For those who subscribe to my author newsletter, Debbie’s Drafts, here is a preview of the August edition. For those who don’t subscribe, you can receive the monthly newsletter by signing up on my website at https://debbiedelouise or by requesting to be added in the blog comments.
Local readers, come meet with me and three other authors at the Lancaster County Library, 313 S. White Street, Lancaster, SC on Saturday, August 8, from 9:30 am to 12 noon. I’ll be happy to share my latest releases with you and autograph them.
Check out my podcast on “Story Like a Journalist Radio” with Amber Royer on August 12 at:
https://open.spotify.com/show/2Dj31JKWcGYu014WH9HAyS
Check out the cover draft of my forthcoming Cozy Pet Interviews: A Compilation of Cozy Mystery Series Featuring Pets that will be published by Red Penguin Books.
If you missed the blog tour for The Case of the Bullfighting Builder, you can still read all the spotlights, guest posts, interviews, and reviews on the Great Escapes completed tour page:
https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/great-escapes-virtual-book-tours/completed-tours-and-cover-reveals-2026/the-case-of-the-bullfighting-builder-buttercup-bend-mysteries-by-debbie-de-louise/
The August featured book, the end of summer contest, and more news will be included in the August newsletter emailed to subscribers on Monday, August 3.
I'm a retired librarian and the award-winning author of the Cobble Cove, Buttercup Bend, and SOUP THE SUPERNATURAL KITTEN cozy mystery series and other novels, short stories, poems, articles, and a novella. My books include CLOUDY RAINBOW, REASON TO DIE, SEA SCOPE, MEMORY MAKERS, TIME'S RELATIVE, MEOWS AND PURRS, MEMORIES AND MEOWS, A MIXED BAG OF CAT TAILS, and A MYSTERY BOX OF CAT TAILS.
My Cobble Cove cozy mystery series published by Solstice Publishing consist of 6 books: A STONE'S THROW, BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, WRITTEN IN STONE, LOVE ON THE ROCKS, NO GRAVESTONE UNTURNED, and ROCK A BYE BYE BABY. My standalone short story collection featuring the Cobble Cove characters is SNEAKY'S SUPERNATURAL MYSTERY AND OTHER COBBLE COVE STORIES. My Buttercup Bend series published by Next Chapter Publishing includes THE CASE OF THE CAT CRAZY LADY, THE CASE OF THE PARROT LOVING PROFESSOR, THE CASE OF THE LLAMA RAISING LIBRARIAN, THE CASE OF THE WHALE WATCHING WEDDING PLANNER, THE CASE OF THE REPTILE RESCUING RESCEPTIONIST, and the forthcoming CASE OF THE BULLFIGHTING BUILDER.
I've also written a paranormal romance, CLOUDY RAINBOW, and short stories of various genres published as eBooks and in anthologies published by the Red Penguin Collection. My poetry appears in the Nassau County Voices in Verse and the Bard's Annual. My latest book is SUITCASE STORIES, a collection of mostly mystery short stories. My forthcoming standalone gothic mystery is LOOKING FOR LUCY.
I'm a member of Sisters-in-Crime, International Thriller Writers, and the Cat Writers' Association. I live in South Carolina with my husband, daughter, and 3 cats.
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