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FROM: julie connoley <[removed]@dpls.lib.or.us>
REC'D: 2/6/02, 7:19 PM

March isn't that far away - and as it is Craft Month - we will be doing a
display to coordinate (surprise surprise)

I would like to highlight fiction which has some aspect of a craft in it.
It doesn't have to be the focus, but should have mention.

Two such examples I can think of are Earlene Fowler's Mystery series where
quilting plays a part (patterns are titles of books) - and Donna Andrews
(Murder, with Peacocks; Murder with Puffins; and Revenge of the Wrought Iron
Flamingos) where the heroine is also a metal worker.

Any thoughts would be fabulous and I will happily compile a list.

Thanks!

Julie

FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 2/7/02, 1:45 AM

If I may be so bold, I'll cite my own book, Baby Love by Binnie Syril. The
heroine is a woodowrker by profession.

Other examples (of which there are probably legion):

Elizabeth Lowell. A woman without lies. (She's a stained glass
artisan). The book has recently been reissued and lengthened, under another
title (which I don't konw).

Monica Ferris's heroine is a quilter.

I believe Nora Roberts' Born in Fire deals with glassblowing.

Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: "Helene Golden" <[removed]@sols.org>
REC'D: 2/7/02, 7:28 AM

How to Make an American Quilt, by Whitney Otto.

>>> [removed]@dpls.lib.or.us 02/06/02 08:19PM >>>
March isn't that far away - and as it is Craft Month - we will be doing a
display to coordinate (surprise surprise)

I would like to highlight fiction which has some aspect of a craft in it.
It doesn't have to be the focus, but should have mention.

Two such examples I can think of are Earlene Fowler's Mystery series where
quilting plays a part (patterns are titles of books) - and Donna Andrews
(Murder, with Peacocks; Murder with Puffins; and Revenge of the Wrought Iron
Flamingos) where the heroine is also a metal worker.

Any thoughts would be fabulous and I will happily compile a list.

Thanks!

Julie

FROM: "Marla" <[removed]@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org>
REC'D: 2/7/02, 8:43 AM

Hi. I deleted the original post as I thought I wouldn't come up with
any appropriate titles. So I hope these apply (my brain works
slowly and not always surely).

SHATTERED, by Dick Francis. Features glassblowing.

"Miss Silver Mysteries" by Patricia Wentworth. The main
character Miss Silver solves the mysteries while quietly and
efficiently knitting useful items for gifts, etc. Old-fashioned but fun.

BYE!

Marla/Great Falls Public Library/Acquisitions
301 2nd Ave N
Great Falls MT 59401-2593
[removed]@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Of course you should talk to your dogs.
But talk sense!" J.M. Wilson

FROM: Viccy Kemp <[removed]@cityofcarrollton.com>
REC'D: 2/7/02, 8:43 AM

Nora Roberts' series: Born in Fire
Laurie R. King: Folly, workworking/carpentry
Jennifer Chiaverini: Round Robin; The quilter's apprentice; Cross Country
Quilters
Sandra Dallas: Alice's tulips
If I think of more, I'll post again.
HTH
Viccy Kemp
The opinions are my own; the library wouldn't want 'em!


-----Original Message-----
From: julie connoley [[removed]@dpls.lib.or.us]
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 7:19 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Crafty Fiction


March isn't that far away - and as it is Craft Month - we will be doing a
display to coordinate (surprise surprise)

I would like to highlight fiction which has some aspect of a craft in it.
It doesn't have to be the focus, but should have mention.

Two such examples I can think of are Earlene Fowler's Mystery series where
quilting plays a part (patterns are titles of books) - and Donna Andrews
(Murder, with Peacocks; Murder with Puffins; and Revenge of the Wrought Iron
Flamingos) where the heroine is also a metal worker.

Any thoughts would be fabulous and I will happily compile a list.

Thanks!

