by annestephenson | May 13, 2020 | Blog, Kids Books, Mystery
The first time I saw Susan was at Camp Etobicokee. We would have been about eleven that summer, gawky in shorts and t-shirts and sticking fast to the kids we already knew. The morning activities were over and Susan was at a picnic table on the far side of the...
by annestephenson | Nov 23, 2019 | Kids Books, Mystery, Writing
When I first started reading mysteries, it was all about Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys and their uncanny ability to get out of any small-town scrape that came their way. They didn’t need rescuing and neither do the kids in the books I like to write. Or the...
by annestephenson | Jun 22, 2019 | Blog, Kids Books, Mystery
Send your kids on a summer adventure with three exciting mysteries! Something’s Fishy at Ash Lake; Paper Treasure, and Pirates, Prowlers and Cherry Pie School’s out and no matter what your plans are for the summer, it’s always good to have...
by annestephenson | Mar 11, 2019 | Blog, Mystery, Writing
I think the die was cast the day my Latin teacher suggested I translate Caesar’s Gallic Wars at home. They called it “independent study,” but when she wrote “goodbye, little Miss Sweet-n-Sour” in my high-school year book, I knew it to be true. I had crossed her...
by annestephenson | Dec 12, 2018 | Blog, Mystery, Writing
Other than a naively romantic notion that being a foreign correspondent would be cool, I had no plans to be a writer. But when it came time to choose a university, typical teenager that I was, I went for the one furthest from home. Journalism has served me well – or...
by annestephenson | Feb 17, 2018 | Mystery
“What’s that secret you’re keeping?” When Oscar Chump passed, news of his demise spread through the county like wildfire. By noon, twelve hours after Doc Neilson had reluctantly drawn the white sheet over Oscar’s slack face with a...
