| Chat with Tracy Kiely |
Tracy Kiely is a self-proclaimed Anglophile (a fact which distresses certain members of her Irish Catholic family). She grew up reading Jane Austen, Agatha Christie, and watching Hitchcock movies. She fell in love with Austen's wit, Christie's clever plots, and Hitchcock's recurrent theme of "the average man caught in extraordinary circumstances."
After spending years of trying to find a proper job that would enable her to use her skills garnered as an English major, she decided to write a book. It would, of course, have to be a mystery; it would have to be 
funny; and it would have to feature an average person caught up in extraordinary circumstances. She began to wonder how the characters in Pride and Prejudice might fit into a mystery. What, if after years of living with unbearably rude and condescending behavior, old Mrs. Jenkins up and strangled Lady Catherine? What if Charlotte snapped one day and poisoned Mr. Collins' toast and jam? Skip ahead several years, and several different plot ideas, and you have Tracy's first mystery MURDER AT LONGOURN.
While she does not claim to be Jane Austen, Agatha Christie, or Hitchcock (one big reason being that they're all dead), she has tried to combine the elements of all three in her books.
Tracy's third mystery novel in her Elizabeth Parker series, MURDER MOST PERSUASIVE is releasing in September 2011.
WHEN?
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Eastern USA Time.....7 PM
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WHERE?
The Writers Chatroom at: http://www.writerschatroom.com/Enter.htm
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| Door Prize |
| Tracy has donated a cpy of "Murder Most Persuasive". This will be awarded to a lucky chatter during the chat. Remember, you MUST be present to be eligible!
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