Sisters Write Mystery Book For Fun and It's Named Best Mystery Audio Book of 2007 by USA Book News
United States of America (Press Release) June 2, 2008 --
When Las Vegas resident Morgan St. James and her sister Phyllice Bradner of McMinnville, Oregon teamed up to create the Silver Sisters Mysteries, they did it for fun. Both were published writers and loved funny mysteries. They decided to write their own series featuring twin silver-haired Mae West look-alikes for their amateur sleuths. They agreed that the Silver Sisters needed a good Jewish mother and professions that allowed them to move around.
Goldie Silver is an aging hippie from Alaska who owns an antique shop. With her “salt of the earth” personality, Goldie resembles Phyllice who lived in Alaska many years and did own an antique shop.
Godiva Olivia DuBois is urban, spoiled and self-serving. A wealthy widow, she lives in Beverly Hills and writes a syndicated advice column called “Ask G.O.D.” Morgan says she isn’t a wealthy widow and doesn’t write an advice column although people frequently come to her for advice. She does admit to being somewhat self-serving and manipulative.
Rounding out the wisecracking group of sleuths are Flossie and Sterling Silver, the twins’ eighty-year-old mother and uncle, former vaudeville magicians…feisty oldsters with a ton of oomph. Many of the characters in the Silver Sisters Mysteries are patterned after members of the authors’ own quirky family.
When they finished the first draft, Morgan and Phyllice learned how much they didn’t know about writing fiction. So it was back to the drawing board. During a year-long rewrite, the authors attended conferences, took classes and worked with a manuscript consultant. The result was “A Corpse in the Soup,” a zany romp through Hollywood in search of a killer.
The sisters' mother instilled them with the confidence they could do anything they set their minds to and they generally do. Writing the Silver Sisters Mysteries is no exception. By the time “A Corpse in the Soup” was named Best Audio Mystery Book – 2007 by USA Book News, the second book, “Seven Deadly Samovars” was nearly finished. Look for release in late 2008. The sisters say they have started to work on the third book, "Vanishing Act in Vegas."
What started as a lark turned into an ongoing mystery series. Morgan and Phyllice, who were never close while growing up, have become best friends. And they know their mother would be proud of them. She believed her girls could do anything, and it looks like she was right.
Morgan frequently speaks to groups about a variety of subjects and appears on author’s panels. You can learn more about these sisters and their books at www.silversistersmysteries.com. To bring Morgan to your group as a speaker, contact her at silversistersmysteries@yahoo.com.
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Contact: Morgan St. James
silversistersmysteries@yahoo.com
310.754.9843
Goldie Silver is an aging hippie from Alaska who owns an antique shop. With her “salt of the earth” personality, Goldie resembles Phyllice who lived in Alaska many years and did own an antique shop.
Godiva Olivia DuBois is urban, spoiled and self-serving. A wealthy widow, she lives in Beverly Hills and writes a syndicated advice column called “Ask G.O.D.” Morgan says she isn’t a wealthy widow and doesn’t write an advice column although people frequently come to her for advice. She does admit to being somewhat self-serving and manipulative.
Rounding out the wisecracking group of sleuths are Flossie and Sterling Silver, the twins’ eighty-year-old mother and uncle, former vaudeville magicians…feisty oldsters with a ton of oomph. Many of the characters in the Silver Sisters Mysteries are patterned after members of the authors’ own quirky family.
When they finished the first draft, Morgan and Phyllice learned how much they didn’t know about writing fiction. So it was back to the drawing board. During a year-long rewrite, the authors attended conferences, took classes and worked with a manuscript consultant. The result was “A Corpse in the Soup,” a zany romp through Hollywood in search of a killer.
The sisters' mother instilled them with the confidence they could do anything they set their minds to and they generally do. Writing the Silver Sisters Mysteries is no exception. By the time “A Corpse in the Soup” was named Best Audio Mystery Book – 2007 by USA Book News, the second book, “Seven Deadly Samovars” was nearly finished. Look for release in late 2008. The sisters say they have started to work on the third book, "Vanishing Act in Vegas."
What started as a lark turned into an ongoing mystery series. Morgan and Phyllice, who were never close while growing up, have become best friends. And they know their mother would be proud of them. She believed her girls could do anything, and it looks like she was right.
Morgan frequently speaks to groups about a variety of subjects and appears on author’s panels. You can learn more about these sisters and their books at www.silversistersmysteries.com. To bring Morgan to your group as a speaker, contact her at silversistersmysteries@yahoo.com.
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Contact: Morgan St. James
silversistersmysteries@yahoo.com
310.754.9843
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