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Official Biography

Sandra Balzo turned to mystery writing after twenty years in corporate public relations, event management and publicity. Triple Shot, her seventh Maggy Thorsen coffeehouse mystery, came out in December 2011. Balzo's novels have been nominated for both the Anthony and Macavity awards and received starred reviews from Kirkus and Booklist.

Balzo's second series, Main Street Murders, debuted in 2011 with Running on Empty and will continue with Dead Ends later this year. The books, set in the popular vacation destination of North Carolina's High Country, alternate with the Wisconsin-based Maggy Thorsen mysteries. In addition to her acclaimed regional mysteries, Balzo writes short stories, two of which have been published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, winning the Macavity, Derringer and Robert L. Fish awards.

Balzo has handled publicity for three Bouchercons (World Mystery Conventions), as well as the International Association of Crime Writers, and has served a national board member of Mystery Writers of America.

A native of Wisconsin, Balzo now splits her time between South Florida and North Carolina's High Country.

Publication List & High Resolution Book Covers

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The Maggy Thorsen Mysteries:

Uncommon Grounds
Five Star Mysteries
Hardcover (Nov. 2004) ISBN 1-59414-195-9
Trade paperback (Sept. 2005) ISBN 1-4104-0236-3

Grounds for Murder
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Severn House
Hardcover (December 2007): ISBN 978 07278 65496
Trade Paperback (May 2008): ISBN 978-1-84751-027-3

Bean There, Done That
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Severn House
Hardcover (September 2008): ISBN 978-0-7278-6653-0
Trade Paperback (March 2009): ISBN 978-1847510730

Brewed, Crude and Tattooed
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Severn House
Hardcover (June 2009): ISBN 978-0727867353
Trade Paperback (January 2010): ISBN 978-1-84751-125-6

From the Grounds Up
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Severn House
Hardcover (March 2010): ISBN 978-0-7278-6830-5

A Cup of Jo
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Severn House
Hardcover (October 2010): ISBN 978-0-7288-6912-8

Triple Shot
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Severn House
Hardcover (December 2011): ISBN 978-0727869814

Main Street Murders

Running on Empty
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Severn House
Hardcover (UK Dec 2010; US April 2011): ISBN: 978-0-7278-6981-4

Dead Ends
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Severn House
Hardcover (UK July 2012; US September 2012): ISBN: 978-0-7278-8174-8-4

Kindle Originals

Heaven's Fire
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ASIN: B004VF675W

The Grass is Always Greener and Other Stories
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ASIN: B004USP5QW

Short Stories

The Grass is Always Greener (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, March 2003)
Viscery (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, December 2004)