Melissa Westemeier

Time has slid through my grubby fingers since I attended UntitledTown nearly two weeks ago. One never knows how these events will turn out, or, more specifically, whether PEOPLE will turn out. Best a gal can do is hold her breath, prepare her materials, and show up. I arrived early to check in and receive my marching orders while asking for clarification about one item on the schedule. In Conversation was meant to be me and two other writers talking in a room and anyone coul

Enter to win a copy of the 4th Nun the Wiser Mystery! Contest runs Oct 2 - 30, 2026!

Fall Book themed event Il Bar Coffeehouse

I feel like I sat down to write this month and never came up for air but that's not entirely true!

Welsh writer Jennifer Holdich’s second novel is as darkly funny as her first. Her love of Roald Dahl, specifically his children’s book The Twits, inspired Mr. & Mrs. Dixon Hide a Body. Holdich talks about her second novel angst, what plagued her writing process, and what kept her writing about a couple of horrible people trapped in a loveless marriage committed to doing horrible things to each other. She stitches together a seamstress, a sublimely evil prank, and a killer end

Bring your favorite young writer to STORY STARS on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 10 a.m. at the Brown County Public Library Central Branch. https://untitledtown.org/kids-writing-workshop-story-stars/This FREE workshop has limited seating so REGISTER NOW!

UntitledTown Workshop Alert! Let's hash out CHARACTER ISSUES and HOW TO FIX THEM Sept. 26 from noon -1:15 at The Art Garage!

In the neighborhood, anyway, NOT in the kitchen! G.P. Gottlieb’s newest Whipped and Sipped Mystery features a case of arson around the corner from the Whipped and Sipped Cafe during COVID, and then there’s a discovery of a body in the ashes AND secret hideaway.

It's back! It's gonna be FABULOUS! And it's FREEEEEE! Mark your calendars, kids! Green Bay, Wisconsin's book and author festival is happening September 25-27. No matter your age, your interest, or your ability, there will be something for you at this event! If you're a reader, a writer, a kid, a grownup, a browser, a pantser, a planner, a poet, a storyteller, an eager audience THIS EVENT IS FOR YOU! (Was that all-encompassing enough? EVERYONE belongs at this festival!)

Nina Simon’s new mystery is all about extremes and opposites. She shares the real-life sister trip she took that inspired My Sister Is Going to Kill Me and dishes about the Thors she’s met on wilderness adventures

An Inside Look at the Romance Writers of America Conference

Dervla McTiernan reveals what 80’s movie prompted her to write a book that opens with a mysterious package with contents specially curated to destroy someone’s life.

Globe Coffee local author event at the Plaza 229 W. Wisconsin Ave. Neenah Saturday Aug. 22 10 a.m.-noon

Albuquerque rocks, too! I spent the most amazing week in New Mexico learning, hanging out with awesome people, and feeling deeply impressed by RWA's commitment to excellence. Usually conferences are good, you get several strong workshops, experience one or two duds in the bunch. Not so with the Romance Writers of America. Their annual conference is TOP NOTCH. I walked away from every single workshop with new information or a new way of thinking about something I already knew.

Mark Thielman’s debut novel The Devil’s Kitchen includes nearly everything but the kitchen sink!

It's RASPBERRY SEASON! When I was growing up my grandma had a raspberry patch behind her garage and I thought the coolest thing was picking and eating my fill back there in the summertime. I couldn't wait to start my own patch, and my sweet neighbors Jim and Janet, donated my first canes from their abundant garden. After we built our shed in in 2013, I transplanted those canes and added more to this strip between the building and the sidewalk. It's an ideal location because t

Ever wonder what life was really like during the American Revolution? Imagine a world of spies, divided loyalties, and secret messages—award-winning author Mally Becker changed everything I thought I knew about history. Rebecca Parcell is a young widow accused of betraying her husband, and General Washington asks her to hunt secrets she’s unsure she can find. Becker takes us into the chaos of divided loyalties, spies, and deadly missions. There’s real history in her mysteries

A Holiday Habit by Melissa Westemeier out November 4

The Marlow Murder Club needs no introduction to mystery fans, and whilst filming Murder on the Marlow Belle for PBS Masterpiece Mystery is under way, Robert Thorogood’s fifth title in the series, The Mysterious Affair of Judith Potts is landing on a bookshelf near you!

I'll admit to taking a proprietary view of this nature preserve where I regularly hike. When you spend so much time in a place, you feel like you know it well, even if it does surprise you with something new each time you visit. If I find trash (rare) along the trail, I pick it up to throw away when I get home. I take note of when a board is loose on the bridges and if I see a dropped object, like a hat or glove, I'll hang it on the nearest post for the owner to find. This sp