The Pumpkin Muffin Murder (35 page)

As long as you’re not with Phyllis Newsom, I think you’ll be pretty safe.

Livia J. Washburn
has been a professional writer for thirty years. She received the Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Award and the American Mystery Award for her first mystery,
Wild Night
, written under her maiden name, L. J. Washburn, and was nominated for a Spur Award by the Western Writers of America for a novel written with her husband, James Reasoner. She lives in a small town in Texas with her husband and her mutts and is very proud of her two grown daughters, who are teachers in her hometown. Livia’s Web site is
www.liviajwashburn.com
, and you can e-mail her at livia@ flash.net.