Julie

FROM: "Marsha Valance" <[removed]@mpl.org>
REC'D: 2/7/02, 8:54 AM

Monica Ferris writes a series set in a needlework shop--one title is CREWEL WORLD.
Skye Kathleen Moody WILDCRAFTERS.
Margaret Maron UNCOMMON CLAY
Kelly Dwyer SELF-PORTRAIT WITH GHOSTS.
Jane Louise Curry THE LOTUS CUP.
Jennifer Chiaverini - the Elm Creek Quilts series
Sandra Dallas ALICE'S TULIPS
Joanna Hampton WOVEN DREAMS.
Jean Hager - the Iris House mysteries--one title is SEW DEADLY.
Barbara Michaels STITCHES IN TIME
Jill Paton Walsh A PIECE OF JUSTICE
Kyoko Mori STONE FIELD, TRUE ARROW
Allana Martin DEATH OF A SAINT-MAKER


Marsha Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells St.
Milwaukee, WI 53233
1.800.242.8822 [in-state]
<[removed]@mpl.org>

>>> [removed]@dpls.lib.or.us 02/06/02 07:19PM >>>
March isn't that far away - and as it is Craft Month - we will be doing a
display to coordinate (surprise surprise)

I would like to highlight fiction which has some aspect of a craft in it.
It doesn't have to be the focus, but should have mention.

Two such examples I can think of are Earlene Fowler's Mystery series where
quilting plays a part (patterns are titles of books) - and Donna Andrews
(Murder, with Peacocks; Murder with Puffins; and Revenge of the Wrought Iron
Flamingos) where the heroine is also a metal worker.

Any thoughts would be fabulous and I will happily compile a list.

Thanks!

Julie

FROM: Andrew Smith <[removed]@mail.wrl.org>
REC'D: 2/7/02, 9:05 AM

Robert Kimmel Smith's Sadie Shapiro books from the 70's and 80's center
around a knitter.

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Andrew Smith [removed]@mail.wrl.org
Readers Services Librarian
Williamsburg Regional Library (757) 259-4050
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On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Viccy Kemp wrote:

> Nora Roberts' series: Born in Fire
> Laurie R. King: Folly, workworking/carpentry
> Jennifer Chiaverini: Round Robin; The quilter's apprentice; Cross Country
> Quilters
> Sandra Dallas: Alice's tulips
> If I think of more, I'll post again.
> HTH
> Viccy Kemp
> The opinions are my own; the library wouldn't want 'em!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: julie connoley [[removed]@dpls.lib.or.us]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 7:19 PM
> To: Fiction_L
> Subject: Crafty Fiction
>
>
> March isn't that far away - and as it is Craft Month - we will be doing a
> display to coordinate (surprise surprise)
>
> I would like to highlight fiction which has some aspect of a craft in it.
> It doesn't have to be the focus, but should have mention.
>
> Two such examples I can think of are Earlene Fowler's Mystery series where
> quilting plays a part (patterns are titles of books) - and Donna Andrews
> (Murder, with Peacocks; Murder with Puffins; and Revenge of the Wrought Iron
> Flamingos) where the heroine is also a metal worker.
>
> Any thoughts would be fabulous and I will happily compile a list.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Julie
>
> ......................................................................
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FROM: "Karen A.K. Keller" <[removed]@brighton.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 2/7/02, 9:15 AM

This is an obvious one and I'm sure lots of people will suggest it:

"How to make an American quilt" by Whitney Otto.

Karen Keller
Brighton (MI) District Library

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/7/02, 9:48 AM

Whitney Otto's "How to Make an American Quilt," certainly.

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FROM: "McCabe, Deborah" <[removed]@uwsp.edu>
REC'D: 2/7/02, 10:20 AM

Persian Pickle Club and Alice's Tulips by Sandra Dallas (quilting)

Deborah M. McCabe, Assistant Director
Portage County Public Library
1001 Main Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481
715.346.1296
http://library.uwsp.edu/pcl/


-----Original Message-----
From: Karen A.K. Keller [[removed]@brighton.lib.mi.us]
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 9:01 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Crafty Fiction


This is an obvious one and I'm sure lots of people will suggest it:

"How to make an American quilt" by Whitney Otto.

