Former interior designer Morgan St. James is the author of 21 books. A frequent panelist, moderator and speaker, she has also been on radio and TV. Morgan lives in Las Vegas with her trusty rescue dog Cucumber, and is a member of Coffee House Tours. Her current appearances can be found at www.morganstjames-author.com.
When she first participated on panels or gave workshops, she was always asked if she had a book about writing. She didn't have one, but had written over 600 published articles about the craft and business of writing. Using the most popular topics, she wrote WRITERS' TRICKS OF THE TRADE, an easy, fun-to-read guide for writers and authors at all stages of their careers, available in Kindle, eBook and paperback. The 4th edition, updated for 2020, was released on December 6.
Her career started with the first book in the award-winning Silver Sisters Mysteries series, A CORPSE IN THE SOUP. This series written with her real life sister Phyllice Bradner, also includes TERROR IN A TEAPOT, VANISHING ACT IN VEGAS and DIAMONDS IN THE DUMPSTER and the latest escapade, MURDER ON THE MENU. Silver Sisters Mysteries feature a team of identical twins--Goldie, an over-the-hill flower child who owns an antique shop in Juneau, Alaska and her fashionista twin Godiva, a wealthy syndicated advice columnist who lives on an estate in Beverly Hills, California. Their elderly mother and uncle, former vaudeville magicians, are the sidekicks who love to dress in disguise and go undercover. They don't have to look for trouble--it finds them. Occasionally, as in VANISHING ACT IN VEGAS and MURDER ON THE MENU, Godiva's son Torch or Goldie's daugter Chili Pepper, also become involved.
St. James and her real life sister Phyllice Bradner love writing this series together, but most important, it has brought them together as best friends as well as co-authors and sisters. Fun, fast moving, filled with twists, turns and laughs.
The REVENGE IS FUN series, features light mysteries with a twist of getting revenge. They include GETTING EVEN,RIPOFF, PAYBACK and BUMPING OFF FAT VINNY and the latest book, SCAMMED. The protagonists in BUMPING OFF FAT VINNY, a funny fictional crime caper co-authored with the late true crime writer Dennis N. Griffin, are all out for revenge but Vinny seems to have 9 lives. RIPOFF, features a plot to embezzle millions from the Federal government that would have worked but for three savvy women. Co-authored with Caroline Rowe, it was inspired by some actual incidents when they both worked for the same government contractor. Who knew manufacturing in Federal prisons is close to a billion dollar a year business? GETTING EVEN is the novella prequel to RIPOFF. In PAYBACK the ladies are back again. Is it possible a seemingly unrelated murder and drug money laundering scheme are actually pieces of a bigger puzzle? But, the two teams come together in SCAMMED, filled with unexpected twists as new details of fraud, drugs and murder are unraveled in Southern California's upscale Venice Canals community.
Award-winning INCEST, MURDER AND A MIRACLE: The True Story Behind the Cheryl Pierson Murder-For-Hire Headlines, has received worldwide attention. Cheryl and Rob Cuccio have appeared on multiple TV shows and in People magazine. NO MORE CRYING ANGELS is Bella Capo's true story of surviving abuse and BETRAYED, fiction inspired by actual events of kidnapping and rape that happened in Chicago in the late 1950s, are also a departure from the funny mysteries Morgan loves to write. Through writing these books, Morgan became an advocate for abuse awareness and prevention. Her latest book, FATAL ENCOUNTER follows this direction with a tale of an obsessive relationship and danger.
Her first single author anthology, The MAFIA FUNERAL and Other Short Stories was released in paperback and Kindle in February 2012. Morgan was editor and a contributor to her mother Rosetta Schwartz's delightful memoir, CAN WE COME IN AND LAUGH, TOO?, released in May 2012. Her short stories appear in many anthologies, including five in Chicken Soup for the Soul books.
Morgan loves to tell stories, and many situations or characters are inspired by her personal experiences. She has been fortunate to travel extensively, meet people in all walks of life and has had career experience in many fields. Writing has been her passion since the late 1990s.
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