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Author's Choice Blog

Fun and insightful interviews with crime fiction authors.

Are you an author who would like to participate in the fun? Email me at jmj@jamesmjackson.com

Author’s Choice with Kathleen Kaska

August 5, 2026 | Cozy Mystery, Amateur Sleuth, Series, Historical

Please welcome Kathleen to Author’s Choice.

Kathleen KaskaDear readers, here’s where you get to play along. The author will tell us two truths and one lie (ed comment –I randomized the order). At the end of the questions, we’ll reveal what really happened. Remember, we write crime fiction, so lying is in our nature . . .

Two Truths, One Lie

Truth or Lie? I was once stranded in Bombay after a travel agent cancelled my return flight to the U.S.

Truth or Lie? One evening, I opened John Irving’s book, A Son of the Circus, which begins with a dwarf circus. At that exact moment, loud music started blasting from the vacant lot behind my house. Curious, I went to investigate and found a family of dwarves rocking out beside their car.

Truth or Lie? I love running up the stairwells of tall buildings: the Empire State Building, the Columbia Center in Seattle, the Willis Tower in Chicago. My goal is to run the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

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Author’s Choice with Terri Karsten

July 29, 2026 | Cozy Mystery, Amateur Sleuth, Series

Please welcome Terri to Author’s Choice.

Terri karstenDear readers, here’s where you get to play along. The author will tell us two truths and one lie (ed comment –I randomized the order). At the end of the questions, we’ll reveal what really happened. Remember, we write crime fiction, so lying is in our nature . . .

Two Truths, One Lie

Truth or Lie? I climbed Mount Fuji in the dark.

Truth or Lie? I flew over the Loire River in a hot air balloon.

Truth or Lie? I survived a train wreck in Iowa.

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Author’s Choice with Christine Knapp

July 22, 2026 | Cozy Mystery, Amateur Sleuth, Series

Please welcome Christine to Author’s Choice.

Christine KnappDear readers, here’s where you get to play along. The author will tell us two truths and one lie (ed comment –I randomized the order). At the end of the questions, we’ll reveal what really happened. Remember, we write crime fiction, so lying is in our nature . . .

Two Truths, One Lie

Truth or Lie? I have Irish citizenship.

Truth or Lie? I have played mahjong weekly for three years.

Truth or Lie? I am six feet tall.

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Author’s Choice with Jeff Tanner

July 15, 2026 | Mystery/Thriller, Amateur Sleuth, Series, Historical

Please welcome Jeff to Author’s Choice.

Jeff TurnerDear readers, here’s where you get to play along. The author will tell us two truths and one lie (ed comment –I randomized the order). At the end of the questions, we’ll reveal what really happened. Remember, we write crime fiction, so lying is in our nature . . .

Two Truths, One Lie

Truth or Lie? I owned a race horse named Four Emily.

Truth or Lie? My wife is a bigger sports fan than I, so I write while she watches sports on TV.

Truth or Lie? I have four daughters/daughters-in-law named Emily.

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Author’s Choice with Victoria Zackheim

July 8, 2026 | Mystery/Thriller, Amateur Sleuth, Series

Please welcome Victoria to Author’s Choice.

Victoria ZackheimDear readers, here’s where you get to play along. The author will tell us two truths and one lie (ed comment –I randomized the order). At the end of the questions, we’ll reveal what really happened. Remember, we write crime fiction, so lying is in our nature . . .

Two Truths, One Lie

Truth or Lie? I think of AI as a blessing.

Truth or Lie? I fear how quickly time is passing… I have books to write!

Truth or Lie? I’m obsessive about editing.

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Author’s Choice with Suzanne Stauffer

July 1, 2026 | Cozy Mystery, Amateur Sleuth, Series, Historical

Please welcome Suzanne to Author’s Choice.

Suzanne StaufferDear readers, here’s where you get to play along. The author will tell us two truths and one lie (ed comment –I randomized the order). At the end of the questions, we’ll reveal what really happened. Remember, we write crime fiction, so lying is in our nature . . .

Two Truths, One Lie

Truth or Lie? I grew up in a small town in northern Utah and only left after college.

Truth or Lie? My favorite film genre is film noir.

Truth or Lie? I met my husband on an online fan site for the 1960s western “The Big Valley”

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Author’s Choice with Sarah Burr

June 24, 2026 | Cozy Mystery, Amateur Sleuth, Series

Please welcome Sarah to Author’s Choice.

Sarah BurrDear readers, here’s where you get to play along. The author will tell us two truths and one lie (ed comment –I randomized the order). At the end of the questions, we’ll reveal what really happened. Remember, we write crime fiction, so lying is in our nature . . .

Two Truths, One Lie

Truth or Lie? I’ve never played a video game for more than ten minutes.

Truth or Lie? I went to college with the goal of becoming a US Senator and then the President.

Truth or Lie? I left a career in healthcare IT to write full-time.

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Author’s Choice with Lois Winston

June 17, 2026 | Cozy Mystery, Amateur Sleuth, Series

Please welcome Lois to Author’s Choice.

Lois WinstonDear readers, here’s where you get to play along. The author will tell us two truths and one lie (ed comment –I randomized the order). At the end of the questions, we’ll reveal what really happened. Remember, we write crime fiction, so lying is in our nature . . .

Two Truths, One Lie

Truth or Lie? I backpacked across Europe when I was twenty.

Truth or Lie? I skipped two grades in elementary school.

Truth or Lie? I speak fluent French and Italian.

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Author’s Choice with Alice Fitzpatrick

June 10, 2026 | Traditional Mystery, Amateur Sleuth, Series

Please welcome Alice to Author’s Choice.

Alice FitzpatrickDear readers, here’s where you get to play along. The author will tell us two truths and one lie (ed comment –I randomized the order). At the end of the questions, we’ll reveal what really happened. Remember, we write crime fiction, so lying is in our nature . . .

Two Truths, One Lie

Truth or Lie? I studied ballet for 15 years, culminating in a BA in Fine Arts for which I took 7 dance classes a week.

Truth or Lie? I have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

Truth or Lie? My first publication was a poem published in an anthropology edited by Canadian poet George Bowering when I was a high school senior.

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Author’s Choice with Marlie Parker Wasserman

June 3, 2026 | Mystery/Thriller, Amateur Sleuth, Standalone, Historical

Please welcome Marlie to Author’s Choice.

Marlie WassermanDear readers, here’s where you get to play along. The author will tell us two truths and one lie (ed comment –I randomized the order). At the end of the questions, we’ll reveal what really happened. Remember, we write crime fiction, so lying is in our nature . . .

Two Truths, One Lie

Truth or Lie? As part of my bucket list, I have visited 30 of the 63 national parks in the United States.

Truth or Lie? I am afraid of dogs and cats.

Truth or Lie? I love to bake.

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