Sandra Balzo

Personal Information

Full Name:
Balzo, Sandra

Website:
http://www.SandraBalzo.co...

Home State:
FL

Personal Blog Link:
http://www.SandraBalzo.po...

Contact Info

Author Agent :
Nancy Yost, Lowenstein - Yost Associates

Publisher's Website :
http://www.severnhouse.com

Welcome Note

Welcome!

Author Bio

I turned to mystery writing after twenty years in corporate public relations, event management, and publicity in Milwaukee. My books are set in a gourmet coffee shop, just outside Milwaukee and feature Maggy Thorsen, a down-sized PR person. (go figure.) In the first book, Uncommon Grounds, Maggy arrives at the store the morning of their grand opening only to find one of her partners dead in a pool of skim milk in front of the espresso machine. I'm told the books are funny. There are five more Maggy Thorsen mysteries out: GROUNDS FOR MURDER; BEAN THERE, DONE THAT; BREWED, CRUDE and TATTOOED: FROM THE GROUNDS UP and A CUP of JO. I've just finished the first book in a second series that will alternate with the Maggy books. RUNNING ON EMPTY -- set in the vacation destination of North Carolina's High Country -- will be out in March '11.

Bibliography

	Running on Empty Author: Sandra Balzo Published: March 1, 2011 by Severn House Series Name: A Main Street Mystery Main Character: AnnaLise Griggs and an ensemble cast Life on Sutherton's Main Street has always been inexplicably hazardous, no matter the season in the North Carolina resort town. The student who bet he could paddle a beer-filled ice chest across the lake. And lost. The two fishermen, squashed like June bugs while they were trying to buy (mostly) live night-crawlers from a vending machine. The skier, choking on her gum and arriving at the bottom of the slope still standing, if not quite breathing. Not to mention the occasional tourist who wandered into the mountains, never to wander back out. Click for more info.

	A Cup of Jo Author: Sandra Balzo Published: September 1, 2010 by Severn House Series Name: A Maggy Thorsen Mystery Category: Humorous cozy with a sharp edge Main Character: Maggy Thorsen and ensemble cast Maggy Thorsen's heart, uncharacteristically, is swelling with optimism. Sure, her original Brookhills coffeehouse, Uncommon Grounds, was destroyed in a freak early May blizzard. But all seems perfectly poised for the grand re-opening of UG in a quaint Brookhills railroad station. Perfect, that is, until event manager JoLynne Penn-Williams makes a surprise appearance as a corpse in Maggy's publicity piece de resistance -- a giant inflatable Uncommon Grounds coffee cup. Click for more info.

	From the Grounds Up Author: Sandra Balzo Published: March 1, 2010 by Severn House Series Name: A Maggy Thorsen Mystery Category: Sharp-edged cozy, humorous Main Character: Maggy Thorsen and ensemble cast "When one door closes, another's probably getting ready to smack you in the ass," is the adage of Brookhills real estate agent Sarah Kingston. Click for more info.

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