Karen Keller
Brighton (MI) District Library

FROM: "Lisa Colcord" <[removed]@ci.glendale.az.us>
REC'D: 2/7/02, 10:31 AM

Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas features quilting also.

Lisa Colcord
Librarian
Glendale Public library
Glendale, AZ

....my views are my own....

-The secret to life is enjoying the passage of time- James Taylor

>>> [removed]@dpls.lib.or.us 02/06/02 06:19PM >>>
March isn't that far away - and as it is Craft Month - we will be doing a
display to coordinate (surprise surprise)

I would like to highlight fiction which has some aspect of a craft in it.
It doesn't have to be the focus, but should have mention.

Two such examples I can think of are Earlene Fowler's Mystery series where
quilting plays a part (patterns are titles of books) - and Donna Andrews
(Murder, with Peacocks; Murder with Puffins; and Revenge of the Wrought Iron
Flamingos) where the heroine is also a metal worker.

Any thoughts would be fabulous and I will happily compile a list.

Thanks!

Julie

FROM: Molly Williams <[removed]@adelphia.net>
REC'D: 2/7/02, 12:07 PM

The list below is compiled from booklists we link to from our site
(http://www.waterboro.lib.me.us/bklista.htm#dom):

~ Molly Wms.

Atwood, Margaret. Alias Grace. 1996.
Based on a true story, this is Atwood's version of the events
surrounding a famous Canadian murderess, Grace Marks. Grace's story
contains several descriptions of quilt patterns and the roles quilts
play in women's lives.

Carolyn Banks Patchwork: a Novel of Suspense

Boucheron, Rose
The Patchwork quilt
Explores the daily lives of a sewing circle engaged in sewing a
quilt for charity.

Bradshaw, Gillian
Imperial purple
Historical mystery featuring tapestry weaving.

Brown, Lizbie
Elizabeth Blair quilt shop series
Series of mysteries featuring Elizabeth Blair, an American widow who
owns a quilt shop in Bath. Broken Star, 1993.

Bunn, T. Davis
The Quilt
Mary, an elderly grandmother decides to make one last quilt - a
project which has an unforeseen impact on her family and the local
community.

Chiaverini, Jennifer
Elm Creek quilter's series
A widow teaches a young woman the craft of quilting together with
important life lessons in friendship and forgiveness.

Churchill, Jill
A Farewell to yarns
A light mystery featuring knitting and crocheting in the plot.

Alisa Craig The Grub-and-Stakers Quilt a Bee

Daheim, Mary
Holy terrors
An Easter whodunit, featuring the craft of embroidery.

Sandra Dallas The Diary of Mattie Spenser

Dallas, Sandra. The Persian Pickle Club. 1995.
Set in Kansas during the 1930s, this is the story of the Persian
Pickle Club, a group of women dedicated to quilting, gossiping, and
improving their minds. When a young, investigative journalist joins
the group long hidden secrets begin to emerge.

Dallas, Sandra
Alice's tulips
Alice's husband, a Union soldier leaves her with his elderly mother,
where she spends her time attending quilting bees and participating
in small town life. When she is accused of murder, she must enlist
the aid of unlikely supporters to prove her innocence.

Ferris, Monica
Needlecraft series
Needlework whodunit, featuring Margot Berglund who owns a needlework
and wool store.

Fowler, Earlene
Benni Harper series
Californian sleuth Benni Harper is the curator of the local folk-art
museum and becomes involved in quilt associated crimes.
Titles: Fool's Puzzle. 1994; Irish Chain. 1995; Kansas Troubles.
1996; Dove in the Window; Goose in the Pond; Mariner's Compass

Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins. The People of Our Neighborhood. 1898.
A collection of short stories written almost 100 years ago. The
story "A Quilting Bee in Our Village" describes a town gathering to
make a wedding quilt.

Frommer, Sara Hoskinson. Buried in Quilts. 1994.
On the eve of a quilt show a body is found wrapped in a quilt. Joan
Spencer joins forces with the police to solve the mystery and open
the show. Each chapter is named after a quilt pattern.

