Ellen Byron
Ellen Byron is the USA Today bestselling, award-winning author of the Vintage Cookbook Mysteries, Cajun Country Mysteries, and Catering Hall Mysteries (under the pen name Maria DiRico). Her mysteries have won multiple Agatha Awards for Best Contemporary Novel and Lefty Awards for Best Humorous Mystery from the Left Coast Crime conference. Bayou Book Thief, her first Vintage Cookbook Mystery, was also nominated for an Anthony award. A Very Woodsy Murder is the first book in her new Golden Motel...See more
Ellen Byron is the USA Today bestselling, award-winning author of the Vintage Cookbook Mysteries, Cajun Country Mysteries, and Catering Hall Mysteries (under the pen name Maria DiRico). Her mysteries have won multiple Agatha Awards for Best Contemporary Novel and Lefty Awards for Best Humorous Mystery from the Left Coast Crime conference. Bayou Book Thief, her first Vintage Cookbook Mystery, was also nominated for an Anthony award. A Very Woodsy Murder is the first book in her new Golden Motel Mystery series, which is inspired by her former career as a sitcom writer. Ellen's TV credits include Wings, Just Shoot Me, and Fairly Odd Parents; she's written over 200 magazine articles; her published plays include the award-winning Graceland and Asleep on the Wind. She is a native New Yorker who lives in Los Angeles and attributes her fascination with Louisiana to her college years at New Orleans' Tulane University. She also worked as a cater-waiter for Martha Stewart, a credit she never tires of sharing. Have an early copy of Martha's first book, Entertaining? Ellen's standing right next to her in the group shot. See less
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Wined and Died in New Orleans
My First Best Read of 2023
by Lori, Feb 18, 2023
Dollycas's Thoughts
We are back in New Orleans and at Bon Vee Culinary House Museum where Ricki James-Diaz has her Miss Vee�s Vintage Cookbook and Kitchenware Shop, and it is hurricane ... Read More
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Bayou Book Thief
A Perfect Start for this Series
by Lori, Jun 18, 2022
Dollycas's Thoughts
Born in New Orleans and abandoned immediately by her teenage mother Miracle "Ricki" Fleur di Lis James was adopted by the NICU nurse who took care of her. She now packs up her ... Read More
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Cajun Kiss of Death: A Cajun Country Mystery
Love Is In Bloom . . . So Is Murder
by Lori, Aug 28, 2021
Dollycas's Thoughts
Love is in bloom in Pelican Louisiana. Maggie and Bo, Gran and Lee, Rufus and Sandy all got married on New Year's Eve just before the clock hits midnight. Their reception was ... Read More