While I had been focusing all of my efforts writing romance, I was a lifelong mystery reader.

That was when I saw advertisement for a writing contest with a category called 'Chick Thrill.' It was a hybrid between a sassy romantic comedy and a mystery novel. I sent off my baby manuscript to the publisher, in hopes of landing a nice fat book contract. I joined writers groups, went to conferences, and researched publishers. Turns out it's a lot harder to write a terrible novel than I thought, let alone a good one! But after a couple of months of work, I had finished my first romance novel. So I decided to put their money where my mouth was, so to speak, and try my hand at writing a novel. My first thought was, 'Well, even I could do better than this!' Then I looked up the publisher and felt my heart skip a beat when I saw how much they were paying for novels like this. I figured 'why not?' I picked up the book and dug in. The most economical mean of entertainment for us were books.and I read a lot in those early years! One day, having read just about everything in the house, I stumbled across a paperback novel that I had gotten free somewhere. I tried my hand at couple of online based businesses-though there were far fewer of them back then than there are now! We scraped by, but were by no means thriving. When my oldest son was born, I was a young, unemployed, single mom trying to figure out some way to support this awesome little person. Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Readers' Choice Award winner - A Sip Before Dying Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award winner for Best Cozy Mystery - A Sip Before Dying RONE Award winner for Best Mystery – Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Brash Blonde

Golden Heart Award winner – Viva Las Vegas Write Touch Readers' Award finalist - Alibi in High HeelsĪward of Excellence finalist - Mayhem in High Heels National Readers' Choice Award Nomination - Undercover in High Heelsĭaphne Du Maurier Mystery Suspense Award finalist - Undercover in High Heelsīooksellers' Best Award finalist - Undercover in High HeelsĪward of Excellence finalist - Alibi in High Heels Stiletto Chick-Thrill winner – Spying in High HeelsĪnne-Bonney Readers' Choice Award finalist - Killer in High Heels Judge A Book By Its Cover finalist - Spying in High Heels RITA Nomination, Best Mainstream Novel with Romantic Elements - Spying in High Heelsĭaphne Du Maurier Mystery Suspense Award finalist - Spying in High Heelsīooksellers' Best Award finalist - Spying in High Heels RITA Nomination, Best New Novel - Spying in High Heels National Readers' Choice Award - Spying in High HeelsĪnne-Bonney Readers' Choice Award finalist - Spying in High Heels

Spying in High Heels by Gemma Halliday