Susan Glaspell A Jury of Her Peers

Gosling, Paula
The Body in Blackwater Bay
The Dead of winter

Hager, Jean. Death on the Drunkard's Path. 1996.
While preparing for the annual Victoria Springs Quilt Show,
competition turns quilters into backstabbers who will do anything to
win, causing a number of "accidents" in the exhibition hall. There's
even a murder with a quilters tool.

Hager, Jean. Sew deadly
An unexpected death at a quilting circle meeting sparks a murder
investigation.

Harper, Karen
Dark road home
A defense attorney eludes a stalker by taking shelter in an Amish
community where she manages a local quilt shop.

Holden, Christine
Patterns of love : a quilting romance

Holt, Victoria
The Silk vendetta
A young woman who lives with a family of wealthy silk traders shows
promise as a dress designer, but must choose between the two sons of
the house.

Robert R. Irvine Called Home

Laker, Rosalind
Orchids and diamonds
A novel of the emerging fashion industry set in Paris after 1910.

Lawrence, Margaret
Hannah Trevor series
Hannah is a sleuthing midwife in this series, set in 1780s Maine.
Collating criminal evidence is very similar to piecing together her
quilts. Titles: Blood-red Roses; The Burning Bride; Hearts and Bones

Le Carre, John
The Tailor of Panama
The main character is tailor to politicians and criminals alike.

Mahon, Annette.
Above the Rainbow
Maui Rose

Marsh, Jean
The House of Elliott
Two sisters struggle to make a success of their couture business.

McCrumb, Sharon
The Hangman's beautiful daughter
A quilt featuring tomb stones and coffins predicts several deaths in
a small community.

Michaels, Barbara
House of many shadows
An antique sampler is linked to the frightening visions experienced
by Meg Rittenhouse as she recovers from a head injury in an old
house inherited by her cousin.

Michaels, Barbara
Shattered silk
Karen Nevitt opens a vintage clothing shop stocked with treasures
from her family attic. She soon discovers her laces and linens hide
an old mystery.

Michaels, Barbara. Stitches in Time. 1995.
Using the setting and characters of her novels Ammie Come Home and
Shattered Silk, Michaels tells the tale of a store clerk who becomes
convinced that an antique quilt is giving off an aura of evil and
endangering her loved ones.

Myers, Tamar. Too Many Crooks Spoil the Broth: A Pennsylvania Dutch
Mystery With Recipes. 1994.
After the death of her parents, Mennonite Magdelana Yoder coverts
their farm into an inn featuring Amish furnishings and a quilt on
every bed. One day a murdered guest is discovered wrapped in a
Dresden Plate quilt.

O'Leary, Elizabeth
A House at war
Sequel to the House of Elliott

Osborne, Karen.
Patchwork

Otten, Carol Card
Pieces of yesterday : a quilting romance

Otto, Whitney. How to Make An American Quilt. 1991.
With quilting as the framework for women's lives Otto tells of a
weekly quilting circle whose members share stories of love, loss,
marriage, triumph and tragedy.

Page, Katherine Hall. The Body in The Basement. 1994.
A body is discovered buried and wrapped in a quilt in the ground at
the site of a new home in Maine. Other strange incidents occur, some
of which affect a local quilting circle.

Page, Katherine Hall. The Body in the kelp
A quilt bought at an estate auction leads caterer Faith Fairchild to
a body covered in kelp.

Paton Walsh, Jill. A Piece of Justice: An Imogen Quy Mystery . 1995.
Imogen Quy, a quilter and college nurse, becomes entangled in a
mystery involving her boarder, a deceased mathematician, the
mathematician's widow, and a quilt.

Rivers, Francine
The Scarlet thread
A time travel novel whose characters are linked by a quilt.

Smyth, Donne.
Quilt

Tyler, Anne
The Patchwork planet
Heartfelt novel about growing up and aging.

