Murder She Wrote: A Body in Boston by Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran
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The Joy of Writing Murder, She Wrote books by Terrie Farley Moran
Hi All, I am Terrie Farley Moran and I am one of the two current writers of the Murder, She Wrote series. The other is Barbara Early and if you have not yet had a chance to read her book, Murder, She Wrote Snowy with a Chance of Murder, I warn you not to miss out. It is great fun!
I have to give my parents credit for my love of reading which I suppose led to my desire to write. Books were a staple in my house growing up. I had a library card as soon as I could print my name. And the library was like a second home. I should give special credit to the librarians of the Fordham branch of the New York Public Library. They kept a lot of street kids (including me) out of trouble by taking the time to find books that would interest us.
As a youngster I found my love of mysteries through the books of the Golden Age writers: Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, John Dickson Carr, Ngaio Marsh, Mary Roberts Rinehart, etc. I think that the lack of gratuitous violence, bad language, and overt sex in those mysteries made them comfortable for me. With that reading background, it was natural that I became a fan of Jessica Fletcher the minute I watched the first televised episode of Murder She Wrote in 1984. And when Don Bain began writing the Murder, She Wrote books in the early 1990s, while the show was still in prime time, it gave me even more time to spend with Jessica.
You can imagine how elated I was in 2020 when the offer came for me to pick up writing the series at book number fifty three, Murder, She Wrote Killing in a Koi Pond. Although I had been a huge fan for all these decades, I wanted to be sure I got it right. I admire Jessica Fletcher for her strength of character and her clear sense of right and wrong. A strong need to discover the truth is central to her personality. It was so important to me to get her personality accurate.
Then there are her friends such as Doctor Seth Hazlitt, Sheriff Mort Metzger, the ladies in Loretta’s Beauty Parlor and so on. These and the other personal relationships developed along the way are core to Jessica’s life. They often may be helpful when a murder is committed and something one of them says leads Jessica to a solution.
One other thing I love about Jessica is she never ages. She remains completely timeless, while not falling behind. You will have noticed in the television show she moved from a typewriter to a computer and from a land line to a cordless phone. More recently in the books she uses a cell phone, and as a non-driver I am sure she has the app for Lyft and Uber. It also wouldn’t surprise me to find out she does video conferencing. Jessica keeps up with the times.
And I am delighted to tell you that in Murder, She Wrote A Body in Boston, Jessica travels to Boston to do a presentation at the Central Library on Copley Square. Her friend Seth Hazlitt comes along to hear a medical colleague of his present a paper at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. And part of Jessica’s plan is to meet up with old friend Harry McGraw at his favorite Boston hangout, Gilhooley’s. And all goes well—until it doesn’t.
Meet the Authors: Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran
Terrie Farley Moran is the bestselling author of the Read ‘Em and Eat cozy mystery series, including the Agatha Award-winning Well Read, Then Dead. Along with Jessica Fletcher, she co-writes the Murder She Wrote mystery series. She also co-writes the Scrapbooking Mysteries with Laura Childs.
Terrie’s short mystery fiction has been published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Mystery Weekly, and numerous anthologies. “A Killing at the Beausoleil” was nominated for an Agatha Award for Best Short Story. “Inquiry and Assistance” received the Derringer Award for Best Novelette.
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Thanks so much for inviting me to talking about reading and especially about writing and my love of all things Jessica Fletcher.
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