Sunday, February 21, 2021


In today's author spotlight, 
I shine my light on wonderful author
Sheila Connolly

Sheila Connolly began writing in 2001, and has published over thirty traditional mysteries, including several New York Times bestsellers.

ORCHARD MYSTERY SERIES

My favorite of Shelia's series



eBook only





MUSEUM MYSTERY SERIES


eBook Short Story




COUNTY CORK MYSTERY SERIES




eBook Novella



RELATIVELY DEAD MYSTERY SERIES




VICTORIAN VILLAGE MYSTERY SERIES


STAND ALONES

Once She Knew    ’12

The Rising of the Moon   ’12 (Story)

Reunion with Death    ’13

An Open Book    ’13 (novella)

Under the Hill    ’14 (story)

A Necessary Death    ’15 (story)

Edgar Allan Cozy    ’16 (anthology)

The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook: Wickedly Good Meals and Desserts to Die For edited by Kate White and Harlan Coben

That Other Woman story found in Stone Cold: Best New England Crime Stories 2014

Kept in the Dark story found in Blood Moon: Best New England Crime Stories 2013

Written as Sarah Atwell
GLASSBLOWING MYSTERY SERIES



About Shelia


After collecting too many degrees and exploring careers ranging from art historian to investment banker to professional genealogist, Sheila Connolly began writing in 2001, and has now published over thirty traditional mysteries, including several New York Times bestsellers.

Her series include the Orchard Mysteries (Berkley Prime Crime), the Museum Mysteries (Berkley Prime Crime), The County Cork Mysteries (Crooked Lane Books), the Relatively Dead Mysteries (Beyond the Page Press), and beginning in 2018, The Victorian Village Mysteries from St. Martin's Press.

Her first full-length, standalone ebook, Once She Knew, was published in October 2012.

Connolly has also published a variety of short stories: "Size Matters" appeared in the 2010 Level Best Anthology, Thin Ice; "Called Home," a short prequel to the Orchard series, was published by Beyond the Page in 2011; and "Dead Letters," an e-story featuring the main characters from the Museum series, will be published by Berkley Prime Crime in February 2012. Beyond the Page also published "The Rising of the Moon," and another Level Best anthology includes "Kept in the Dark," which was nominated for both an Agatha award and an Anthony award for 2013.

She was passionate about genealogy, both American and Irish, and was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Society of Mayflower Descendants. She was also an Irish citizen and owned a cottage in West Cork.

Sadly we lost Sheila April 20, 2020
She has been very missed.


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6 comments:

  1. Sadly gone way too soon, Sheila Connolly will live on in her books.

    Thank you for showing all of them. Some I've read and more that I have on my TBR list anxious to read.
    2clowns at arkansas dot net

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    1. I still have several books of hers to read, so it will feel likes she's still writing them for me. And yes, she will live on through her books.

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  2. Thanks, Lisa. Sheila is definitely missed.

    Sunday blessings,
    Pat T

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  3. Has anyone thought of naming a character after her in a book?

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    1. Hi Ginnie. That's a lovely thought. Shelia was part of a group of authors called Wicked Authors. Perhaps you could write them and suggest it. https://wickedauthors.com/

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