The countdown is on for 3rd Bob White Birder Murder
Monday, August 2nd, 2010A funny thing happened on the MOU listserve last week. (If you aren’t familiar with the listserve, it’s the Minnesota Ornithologists Union’s means of keeping all the birders updated on what bird was seen where, along with other items of interest to Minnesota birders. Since I am a member of the MOU (as is my fictional protagonist Bob White), I get all the emails, and the one that caught my eye last week was a sighting of Northern Bobwhites, which is the premise of my third Birder Murder, titled “A Bobwhite Killing”. Another birder responded to the one who saw the bird, explaining that Northern Bobwhites are no longer considered wild in Minnesota because they have been so domesticated by farms. This is true, as I point out in my ...more...
With only two months left before the second Bob White Birder Murder is released, I’m still making the rounds talking about “The Boreal Owl Murder,” my debut of the series. Recently, I spent an evening with a local book club, chatting about the writing process and the characters in the series. Our hostess for the evening, Mary Thomas, really set the stage for our conversation by decorating her home with owls, not to mention our owl-themed entree for dinner. It was a hoot!! 