ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Award-winning mystery writer, Joyce Ann Brown, author of the Kansas City set Psycho Cat and the Landlady Mystery series, was a teacher, librarian, landlady, and Realtor before becoming a short story, blog, and novel writer. Two mischievous cats of her own gave her the ideas for some of the cat escapades in the series.
Ms. Brown spends her days writing (with a few breaks for tennis, walking, and book clubs) so Beth, the landlady in the series, and Sylvester, the Psycho Cat, can solve puzzling who-done-its involving heinous crimes.
Catch a glimpse of Joyce Ann’s writing about all cozy subjects on her Cozy Mystery Journey blog. Read about trails she walks in Kansas City on Hiking K.C. Trails.
Ms. Brown spends her days writing (with a few breaks for tennis, walking, and book clubs) so Beth, the landlady in the series, and Sylvester, the Psycho Cat, can solve puzzling who-done-its involving heinous crimes.
Catch a glimpse of Joyce Ann’s writing about all cozy subjects on her Cozy Mystery Journey blog. Read about trails she walks in Kansas City on Hiking K.C. Trails.
Moose, a short-haired Tabby, likes to be with his people whenever he's in the house. If someone goes outdoors, that's where he wants to go, too. The big cat squiggles all over the place whenever he's being rubbed. He nuzzles ears when being held, and he loves to sleep on the back of the sofa. An appreciator of dinnertime, he eats any food left in sister Chloe's bowl.
Chloe, a long-haired Tabby, is known as a stone-cold killer around the Brown household. Killing bugs, mice, and cat toys, that is. Well, she also attacks her brother, Moose, sometimes, but only in jest. She's much smaller than the big Moose cat, and he is liable to roll onto his back and fight her off with paws in the air. When he gets tired of the whole thing, he bounds to his feet and chases her. She hides under a piece of furniture where she can keep an eye on him.
For Halloween fun, read Joyce Ann Brown's short story published at Kings River Life Magazine: http://kingsriverlife.com/10/29/a-wild-halloween/
Her Halloween Story: "A Hit and a Miss," third place winner at online magazine Kings River Life, was published the last week in October, 2014. Check it out at http://kingsriverlife.com/10/28/a-hit-and-a-miss-halloween-mystery-short-story/
Ms. Brown posted "Memo to Self: Save the Stories" on Judy's Stew. It's about how and where she gets new ideas and records them. Read it on Judy Alter's blog.
Joyce wrote about the delights of her home state as the featured Kansas Writer on "Fifty Authors for Fifty States." On the same blog, in other years, she wrote about Missouri where the Psycho Cat stories take place.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, a U.K. blogger is publishing short stories to give nervous folks something to make them smile. My stories, Still Waters, based on a real train trip, and Slow Reader are available to read, along with others, on the Writers Circle Website.
Her Halloween Story: "A Hit and a Miss," third place winner at online magazine Kings River Life, was published the last week in October, 2014. Check it out at http://kingsriverlife.com/10/28/a-hit-and-a-miss-halloween-mystery-short-story/
Ms. Brown posted "Memo to Self: Save the Stories" on Judy's Stew. It's about how and where she gets new ideas and records them. Read it on Judy Alter's blog.
Joyce wrote about the delights of her home state as the featured Kansas Writer on "Fifty Authors for Fifty States." On the same blog, in other years, she wrote about Missouri where the Psycho Cat stories take place.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, a U.K. blogger is publishing short stories to give nervous folks something to make them smile. My stories, Still Waters, based on a real train trip, and Slow Reader are available to read, along with others, on the Writers Circle Website.