Walker, Alice
Everyday Use

Warren, Pat
Bright Hopes

Webb, Aliske
Murder at the quilt show
A local quilter is murdered and a prize-winning quilt is missing
from a local show in this quilter's crime novel.

Webb, Aliske. Twelve Golden Threads. 1996.
A grandmother confined to a nursing home teaches her granddaughters
how to quilt. The lessons of quilting become lessons of life for the
girls as values and wisdom are passed from one generation to the next.

Wendorf, Patricia
Double wedding ring
The quilting theme runs through this novel of an English girl who
travels to America in 1857 to marry her dead cousin's husband and
care for their child.

Williams, Jeanne
Lady of no man's land
Swedish immigrant travels around the American west sewing for
isolated families in order to earn money and settle herself in a
comfortable home.

Wilson, Neill C.
The Nine Brides of Granny Hite

Worth, Lenora
The Wedding Quilt

Compiled from these booklists:
http://www.skokie.lib.il.us/read/bibliog/quilts.html
A Common Thread: Fiction about quilts and quilting ... compiled by
Laura McGrath
http://www.kpl.org/virtual/booklist/quilts/default.htm
QUILTS, QUILTERS AND QUILTING FICTION
http://www.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/Novelapproach/stitch.htm
Stitch in the story (needlework theme)


julie connoley wrote:

> March isn't that far away - and as it is Craft Month - we will be doing a
> display to coordinate (surprise surprise)
>
> I would like to highlight fiction which has some aspect of a craft in it.
> It doesn't have to be the focus, but should have mention.
>
> Two such examples I can think of are Earlene Fowler's Mystery series where
> quilting plays a part (patterns are titles of books) - and Donna Andrews
> (Murder, with Peacocks; Murder with Puffins; and Revenge of the Wrought Iron
> Flamingos) where the heroine is also a metal worker.
>
> Any thoughts would be fabulous and I will happily compile a list.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Julie
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>
>

FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 2/7/02, 2:25 PM

I think we've had this thread before, and that I've mentioned this
website at that time...

"Quilts, Quilters, Quiblting and Patchwork in Adult Fiction"

http://www.nmt.edu/~breynold/quiltfiction_adult.html


Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

FROM: [removed]@ci.mesa.az.us
REC'D: 2/7/02, 12:18 PM

Has anyone mentioned:
"Picking Up the Pieces" by Mary Sheepshanks
Main character is widowed, middle aged, starts a business doing specialized
needlework on clothing, and falls in love. She moves out of the family
house into carriage house (of an English estate) which she adapts for her
business.

Andrea Greenslade
E. Mesa Library
Mesa, AZ 85205

FROM: Spencer Ms Martha <[removed]@usmc-mccs.org>
REC'D: 2/8/02, 8:39 AM

Each chapter of Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood bears the name of a quilt
pattern and has a line drawing of the pattern.

Martha Spencer

-----Original Message-----
From: julie connoley [[removed]@dpls.lib.or.us]
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 5:19 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Crafty Fiction


March isn't that far away - and as it is Craft Month - we will be doing a
display to coordinate (surprise surprise)

I would like to highlight fiction which has some aspect of a craft in it.
It doesn't have to be the focus, but should have mention.

Two such examples I can think of are Earlene Fowler's Mystery series where
quilting plays a part (patterns are titles of books) - and Donna Andrews
(Murder, with Peacocks; Murder with Puffins; and Revenge of the Wrought Iron
Flamingos) where the heroine is also a metal worker.

Any thoughts would be fabulous and I will happily compile a list.

Thanks!

Julie

FROM: Julie Roberts <[removed]@rolling-meadows.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 2/8/02, 9:34 AM

WOW! I knew there were a FEW quilting mysteries and books, but I didn't realize that there were SO MANY! Great list Molly!
Wow! What would we all do without this list, and the assistance of all of us "Great Minds" (and sleuths!)? Julie A. Roberts
[removed]@rolling-meadows.lib.il.us

-----Original Message-----
From: Molly Williams [[removed]@adelphia.net]
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 1:36 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Crafty Fiction

The list below is compiled from booklists we link to from our site
(http://www.waterboro.lib.me.us/bklista.htm#dom):

~ Molly Wms.
(snip)
Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html

FROM: "Janet Arcand" <[removed]@gwgate.lib.iastate.edu>
REC'D: 2/8/02, 12:54 PM

"Dream Weaver" (by Millie Ragosta) features a heroine who weaves wall hangings and a lawyer hero who does pottery as a hobby.

