Alice K. Boatwright: Ellie Kent Mystery Series

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Alice K. Boatwright:

Ellie Kent Mystery Series

A visit with Alice K. Boatwright, author of the Ellie Kent mystery series and winner of the 2016 Mystery and Mayhem Grand Prize. Her series features an American woman, Ellie Kent, who marries a British vicar and moves to the Cotswolds. When she finds a body in the churchyard soon after her arrival, she is accused of murder and must draw on her past experience as a researcher to solve this crime. . . as well as other mysteries. Alice is active in the writing community as the convenor of the North American Chapter of the UK's Crime Writers Association, past president of the Puget Sound chapter of Sisters in Crime, and a member of PEN America and the Mystery Writers of America. After a decade living in Oxfordshire and Paris, she now makes her home in Seattle.

The program will consist of:

• An interview with author Alice K. Boatwright moderated by Britsburgh Mystery Lovers Society Co-Chair, Chris Skerlong.
• A live Question and Answer period with the author.

About Alice K. Boatwright:

Alice K. Boatwright is the author of award-winning mysteries and literary fiction. Her mysteries about the skeptical American Ellie Kent, who marries a handsome English vicar and moves to his Cotswold village, have generated an enthusiastic following. The stories draw on the author's own experiences as an ex-pat living in an English village - as well as her longstanding love of English culture (her first job at age 15 was as a minstrel at a Shakespeare theater in Connecticut). The first book in the series, UNDER AN ENGLISH HEAVEN, won 2016 Mystery & Mayhem Grand Prize for best mystery; and WHAT CHILD IS THIS? (Book 2) has become a popular Christmas read. IN THE LIFE EVER AFTER (Book 3) will be published in 2021.

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Explore fascinating British-themed topics with the guidance of experts and enjoy the company and conversation of fellow enthusiasts as a member of the Britsburgh Society. Society members enjoy our Britsburgh Arts Society, the Britsburgh Beer Society, the Britsburgh History Society, the Britsburgh Literary Society, the new Britsburgh British Mystery Lovers Society, the Britsburgh Tea Society, and the new Britsburgh Travel Society. If you are not already a member, I would like to invite you to consider becoming a Britsburgh Society member. To become a member, visit the Britsburgh membership page.

NOTE FOR BRITISH MYSTERY LOVERS:

WQED Pittsburgh, our region's public television station, will be airing "Inside the Mind of Agatha Christie," a two-part television documentary, on two consecutive Sundays, January 17 and 24 at 10:00 p.m. Check local listings..

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