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The Girl with Braided Hair








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Stamped Out


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Death Swatch








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Dial Me for Murder


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Asking For Murder








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Dead Until Dark


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Death Perception








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The Tale of Hawthorn House


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Blood Memory








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Written In Blood


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Crosscut








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Wicked Weaves



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Sally Goldenbaum
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Sally Goldenbaum

Writing about oneself is difficult, especially for fiction writers who, as Lawrence Bloch so aptly said, "tell lies for fun and profit." I used to fictionalize my diaries as a teen, so please read on at your own discretion...I shall try to stick to the truth, but one never knows.

And in the spirit of the truth (and brevity), I'll position this as a Q&A, using questions I have been asked in the past and thereby hoping to avoid the more tedious details.

Where were you born?
An easy one. Manitowoc, Wisconsin, a small city on the shores of Lake Michigan.

And education?
Undergraduate degree in philosophy and Latin from Fontbonne College in St. Louis, Mo. It was all-girls back then. And I pursued the philosophy in graduate school at Indiana University where I got my MA. I read in the NYTimes recently that a philosophy degree is becoming popular again, especially the ethics component. A good thing, I think.

Have you written your whole life?
Well, as I mentioned, that diary was a start. And in my day jobs, which ranged from working in public television in Pittsburgh, Pa, to teaching philosophy, to editing a bioethics journal, I always wrote. And in the back of my head simmered a desire to write a novel someday.

And your family?
A husband, Don, two sons and one daughter—and a son-in-law and daughter-in-law and three, under the age of 3, amazing grandchildren. My husband and I live in Prairie Village, Kansas.

When do you write?
I write in the mornings—from 5 to 7—before going to my job as editor of custom publications for a veterinary healthcare publisher. And I write on weekends, some vacation days, and on long car trips to Colorado.

And your favorite place to write?
(No one has really asked me this question, but I want to tell you anyway.) I have a lovely spot to write when the weather allows. It's our screened-in porch. A writer friend, Nancy Pickard (author of many mysteries, including the award-winning novel, Virgin of Small Plains) and I have spent many hours, including a whole summer of weekends, writing there in tandem, each doing our own work. Winter takes me inside, but the minute the daffodils pop up, I blow off the winter dust and settle in again on the wicker couch. It's a writer's porch, and I share pictures of it now and then, photos of writer friends settling down to share a glass of wine or write a chapter or two.

Books:
Death By Cashmere, August 2008






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