Happy Holidays!
Susan Breen is the award-winning author of both mysteries and “book club” fiction. Her new novel, MERRY, published by Alcove Press, was recently featured in People magazine. Her short story, “Olga Popova,” won the 2024 Margery Allingham Prize for Short Fiction.
Susan is also the author of the Maggie Dove mystery series and the novel, The Fiction Class, which won a Washington Irving Award from the Westchester Library Association.
Susan teaches novel-writing at Gotham Writers, and she’s also on the faculty of the New York Write to Pitch Conference. She lives in an apartment alongside the majestic Hudson River with her husband and two fluffy cockapoo dogs. Her three grandchildren are her treasures, along with her three children and their partners.
Susan is a busy writer, teacher, and presenter.
Stop by and say Hi at one of her events!
Behind the Scenes
So Christmas is over and I just assumed that Merry sales would stop. But not so. Turns out that Merry is a Kindle Monthly deal for January 2026, which means you can buy it for $1.99! Also, Kirkus Audiobooks just posted a lovely review, singling out the narrator, Caroline Hewitt, who did a fabulous job. Meanwhile, I’m working on a new book, which will be about an estranged mother and daughter at Christmas time. Wish me luck!
“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious
as laughter and good humor.”