September 2025

is currently editing the ninth installment of the Seaside Cove Bed & Breakfast Mystery series, set to release this fall. This upcoming book features a new character—a black Newfoundland who finds himself orphaned after the death of his owner.

announces the Sept. 9 release of Murder Pays a Call, #1 in the Keri Armstrong cozy mysteries. Follow her virtual book tour at https://nancyjcohen.com/appearances 

and Valerie (V.M.) Burns will be presenting a workshop on “The Long and Short of Fiction. How to Write and Sell it!” at the AWC Annual Conference in Orange Beach, Alabama on September 13. The conference is being held from September 12 through September 14.

will be attending Bouchercon 2025 in fabulous New Orleans! Meanwhile, she’s hard at work crafting a brand-new historical mystery series set in the thrilling world of mid-century aviation.

continues working on Carot Cats 2.

, writing as Valona Jones, announces that her Oct 14 release, FLAMED OUT, is available for preorder at online vendors.

announces that SORRY, KNOT SORRY, the 13th book in Lois Winston’s Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery Series, won the Silver Falchion Award for Best Comedy at the recent Killer Nashville Writers’ Conference where she was also a Keynote speaker at the awards banquet.

On Sept. 13th, she’ll be presenting “12 Steps to Writing the Cozy/Amateur Sleuth Mystery” to RWA’s Kiss of Death Coffin series, and on Sept. 20th, she’ll be a panelist at the Sisters in Crime Desert Sleuth WriteNOW! conference.