Janet Arcand
Ames, Iowa

Subject: Crafty Fiction
From: "julie connoley" <[removed]@dpls.lib.or.us>
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 17:19:25 -0800

March isn't that far away - and as it is Craft Month - we will be doing a
display to coordinate (surprise surprise)

I would like to highlight fiction which has some aspect of a craft in it.
It doesn't have to be the focus, but should have mention.

Two such examples I can think of are Earlene Fowler's Mystery series where
quilting plays a part (patterns are titles of books) - and Donna Andrews
(Murder, with Peacocks; Murder with Puffins; and Revenge of the Wrought Iron
Flamingos) where the heroine is also a metal worker.

Any thoughts would be fabulous and I will happily compile a list.

Thanks!

Julie

FROM: Katie Dunneback <[removed]@students.uiuc.edu>
REC'D: 2/8/02, 1:15 PM

Hi, I just joined, but am willing to put my semi-vast knowledge of romances
(with a little help from BYRON) on the table. As I'm currently at work, and
don't have access to my lovely little database, the titles that I can think of
off the top of my head are from Nora Roberts' MacGregors series: "One Man's
Art" (though, I'm not sure if painting would qualify as craft) and "All the
Possibilities" where the heroine is a potter.

Katie Dunneback

>===== Original Message From "Janet Arcand" <[removed]@gwgate.lib.iastate.edu>
=====
>"Dream Weaver" (by Millie Ragosta) features a heroine who weaves wall
hangings and a lawyer hero who does pottery as a hobby.
>
>Janet Arcand
>Ames, Iowa
>
>Subject: Crafty Fiction
>From: "julie connoley" <[removed]@dpls.lib.or.us>
>Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 17:19:25 -0800
>
>March isn't that far away - and as it is Craft Month - we will be doing a
>display to coordinate (surprise surprise)
>
>I would like to highlight fiction which has some aspect of a craft in it.
>It doesn't have to be the focus, but should have mention.
>
>Two such examples I can think of are Earlene Fowler's Mystery series where
>quilting plays a part (patterns are titles of books) - and Donna Andrews
>(Murder, with Peacocks; Murder with Puffins; and Revenge of the Wrought Iron
>Flamingos) where the heroine is also a metal worker.
>
>Any thoughts would be fabulous and I will happily compile a list.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Julie
>
>
>
>.....................................................................
>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
>Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html

FROM: Lynda Whitton-Henley <[removed]@ccpl.ci.corpus-christi.tx.us>
REC'D: 2/10/02, 5:47 PM

A patron recommended I purchase the following and they have circed very well:
Monica Ferris' needlecraft mysteries: Framed in Lace, A Stitch in Time & Crewel
World.

There is a series of Harliquin paperbacks called Welcome to Tyler that has a
community quilt as a theme (and a librarian is the main character in one of the
stories.) I had them catalogued and featured in a quilting display and from the
looks of the one I just retreived theyare about worn out>

Lynda Whitton-Henley
Northwest Branch Lib.
Corpus Christi, TX

julie connoley wrote:

> March isn't that far away - and as it is Craft Month - we will be doing a
> display to coordinate (surprise surprise)
>
> I would like to highlight fiction which has some aspect of a craft in it.
> It doesn't have to be the focus, but should have mention.
>
> Two such examples I can think of are Earlene Fowler's Mystery series where
> quilting plays a part (patterns are titles of books) - and Donna Andrews
> (Murder, with Peacocks; Murder with Puffins; and Revenge of the Wrought Iron
> Flamingos) where the heroine is also a metal worker.
>
> Any thoughts would be fabulous and I will happily compile a list.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Julie
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html

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