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Hi, readers,
My suspense novels include THE ABDUCTION OF MARY ROSE, NIGHT CORRIDOR, CHILL WATERS,(Bloody Dagger Award) LISTEN TO THE SHADOWS and NOWHERE TO HIDE. (Eppie Winner) Have published short stories as well. My story Dark Reunion was published in the Telegraph Journal and anthologized in Investigating Women, published by Simon & Pierre.
I enjoy voice over work and playing the piano, though, alas, I'm not very good. I also tutor aspiring writers for a well-known writer's school.
I live in New Brunswick, Canada in a modest home on the banks of the beautiful Kennebecasis River with my wonderful hubby, and sweet dog Scamp.
Working on a new suspense novel. Always. I am compelled to explore the darker side of humanity.
Feel free to read the excerpts/reviews of all my novels on my website. www.joanhallhovey.com
CLICK ON MY AUDIO MESSAGE FOR A BRIEF EXCERPT FROM "CHILL WATERS", COMPLETE WITH MUSIC AND SOUND EFFECTS.
SEE TRAILER FOR "NIGHT CORRIDOR".
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Dear Reader,
Writing gives me a sense of achievement and satisfaction that nothing else does. (Except having my babies.) And that's not a bad analogy, if not an original one. Holding your published book in your hands, (especially that first one), running your fingers over its smooth cover, tracing your name there - is heady stuff! For me, a dream come true, even though it's been awhile since I wrote my first book. But I know that I am truly blessed to be permitted to work every day at what I most love and need to do. I think you appreciate it even more when you've had to go to those awful 9 to 5 jobs you hated, because the bills have to be paid. And I've had my share of them over the years -- hulling strawberries, waiting tables, grading eggs... (top that one). A couple of those jobs have left scars. I've been stalked by a psychotic customer when I was selling 'CAA'. (Canada's version of 'AAA'.) I've been chased around the desk by a so-called pillar of society while working as a secretary. But while I wouldn't want to repeat it, I wouldn't take back a single moment of any of it. All is 'grist' for the writer's mill.
The next best thing is hearing from my readers. You have been so generous in your comments, so kind to take the time in your own busy lives to write to me. Telling me that my novels kept you up all night, or that you couldn't put the book down is music to my ears, and keep me going in the dark times that come to all writers, while I find my way about in the unknown, unlit territory of that next book.
Thanks.
Joan Hall Hovey
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