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Some mysteries are buried deep, but they never truly disappear. For the past year, I’ve been immersed in the cold, hard details of a case that’s haunted me since I first started researching it three decades ago. Bringing The Jacklighter to life has been an exercise in reconstruction—sifting through old boxes of evidence, documents, and now ...

I’m still pinching myself. When I launched the Kickstarter campaign for The Jacklighter: Murder, Betrayal, and Justice in Pennsylvania’s Endless Mountains, I hoped for the best and prepared for the worst. But my Backer Besties came through and fully funded (and then some!) my first Kickstarter campaign 😭😭😭 To every single backer who pledged, shared the campaign, ...

An Invitation From Across the Pond When UK true crime podcaster Tom Clarke of Caught Up In Crime reached out to interview me about Chained Birds, I said yes immediately. Tom has a gift for getting to the heart of a story, and we took a deep dive into how I gained access to a whistleblower inside one ...

I’ve done more than a dozen podcast interviews about Chained Birds, and I say that with deep gratitude. But this one is different. This one stopped me in my tracks … and that was before I saw Tom Clarke’s video intro to his cinematic-for-the-ear episode called “The Snowball.” Caught Up in Crime is the brainchild of ...

Last week I had the pleasure of joining the legendary Ron Chepesiuk for a full hour on his award-nominated show, Crime Beat—and it was the best conversation I’ve had about The Jacklighter so far. We covered a lot of ground: how I first stumbled onto this story nearly 30 years ago in my husband’s hometown of ...

What happened to the couple in this photo? This week, I found a photo I forgot I had. It’s a 3½-inch-square, faded color snapshot of a glorious 1968 wedding party—nearly 20 people posed on a sunlit lawn in Binghamton, NY, the bride stunning in white lace and a full veil, the groom beaming beside her. Two flower ...

🎧 Win CHAINED BIRDS on Spotify — Plus Get a Free eBook Just for Sharing! I’ve always wanted to do this. 🎉 As an indie author who loves connecting with readers, I’ve dreamed of running contests and giveaways — not just as a one-time thing, but as an ongoing way to celebrate my books and build excitement ...

To add to this month’s publishing news for indie authors … Just when I thought February couldn’t get any better for Chained Birds — after celebrating the book’s availability in ALL formats on Bookshop.org — Spotify dropped a game-changing feature called PageMatch that’s giving Amazon’s whispersync a run for its money 👏 Introducing PageMatch: Your Reading-Listening Superpower ...