvey? He's a good friend of mine.

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message 3: by Zoë

Jan 29, 2013 02:06AM

Hi Julie. Thanks so much for Friending me. You have some fab book covers for your series. And I love the premise of CURSEBUSTERS. How's the writing going with you?

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message 2: by Pamela

Dec 15, 2011 09:13AM