by annestephenson | Dec 8, 2021 | Blog, Kids Books, Mystery, Writing
From a long-ago visit to Meadowbrook Hall to a new Amber & Elliot Mystery! I recently sent three of my children’s books to relatives in Texas. They have grandchildren living nearby, and others in Michigan, who are just the right age for the...
by annestephenson | Nov 4, 2021 | Blog, Kids Books, Mystery, Writing
When I wrote the following article, in late 2017, Susan and I had already reissued Something’s Fishy at Ash Lake for a new generation of young readers, but The Mad Hacker, book one in the series, remained out-of-print, patiently waiting for an update and...
by annestephenson | May 13, 2020 | Blog, Kids Books, Mystery
The first time I saw Susan was at Camp Etobicokee. We would have been about eleven that summer, gawky in shorts and t-shirts and sticking fast to the kids we already knew. The morning activities were over and Susan was at a picnic table on the far side of the...
by annestephenson | Nov 23, 2019 | Kids Books, Mystery, Writing
When I first started reading mysteries, it was all about Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys and their uncanny ability to get out of any small-town scrape that came their way. They didn’t need rescuing and neither do the kids in the books I like to write. Or the...
by annestephenson | Jun 22, 2019 | Blog, Kids Books, Mystery
Send your kids on a summer adventure with three exciting mysteries! Something’s Fishy at Ash Lake; Paper Treasure, and Pirates, Prowlers and Cherry Pie School’s out and no matter what your plans are for the summer, it’s always good to have...
